When I first heard that a construction worker had buried a Red Sox jersey in the concrete beneath the visitors locker room in the new Yankee Stadium, I thought it was a hoax. However, yesterday I saw footage of two workers jackhammering into the floor so that they might remove the jersey. The story was true. It appeared that an attempted "curse" was avoided. (Why the construction worker who planted the jersey blabbed, I'll never know. It would have been so much more interesting as an "Urban Legend" 5 years from now when the Yankees were wallowing in a perpetual 2nd place.)
In an unrelated story, David Ortiz has been mired in a terrible batting slump. Until yesterday he had gone 1 for his last 29 at bats and his average for the season was .070 (3 for 43)! Well below the Mendoza line.
But wait, are these two stories unrelated? When the jersey that had be exhumed from the floor of Yankee Stadium was displayed for the myriad of news cameras it turned out to be #34 David Ortiz. What happened the day after his jersey was freed from it's concrete prison? David Ortiz goes 2 for 5 and increases his batting average by 50%!
I think the construction worker ended up cursing the wrong party! I guess Hank was right when he said "it's never good to be in concrete in New York!" I'm thrilled that the Yankees did the dirty work in removing David's jersey so that he can be back on track for another MVP caliber season! Go Sox!
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