THE WORLD SERIES
The Boston Red Sox won the 2004 World Series in 4 straight games, finally exorcising this man's "curse"
The Bambino (Colossus of Clout/Sultan of Swat/King of Crash)
Eskimo boat
Kayak
Also a Lone Star State lottery game, it's a numerical country dance
Texas Two-step
In 1891 African-American jockey Isaac Murphy became the first man to win this horse race 3 times
Kentucky Derby
A Louisiana man put $20 on a Circle-K counter, asked for change, then robbed the place for $15; he forgot about this
The $20 he put in
"Say Hey"! This Giants outfielder's catch of a Vic Wertz drive was a highlight of the 1954 World Series
Willie Mays
A failed munition
Dud
About 250 of these 2-named Western U.S. vultures survive in the world, most in captivity
California condors
From a Chinese word meaning "skill", it's an ancient style of weaponless combat
Kung fu
A teen involved in a previous fireworks mishap tried to light gunpowder with this 9-letter metalworking aid
Blowtorch
In game one of the 1968 Series, this Cardinals pitcher struck out a record 17 Tigers
Bob Gibson
A title for an important Islamic leader; Khan you dig it?
Aga
An American breed of chickens having dark reddish-brown feathers & producing brown eggs
Rhode Island red
For more than 1,000 years, this city served as the seat of Japan's imperial court
Kyoto
A man from this "Nutmeg State" ended a chase by ducking into a high-security prison, thinking it was a mall
Connecticut
This outfielder was named World Series MVP twice: with the Oakland A's in 1973 & with the Yankees in 1977
Reggie Jackson
Muscle "cuff" that permits free shoulder movement
Rotor
"Yes, I lost my little darlin' the night they were playing" this beautiful state song
Tennessee Waltz
A famous book of medieval illuminated manuscripts bears the name of this town in Ireland's County Meath
Kells
Explosive habit! A W.V. man lit a cigarette in an outhouse but forgot about the presence of this, aka marsh gas
Methane
This Yankee catcher hit the 1st pinch-hit home run in Series history in '47; he hit 11 more homers in his Series career
Yogi Berra
Enemy of God in Ezekiel & Revelation
Gog
1854's Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed this
Missouri Compromise
This melancholic philosopher & author of "Fear & Trembling" was a frail hunchback born in Denmark in 1813
Kierkegaard
In '02 a boy in this westernmost cont. European country refused his soup until Mom let him play with a gun; yes, she survived
Portugal