Sox Jersey dug up from New Yankee Stadium

[Youk Of The Nation]

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080413&content_id=2523286&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

 

They're seriously considering a lawsuit against the guy? What are they going to accuse him of? Attempted jinxing?

[schillingouttheks]

LOL

[Youk Of The Nation]

Maybe Ortiz was actually being jinxed by the Jersey. Who knows.

 

f***ing superstitious retards.

[Youk Of The Nation]

On the first count, jinxing in the third degree, how do you find?

 

We find the defendant, Anonymous Construction Worker...retarded, your honor

 

And as to the second count, criminal waste of a goddamn 75-dollar baseball jersey in the second degree, how do you find?

 

We find the defendant...retarded.

 

The defendant is hereby sentenced to 6 months of Washington Nationals/Florida Marlins games and is remanded to the custody of his own blinding stupidity. This is truly a victory for justice.

 

*gavel*

[26 to 6]

lmao Youk..

 

I had heard the whole story was just ********, but apparently not. Hank wasted no time getting to the bottom of this one

haha

[Youk Of The Nation]

Are you gonna change your username or what?

[Thumper]

Hanky Panky will use any way necessicary to get money I see.

 

Guess it'll come in handy to pay the rest of A-Rod's contract.

[26 to 6]

It probably cost them more to dig it up..

 

Are you gonna change your username or what?

I was all for it,but your fellow Sox fans on the board decided I should be dubbed with this for some reason. Talk to ORS, stk, and whoever else about it...

[Youk Of The Nation]

Ahh. I should have guessed there was a reason, seeing as I wasnt here when the Sox won.

 

I think even if we did change it, everyone would still call you 26 to 6 anyways, right?

 

As long as we're on the subject of you, I've been meaning to ask...what are those numbers in your signature?

[Cocos Disciples]

26 to 6 sounds better...in my mind.

[26 to 6]

up to 49 is the retired numbers for the Yankees. After that are the numbers of other Yankees who I like and admire and would like to see have their numbers retired.Some likely, others just hopeful.

[Ray10]

I thought that this was amazing lol cracked me up when I read it.

[schillingouttheks]

Ah ma gawd! The numbers 4 8 15 16 23 and 42 appear in 26 to 6's sig! AHHHHHHHHH

[a700hitter]

I don't know the source of this, but I got this in my email:

 

NEW YORK—Citing a need for physical and spiritual cleansing after a Boston Red

Sox fan entombed a David Ortiz jersey in the floor of the new facility, the

New York Yankees buried former centerfielder Bernie Williams under 4,650

pounds of concrete Wednesday in the foundation of the new Yankee Stadium for

good luck.

 

According to team sources, the instant the 39-year-old Williams was completely

submerged in the rapidly setting structural material, stopping his voice as

his lungs and mouth filled with concrete, the sun broke through the clouds and

shone on the yet-incomplete field. Yankees part-owner Hank Steinbrenner called

the occurrence a sign indicating that the "Curse Of A Red Sox Fan's David

Ortiz Jersey" had been reversed, and that God was once again on the Yankees'

side.

"Any attempt to put a hex on the New York Yankees has been successfully

averted," Steinbrenner told reporters while standing over the still-wet

concrete slab beneath which, judging by the sluggish ripples and lopsided

bubbles in the hardening agglomerate, Williams still struggled. "Not that this

organization believes in curses. We're the Yankees. We believe the success of

our team is based purely on our players and their on-field performance. And we

act accordingly."

 

"However," Steinbrenner continued, "Bernie was on our last World Series team

in 2000, so we figured burying him under our new home certainly couldn't hurt.

Also, he was available, and his appearance fee was quite reasonable."

 

The burial ceremony, which delayed the completion of the stadium approximately

three weeks and cost roughly $1.5 million—$1,000 of which will go to Bernie

Williams' family—involved placing Williams into a six-foot-deep concrete hole

directly where the tattered Red Sox jersey was found.

 

Dressed in his full Yankees uniform and batting helmet, and clutching an

autographed ball signed by all members of Yankees' 1996 World Series team,

Williams was lowered into the ground and then covered with a combination of

concrete, fly ash, slag cement, and coarse aggregate consisting mostly of

gravel limestone.

 

Though Yankees officials did not allow Williams' family to attend the burial,

citing the fact they were not "true Yankees," they permitted the former

centerfielder to take with him a picture of his wife and three children after

Williams provided video evidence proving that all of his family members were

present and cheered during the Yankees' championship run between 1996 and

2000.

 

"Now, we're not necessarily hoping that having him in the foundation will mean

our outfielders will start throwing like Bernie, our hitters will begin

hitting like him, or our faster baserunners will start running like him,"

Yankees first-year coach Joe Girardi said. "Most of our guys are already

better than he was. We just know—and this is what I told Bernie's family—that

the good deed of letting a former Yankee permanently come home will be

recognized by the baseball gods and will translate into Yankee victories,

which will be good for the entire human race."

 

Williams, who was smiling from the moment he arrived at the new stadium until

his face could no longer be seen, was grateful for the opportunity.

 

"I would do anything to help this ballclub win another World Series," Williams

shouted up to reporters while standing in rapidly filling pit. "Just to be

part of this organization again in some capacity is an honor and privilege.

And even though I haven't received a thank you from the Steinbrenner family, I

know they are appreciative."

 

"This is what it means to be a lifelong Yankgluh ," Williams attempted to add.

 

According to Yankees president Randy Levine, the organization had been

discussing various ways to exorcize the curse of the buried Red Sox jersey,

under which the Yankees went an "unacceptable" 4-4. Levine said that it was

Hal Steinbrenner who suggested submerging a former or current player in

concrete as a good luck charm.

 

Interoffice e-mails confirm that players who made the short list were Yogi

Berra, Paul O'Neill, and current Yankee outfielder Shelley Duncan.

 

"Truth be told, we didn't even think of Bernie," Levine said. "But then we got

a call from his agent. It took a bit of convincing on their part, but in the

end it seemed like this fulfilled both of our needs."

 

"By giving Bernie this chance, we have once again proven why we are the

classiest organization in all of sports," Levine added. "Lesser teams would

have overreacted to this whole curse thing and buried Derek Jeter."

 

When asked if burial in the new stadium guaranteed that Williams' No. 51 would

be retired in the new Monument Park, both Steinbrenners had no comment, saying

only that they appreciated Mr. Williams' commitment to the team.

[Thumper]

I don't know the source of this, but I got this in my email:

 

NEW YORK—Citing a need for physical and spiritual cleansing after a Boston Red

Sox fan entombed a David Ortiz jersey in the floor of the new facility, the

New York Yankees buried former centerfielder Bernie Williams under 4,650

pounds of concrete Wednesday in the foundation of the new Yankee Stadium for

good luck.

 

According to team sources, the instant the 39-year-old Williams was completely

submerged in the rapidly setting structural material, stopping his voice as

his lungs and mouth filled with concrete, the sun broke through the clouds and

shone on the yet-incomplete field. Yankees part-owner Hank Steinbrenner called

the occurrence a sign indicating that the "Curse Of A Red Sox Fan's David

Ortiz Jersey" had been reversed, and that God was once again on the Yankees'

side.

"Any attempt to put a hex on the New York Yankees has been successfully

averted," Steinbrenner told reporters while standing over the still-wet

concrete slab beneath which, judging by the sluggish ripples and lopsided

bubbles in the hardening agglomerate, Williams still struggled. "Not that this

organization believes in curses. We're the Yankees. We believe the success of

our team is based purely on our players and their on-field performance. And we

act accordingly."

 

"However," Steinbrenner continued, "Bernie was on our last World Series team

in 2000, so we figured burying him under our new home certainly couldn't hurt.

Also, he was available, and his appearance fee was quite reasonable."

 

The burial ceremony, which delayed the completion of the stadium approximately

three weeks and cost roughly $1.5 million—$1,000 of which will go to Bernie

Williams' family—involved placing Williams into a six-foot-deep concrete hole

directly where the tattered Red Sox jersey was found.

 

Dressed in his full Yankees uniform and batting helmet, and clutching an

autographed ball signed by all members of Yankees' 1996 World Series team,

Williams was lowered into the ground and then covered with a combination of

concrete, fly ash, slag cement, and coarse aggregate consisting mostly of

gravel limestone.

 

Though Yankees officials did not allow Williams' family to attend the burial,

citing the fact they were not "true Yankees," they permitted the former

centerfielder to take with him a picture of his wife and three children after

Williams provided video evidence proving that all of his family members were

present and cheered during the Yankees' championship run between 1996 and

2000.

 

"Now, we're not necessarily hoping that having him in the foundation will mean

our outfielders will start throwing like Bernie, our hitters will begin

hitting like him, or our faster baserunners will start running like him,"

Yankees first-year coach Joe Girardi said. "Most of our guys are already

better than he was. We just know—and this is what I told Bernie's family—that

the good deed of letting a former Yankee permanently come home will be

recognized by the baseball gods and will translate into Yankee victories,

which will be good for the entire human race."

 

Williams, who was smiling from the moment he arrived at the new stadium until

his face could no longer be seen, was grateful for the opportunity.

 

"I would do anything to help this ballclub win another World Series," Williams

shouted up to reporters while standing in rapidly filling pit. "Just to be

part of this organization again in some capacity is an honor and privilege.

And even though I haven't received a thank you from the Steinbrenner family, I

know they are appreciative."

 

"This is what it means to be a lifelong Yankgluh ," Williams attempted to add.

 

According to Yankees president Randy Levine, the organization had been

discussing various ways to exorcize the curse of the buried Red Sox jersey,

under which the Yankees went an "unacceptable" 4-4. Levine said that it was

Hal Steinbrenner who suggested submerging a former or current player in

concrete as a good luck charm.

 

Interoffice e-mails confirm that players who made the short list were Yogi

Berra, Paul O'Neill, and current Yankee outfielder Shelley Duncan.

 

"Truth be told, we didn't even think of Bernie," Levine said. "But then we got

a call from his agent. It took a bit of convincing on their part, but in the

end it seemed like this fulfilled both of our needs."

 

"By giving Bernie this chance, we have once again proven why we are the

classiest organization in all of sports," Levine added. "Lesser teams would

have overreacted to this whole curse thing and buried Derek Jeter."

 

When asked if burial in the new stadium guaranteed that Williams' No. 51 would

be retired in the new Monument Park, both Steinbrenners had no comment, saying

only that they appreciated Mr. Williams' commitment to the team.

 

Too f***ing funny.

[schillingouttheks]

Probably from The Onion?

 

EDIT: Yeah, it is.

[redsoxrules]

WOW

 

 

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