Cursed Jersey in Beantown (Where It Belongs!)

Photograph of 8-year-old cancer patient Ryan Reardon examining the David Ortiz jersey buried under the new Yankee Stadium by Steven Senne/AP

The Red Sox jersey that was buried under cement and then excavated from the new Yankee Stadium was presented to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston today.

The Yankees donated the jersey for the Jimmy Fund to auction off and raise money for cancer care and research at Dana Farber. A Dana-Farber spokesman said the Steinbrenners have donated to the Jimmy Fund before, "As much as [the Yankees are] the evil empire (for Boston sports fans), they’ve been quite generous to the Jimmy Fund."

Here's the auction site; bidding started at $500 and is now at $30,001.

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By Jen Chung in News on April 17, 2008 5:31 PM

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cattty

couldn't the 50K spent to excavate/unearth the jersey just have been donated instead?

BootyInMyEye

i have a sneaky suspicion a manny ramirez jersey is buried somewhere underneath the current yankee stadium...

someone please unearth it.

Dave Hogarty

I'm going to agree with [1-3]. The whole thing was a wasteful fiasco that redeemed itself with this nice turn.

blablanyc

Hank should have wiped his butt with it before giving it back.

berniegoetz

I think Marc Ecko should buy it, take a giant shit on it, and then launch it into space. Or something.

FrankMartin

Holy Cow, now that is a nice turn in this idiotic tale.

Jen Chung

I know! I think David Ortiz should sign it and help drive the price up. Maybe even offer a new one, too.

Pitch

This is the only redeeming part of the whole story. From this whole stupid affair, at least it's a good thing that they're raising money for cancer research.