The attempt was admirable. But a conniving Boston fan’s hard work to bury a Red Sox jersey under the new Yankee Stadium and jinx the Bronx Bombers was foiled.
The shirt was planted in a service corridor behind what will be a restaurant in the new stadium, and over the weekend construction crews dug the David Ortiz shirt up.
Yankees President Randy Levine said the team first considered leaving the shirt, but they just couldn’t let it happen. Unfortunately for Levine and the Yankees, owner George Steinbrenner is committing a more atrocious act, one that will bring a jinx to his beloved franchise.
Steinbrenner is tearing down the “House That Ruth Built,” replacing it with a $1.3 billion monstrosity that’s more than double the size. After snatching The Sultan of Swat, Babe Ruth, from the Red Sox for $125,000 New York changed the landscape of baseball. Ask Boston about those 86 lean years.
In 1923, when Yankee Stadium opened it favored lefthanded power with the right-field foul pole only 295-feet from home plate. Poised to be replaced, Steinbrenner is unknowingly bringing about a Reverse Curse. You don’t tear down the Ruth’s House without penalty.
Next year when the new Yankee Stadium opens, New York will begin a 34-year drought. Why 34 years? Not only does Sox Slugger David Ortiz don 34 on a daily basis, but if you take the Yankee legends Ruth and Lou Gehrig and put their number back-to-back, 3-4, well, you get the picture.
The Reverse Curse is upon you, New York. Watch out.
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How’s this for irony. Since the Yankees dug up the David Oritz jersey on April 13, Boston’s designated hitter has snapped out of his early season slump. In his first 12 games, Ortiz was batting a pathetic .070 with 1 home run and 3 RBIs. In the 30 games since the ‘big dig,’ Big Papi has blasted 9 homers, knocked in 34 RBIs and is batting .312. One final thing, Ortiz’s Red Sox are sitting atop the AL East (27-19) six games ahead of the last place Yankees (20-24).
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