Curse Busting: Pieces of Buffalo Championship Sweep, Falling into Place

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Published: July 7, 2009

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... to get the allusion, when I identify the mystery man who's been contacting me about the Buffalo curse.

I call him Brave Throat. He's been saying there's a connection between the Braves leaving town the way they did, "Wide Right," "In the Crease," and the record-setting futility of the franchise that left Buffalo to become the Los Angeles Clippers.

Perhaps you've seen the article at ESPN.com by Bill Simmons that blames everything that went wrong with the Braves/Clippers franchise to the curse of the Indians.

He says that because the team was called the Braves, to honor the Indians and the Buffalo icon, the most sacred symbol for Native Americans, was included in the Braves logo, that as soon as Paul Snyder started talking about moving the Braves out of town, in 1977, all hell broke loose for the franchise.

My new best friend, Brave Thro...

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