Certified Hollywood box-office flop Ben Affleck has been a lifelong Boston Red Sox fan.

He even paid tribute to his Red Sox heroes by narrating a  documentary about the mythical ‘Curse of the Bambino’, a curse which has prevented his favorite MLB team - the BOSTON RED SOX from winning the World Series in America for 85 years.

He also helped The Red Sox Foundation, an organization that supports children’s health, education, recreation and urban social programs. Affleck bid $50,000 for plate Red Sox No. 1 in an auction, which is Hall of Famer Bobby Doerr’s retired number - definitely proving that he is a rabid Boston fan.

But the Red Sox Nation might be suffering from another curse. This is now called "Affleck-tisis". The Boston Red Sox lost to Detroit last August 15…you know why…not because of bad play, not because of a bad bullpen…because of bad actor Ben Affleck.

The Red Sox have lost 9 years in a row on August 15th, Affleck’s birthday…9 years! My, oh my! Officially making it a curse in the eyes of die-hard Red Sox fans. But could the curse be contagious? Could it carry over to the crucial series this weekend against the New York Yankees? Has Affleck’s Box-Office poison moved over to MLB baseball?

Covered up by the sheer drama of what will take place this weekend at Fenway in a five-game showdown against hated rivals New York Yankees is the beginning of a tell-tale stretch of baseball for the Red Sox. It’s not Affleck’s birthday this weekend too is it?

A dose of Affleck-tisis is not what the Red Sox have in mind for baseball’s most dramatic month. Then again, August is going to feel a lot like October during the latest chapter of the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry showdown.

There’s no other choice. As usual, whooping some Yankee ass will have the biggest bearing on where the Red Sox go from here.  While fans and the media can look at the MLB playoffs and World Series pictures, the Red Sox can’t afford that kind of Affleck-tisis thinking.

On the lighter side, the Red Sox must cowboy up and win one for aching Ben. After movie flops, this is obviously a tough time for Ben, and that’s where you come in, Red Sox players.  I know that whenever I break up with a cute chick with a yummy ass, I like to watch all the sporting events I can just to prevent myself from wallowing in self-pity. Forget about the Curse.

Get your Derek Jeter and David Ortiz jerseys ready cause the biggest rivalry in sports starts Friday. The New York Yankees visit the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in a series that will go a long way to determining MLB Playoff Spots in the AL East. Get MLB baseball lines on all the games and bet on MLB’s finest.