Phish Fan Plants Yankee Stadium Grass At Fenway During Show

Most Phish fans sneak a little grass into concerts in their underwear, but during the band's tour-opening show at Fenway Park on May 31st, Yankee fan Ian Ferris took it a step further: As payback for the Red Sox fan who tried to curse the Bronx Bombers by dropping a Sox jersey into wet concrete during construction of the new stadium, Ferris tried to seed the Fenway infield with grass seeds sold at Yankee Stadium. Once inside, Ferris, who manages a Hooters in Vermont, filled the bag of seeds with water and tossed it onto the infield. He tells the Post, "This is payback. If even one blade of grass sprouts on the field, I feel it was a success." It's important to have ambitions in life, but Gino Castignoli, the construction worker who buried the Red Sox jersey at Yankee Stadium, says Ferris's pitiful little gesture is futile: "My curse is working. It's typical of a Yankee fan to think you can buy a jinx in a bag. When will they learn, you don't win with your wallet but with your heart?" It's a safe bet that Castignoli also thinks Phish sucks, and Panic rules.

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By John Del Signore in Arts and Events on June 9, 2009 3:53 PM

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NannyState

Typical Phish fan: "bringing the grass" and it's mostly seeds.

YELLOWFOOT

I'm really confused as to how the ortiz thing is working unless the guys intent was to end Ortiz's career cause then yes its working oh and the yankees are in first place

planters

with a .197 BA, my thoughts exactly..

JMH

"When will they learn, you don't win with your wallet but with your heart?"

... said the fan of the team with the fourth-highest payroll in the league.

jaycjay

Fourth highest in MLB, which is probably what you meant.

But second highest in the league; they're behind only the Yankees in the AL.

ed_Extinct

It's more appropriate to bury a folder.

jaycjay

Huh? This wasn't at Citi Field.

MisterTissue

C'mon...construct a pun: Phish fan, grass, bag, seeds. JESUS! It's too easy...

frank

Unless that construction worker constructed the Ortiz jersey himself out of bits of lint he found lying around, I'm thinking he probably reached into his wallet to purchase it.