Am I the only one that thinks the whole ‘excavation’ was a hoax? Seriously, if a piece of fabric was thrown in the concrete mix, poured, and allowed to cure, it would be just like a fossil in a stone. You would not be able to chip out the surrounding concrete and then pull out a rumpled up jersey, with only some tears and scuffs on it. It would be completely infused and part of the solid concrete.

Not to mention, almost zero chance construction workers would remember some random guy who worked at the site for ONE DAY and which area of the site he worked at.

The pictures in the NYPost showing a jersey just sitting in the chipped out hole is ridiculous, and to me, an obvious PR attempt to stifle any on going ‘curse’ and give the Yankees the last laugh / word.

If there really was a jersey, I think its still in there somewhere.

Now if only a GC would comment and tell me I have no idea what I’m talking about and should not opine on industry standard jersey excavation procedures.

my only point was there are sophisticated legal issues at play here and that should be something people consider before formulating their opinions

The fact is, once this story got out, the Yankees HAD to dig it up. It would loom too large in many fans mind and would always be a source of ridicule from Red Sux fans.

I don’t believe in curses, and I think this story is ridiculous, but you knew Hank wasn’t going to let a Sawx fan get the better of the Yankees.

“Only a Red Sox fan would do something this fucking stupid”

Let’s see, maybe we could say, “only a new yorker”, “only an Italian”, “only a construction worker”, “only a guy with mob ties”

None would be true, because even though this guy is apparently an armpit of the worst degree, he should in no way be held as the representative of Red Sox Nation, or new york, or any of the others I mentioned.

Also, I honestly don’t care how this turns out one way or the other, but I have friend who is a contractor and he claims that his group leaves something behind at every site they work on or build. Whether it’s initials or footprints in the cement or signing their names on a beam. It seems trivial to me.

I think the yankees are doing something extremely classy by donating to the Jimmy Fund and they are to be applauded for it.

Your right it’s a baseball blog….blog being the optimal word here. This is about the Yankee’s and we are Yankee fans….so please don’t tell us what we can and cannot write about. If we are all to “stupid” to understand these heady legal issues then perhaps your time would be better spent on the Harvard Law Blog.

This is a baseball blog and everyone’s opinions on baseball should always be welcome, but can lay persons please stop expounding on difficult legal principles when they have ABSOLUTELY no idea what on earth they are talking about

I also agree with Buster. You have to dig the thing up to save us this discussion for years if not decades to come. The best part is the charity. Nice in your face touch by the Yanks.

By the way when they were digging up Ortiz’s jersey they should have dug a little deeper to see if they could find his game!

And besides… is Donald Trump really someone you’d want to use as a role model here?

Looking at it from a marketing perspective, I think all parties concerned feel that the rivalry has scaled back a bit from its 2005 high-point of insanity. That means less TV viewers, less paraphernalia sales, etc. That’s why Hank and Theo made their comments during the spring, and that’s why they turned the t-shirt into front page news. The marketing folks are trying to jack the intensity back up, plain and simple. Red Sox / Yankees hatred is big bucks.