I don't think it's neccesarily a "CURSE" per say... but I definitely think the weight of expectations has a lot to do with a team not succeeding, and once A-Rod went to the Yanks, they were supposed to be a LOCK for world series contention. As for the Sox curse, I think the weight of years of postseason failures started to build up into a lingering problem. Now that the Sox won a couple, there's not that lingering problem, while the Yanks still have become victims of their own expectations...that's what I meant, if that makes any sense.