<P> Talk of the curse as an ongoing phenomenon ended in 2004 , when the Red Sox came back from a 0 -- 3 best - of - seven deficit to beat the Yankees in the 2004 American League Championship Series ( ALCS ) and then went on to sweep the St. Louis Cardinals to win the 2004 World Series . The curse had been such a part of Boston culture that when a `` reverse curve '' road sign on Longfellow Bridge over the city 's busy Storrow Drive was graffitied to read `` Reverse The Curse '' , officials left it in place until after the Red Sox won the 2004 Series . After the Red Sox won the last game of the World Series that year , the road sign was edited to read `` Curse Reversed '' in celebration . </P>
<P> Talk of the curse as an ongoing phenomenon ended in 2004 , when the Red Sox came back from a 0 -- 3 best - of - seven deficit to beat the Yankees in the 2004 American League Championship Series ( ALCS ) and then went on to sweep the St. Louis Cardinals to win the 2004 World Series . The curse had been such a part of Boston culture that when a `` reverse curve '' road sign on Longfellow Bridge over the city 's busy Storrow Drive was graffitied to read `` Reverse The Curse '' , officials left it in place until after the Red Sox won the 2004 Series . After the Red Sox won the last game of the World Series that year , the road sign was edited to read `` Curse Reversed '' in celebration . </P>
what year did the red sox break the curse
what year did the red sox break the curse
2004
2004