Red Sox fan hopes to jinx Yankees by burying a Red Sox shirt in with concrete
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Red Sox fans know more than a little about superstitions -- and one apparently decided to share the anxiety with Boston's biggest rival.
A construction worker and Boston fan working on the concrete crew at the $1.3 billion new Yankee Stadium buried a Red Sox shirt in with the concrete foundation under what will become the visitors' clubhouse, in the hopes of jinxing the New York Yankees' new home, the New York Post reported.
Two construction workers told the newspaper about the stunt on conditon of anonymity.
"In August, a Red Sox T-shirt was poured in a slab in the visitor's clubhouse. It's the curse of the Yankees," one worker told the Post. "Nobody knows about it. It's in the floors, it's buried."
The workers say they're now afraid that they've jinxed the Yankees.
I don't want to be responsible for sinking the franchise," said a second worker, who witnessed the burial. "I respect the stadium."
"I guess if the Yankees go 86 years in the new ballpark without a win we'll know if we are on to something," the worker said, referring to Boston's title drought after the franchise sold Babe Ruth.
Chris Wertz, the co-owner of Professor Thom's in New York's East Village -- a haven for Red Sox fans in the Big Apple -- thought the move was a stroke of genius, according to the report.
"I won't be surprised in the least bit to see that visiting locker room torn up and relaid right away," he said, according to the Post. "This is what makes the game special for baseball fans. It's not a mean thing, but something they will take seriously."
There is a precedent for fans burying trinkets for good luck. During the construction of the ice rink for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, a worker laid a Canadian one-dollar coin (known as a "loonie") at center ice. Canada went on to win its first gold medal in men's ice hockey since 1952.
And Mickey Bradley, a co-author of "Haunted Baseball," told the Post that a worker was said to have buried an unknown good-luck charm in a water main trench of the current Yankee Stadium back in 1920.
"Prior to that, they never won a World Series," he said, according to the newspaper.
But the Yankees said they're not concerned that a piece of Red Sox-colored cotton could be lurking under their feet at their new home.
"It sounds like a tall tale, and it would take more than a Red Sox T-shirt to put a curse on the Yankees," team spokesman Howard Rubenstein told the Post.
A construction worker and Boston fan working on the concrete crew at the $1.3 billion new Yankee Stadium buried a Red Sox shirt in with the concrete foundation under what will become the visitors' clubhouse, in the hopes of jinxing the New York Yankees' new home, the New York Post reported.
Two construction workers told the newspaper about the stunt on conditon of anonymity.
"In August, a Red Sox T-shirt was poured in a slab in the visitor's clubhouse. It's the curse of the Yankees," one worker told the Post. "Nobody knows about it. It's in the floors, it's buried."
The workers say they're now afraid that they've jinxed the Yankees.
I don't want to be responsible for sinking the franchise," said a second worker, who witnessed the burial. "I respect the stadium."
"I guess if the Yankees go 86 years in the new ballpark without a win we'll know if we are on to something," the worker said, referring to Boston's title drought after the franchise sold Babe Ruth.
Chris Wertz, the co-owner of Professor Thom's in New York's East Village -- a haven for Red Sox fans in the Big Apple -- thought the move was a stroke of genius, according to the report.
"I won't be surprised in the least bit to see that visiting locker room torn up and relaid right away," he said, according to the Post. "This is what makes the game special for baseball fans. It's not a mean thing, but something they will take seriously."
There is a precedent for fans burying trinkets for good luck. During the construction of the ice rink for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, a worker laid a Canadian one-dollar coin (known as a "loonie") at center ice. Canada went on to win its first gold medal in men's ice hockey since 1952.
And Mickey Bradley, a co-author of "Haunted Baseball," told the Post that a worker was said to have buried an unknown good-luck charm in a water main trench of the current Yankee Stadium back in 1920.
"Prior to that, they never won a World Series," he said, according to the newspaper.
But the Yankees said they're not concerned that a piece of Red Sox-colored cotton could be lurking under their feet at their new home.
"It sounds like a tall tale, and it would take more than a Red Sox T-shirt to put a curse on the Yankees," team spokesman Howard Rubenstein told the Post.
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I think it's an amusing story and it will probably make it really easy for a bunch of writers to do their stories this weekend, but come on. The games should be enough by themselves.
<< <i>Does it strike anyone else as odd that this story breaks on the morning of the first Yankee / Red Sox series of the season?
I think it's an amusing story and it will probably make it really easy for a bunch of writers to do their stories this weekend, but come on. The games should be enough by themselves. >>
Not really odd, just perfectly timed.
This is good material for "Around the Horn" and "PTI"
I wonder though if anyone would risk their job doing something like that anbd not just that , when you're pouring concrete in that type of mass , there are a lot of people around .
I don't think it is true , but I suppose anything is possible .
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That'll learn 'em.
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Oh and by the way , you know why the Yankees haven't won a championship since the new stadium ?
Because when I was a young buck working on the building of Yankee stadium , I placed my Red Sox jersey into the foundation of the stadium to jinx them. < Click > Lights out !
I think they opened up a Pandoras box of sorts here .
Now people are going to be placing things in all kinds of places in the stadium and the place will fall apart within 5 years.
You can not place things like this into concrete and expect it to have the same strength , If this is true I hope the area in question does not have much weight standing over it .
be giving creedence to their own superstititions and become a laughingstock of baseball.
<< <i>Risking their job? I doubt it, how could anything be proved unless the cement was dug up and if the Yankees did that they would just
be giving creedence to their own superstititions and become a laughingstock of baseball. >>
I dont know, if i was the foreman (or whatever) these workers just blasted your reputation by saying they provided shoddy work, no matter if the intent was malicious or not.
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be giving creedence to their own superstititions and become a laughingstock of baseball."
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Well it seems there are actually pictures of them pouring the jersey in there and the guys name was also released .
Seems Gino is in a little bit of a pickle right about now .
You can not go sabotaging a job site, I think it was kind of stupid for anyone to ever breath a word of it , that is something you take to your grave , or at least tell right before you die .
As far as the New York Yankees becoming the laughing stock of baseball . . .
Well that right there is laughable in itself .
At the end of the day it is all about championships , championships other fans can only wish they had , you know it , i know it and everyone else on the face of the planet knows it .
I think if someone put something in my backyard and I did not want it there , it would be removed .
Personally I hope it stays there , I mean look at Big pappis record since they buried the thing .
Oh wow , look who's jersey they buried , well i'll be damned !
or at least waited until the stadium was completed
Hank -
<< <i>"I hope his coworkers kick the s- - - out of him," >>
. I love Hank.
I bet he winds up in some of the mix at Yankee stadium , watch ,Big Gino is gonna pull a disappearing act .
I wish they would have left it there , now Big Pappi will start hitting again . . . damn it !
For him the curse seemed to be working in reverse since the buried his jersey .
Too bad it wasn't Manny's jersey they buried , that guy is killin us !
Great games though so far , just the way I like em to be , it is no fun if it is a blow out in the opening innings .
<< <i>bye bye filthy shirt
Hank -
<< <i>"I hope his coworkers kick the s- - - out of him," >>
. I love Hank. >>
I love it! The curse is reversed!!
Oh what shame for you Red Sox