Cursed. I at least mostly blame that fan (Steve Bartman - the Sun Times gave his name and where he worked in yesterday's paper. He's since had to go into hiding). That play sucked the life out of the team and the city like nothing I've ever seen, everything after that was just waiting for the inevitable to happen. They are young and very talented, hopefully they will make some good offseason moves and be right back there next year, but I'm not holding my breath.
As much as I hate to say it, Red Sox fans will likely get theirs when the curse of the Bambino strikes them tonight.