What was the nickname of the 1967 Red Sox team that outperformed expectations and made it to the World Series
Boston Red Sox
However, they then went into one of the longest championship droughts in baseball history, called by some the " Curse of the Bambino " after its alleged beginning with the Red Sox's sale of Babe Ruth to the rival Yankees two years after their world championship in 1918, an 86-year wait before the team's sixth World Championship in .