Bernie Carbo Has His Baseball Bat Blessed by a Witch
Description
A black-and-white photograph of Bernie Carbo (right) having his baseball bat blessed by witch Laurie Cabot (left) to try and end the Boston Red Sox's ten-game losing streak. Carbo is wearing a Boston Red Sox road uniform and is visible from the knees up. He is holding a bat horizontally with his left hand on the knob and his right hand in the middle. Cabot is wearing a dark jacket or cape with a fuzzy fur collar. She also wears a Red Sox cap and a button on her purse that reads, "Witch Power". The background shows the almost empty grandstand of Cleveland Stadium. The caption on the left side of the photograph reads, "(CD4) - Cleveland, Ohio, May 12 -- No Blessing -- Laurie Cabot, a self-proclaimed witch from Salem, Mass., hoped she was demonstrating the "witch power" her purse button proclaimed when she laid hands on the bat of Boston's Bernie Carbo before the Red Sox' Wednesday night game with the Cleveland Indians. She flew in, by plane, not broomstick, to end the hex that has kept Boston winless in 10 straight games. (AP WirePhoto) (nb41912mbrpd-w.wynne) 1976)