The curse is over! Workers spent five hours jackhammering concrete at the new Yankee Stadium to remove the David Ortiz jersey buried there last week by Gino Castignoli (dramatic re-enactment starring Pedro Martinez and Don Zimmer below).

As one might expect, the NY POST was all over it, breaking the news of the recovery earlier today: Read more…
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jason on Apr. 11, 2008, 10:15am
The New York Yankees visit Fenway Park tonight to renew their rivalry with the Boston Red Sox. (So, the rest of you other 28 MLB teams might as well postpone your games until after the weekend.)

And the NEW YORK POST reports that a new wrinkle has been added to the on-going feud between the AL East adversaries. Trying to out-do the Curse of the Bambino, a construction worker attempted to start a new jinx on the Bronx Bombers by burying a Red Sox shirt in the new Yankee Stadium.
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