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T206Collector...only when the Sox win the World Series. For example, it didn't end when the Red Sox finished in 1st and the Yankees finished in 2nd in 1986 and the Red Sox lost in the World Series. Beating the Yankees on the way to the World Series in the ALCS is big, but it's a relatively new phenomena -- since it would've been impossible before 1995. The Curse has been around since 1918 and is based solely on World Series victories.