Liverpool supporters will see their club purchased by another group of American owners. It was announced that the Premiere League team is being sold to the owner’s of the Boston Red Sox of American baseball fame.
There are, in essence, a lot of similarities between the clubs from different sports. Both have one the world’s most well known venues; Anfield in Liverpool and Fenway Park in Boston. Both have a large population of Irish expatriates as fans.
While it is true that a young player from Liverpool may have big dreams of scoring in front of the Kop, a rookie baseball player heralding from Boston will have dreams of hitting one over the famous Green Monster, Fenway’s 37-foot left field fence.
Liverpool haven’t been able to gain the English title as far back as 1990. The Boston Red Sox had quite a bit longer loosing streak from 1918 to 2004. The 86-year drought was called the “Curse of the Bambino”, said Bambino being Babe Ruth, who was traded by the Boston Red Sox to their adversaries the Yankees back in 1920.
Boston’s 2004 route to the championship in baseball was filled with adversity, similar to Liverpool’s 2005 “Miracle of Istanbul.”
On their way to victory, the Red Sox had to compete with the Yankees and many thought the 86-year curse of the Bambino would hold. Boston, however, came away with a victorious series over New York and then went on to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals for the championship.
This was just two years after New England Sports Ventures purchased the team, the same folks who will now own Liverpool.