Last week there was a story that a construction worker who was working on the new Yankee Stadium buried a Red Sox jersey underground in the concrete of the stadium. The construction worker was a Red Sox fan and he put the jersey underground in an attempt to put a curse on the Yankees.
When I heard about this story I thought it was pretty funny. I mean this guy was just trying to have some fun, get his name out there and make headlines. On Saturday, the Yankees told the construction workers to dig up the jersey and remove it. I can't believe the Yankees actually took this story seriously enough that they made these construction workers do five hours of drilling to get a jersey out just because some guy said they would now be cursed. I was even more shocked when they said they might pursue legal actions against this guy. What law did he break?
I found this whole story pretty amusing but it does show you how serious people take curses in the whole Yankees-Red Sox rivalry. It is believed that the Red Sox were cursed for 86 years for trading Babe Ruth to the Yankees. The Red Sox finally won the World Series in 2004 ending the curse. So I guess the Yankees did not want to take a chance to suffer something like the Red Sox did. Even though I think the Yankees completely overreacted to this story, I will praise them for sending the jersey to a fund which will auction it off to help raise money for cancer awareness. That was a good idea and a noble cause.
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