Yankee Stadium cultivated open for planted Red Sox’s Jersey

by Lauren Hanley

“Tear down the house built by Ruth, “commanded George Steinbrenner. “I don’t believe in curses.” He continued to boast.
A year later he commands in an anxious tone, “Tear open that concrete. Someone has buried a red sox’s jersey in attempt to curse the Yankees. “
Call it what you want, a flip-flop, ironic, hypocrite, fearful, karma obsessed, or cowardly decision; I deem this entire situation absolutely hysterical.
Last Saturday, New York concrete workers spent hours tearing through the third-base line of a practically finished stadium in search for a planted David Ortiz jersey. Gino Castignoli deposited the shirt under 2 feet of concrete last year, in hope to place a curse over the Yankees and dam then to disastrous seasons.
Lonn Trost, the Yankee’s Chief Operating Officer, told the press that criminal charges against Castignoli could possibly be pursued. The Yankee’s are claiming that Castignoli breached a contract between his employing companies.
These are ridiculous accusations. Castignoli did not do anything malicious or harmful to anyone. He should be applauded for his true faithfulness to the Red Sox instead of being faced with criminal charges. The Yankees have no sense of humor and are merely taking there anger about their inconsistent playing out on him.
Gino Castignoli may be considered a delinquent among Yankee fans, but in Boston he is considered a Red Sox’s martyr. Therefore, all hell will break loose if charges against Castignoli are pursed. A riot of crazed Red Rox fans will march into the courthouse and revolt against the law.
I am hoping that the resurrection of Ortiz’s shirt with also restore his game. David Ortiz has been in a deep slump lately, so I am anticipating the almighty return of Big Papi by the symbolic uncovering of his uniform. The jersey was dug up on Saterday and Ortiz hit two runs this past Monday.
In all seriousness, I wonder what will happen to Ortiz’s garb. I expect the Yankee administration will take possession of it and sell it on E-bay to pay off Alex Rodriguez or Jeter’s contract.

(The jersey was given to the Red Sox as a goodwill geture by the Yankees and has been placed on auction with proceeds to benefit the Jimmy Fund of the Dana Farber Pediatirc Cancer institute. The high bid for the shirt was $5000 at press time.)