Yanks give Buried Ortiz Jersey to Jimmy Fund for charity auction

[rinsd]

"The official charity of the Red Sox, the Jimmy Fund, began an eBay auction Thursday for the David Ortiz jersey that was buried under the New York Yankees' new stadium by a Boston fan hoping to create a hex.

All proceeds will go to the children's cancer charity, which is affiliated with Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The jersey was discovered Sunday and the Yankees sent it to the Jimmy Fund.

The auction lasts for one week. The starting bid was $500 for the No. 34 jersey, a brand-new jersey and two seats to a Red Sox game.

"It's certainly a very, very valuable piece of property," said Mike Andrews, the chairman of the Jimmy Fund and a former Red Sox second baseman.

"We're bitter rivals when we go on the field, but there's one thing we have in common and that's the fight against cancer," he said. "I think it was wonderful they thought of us immediately but I'm not surprised."

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3351437

Made me proud of both teams.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

1. Whoever planted the jersey

should've kept his mouth shut. If he wanted his gesture to mean anything. At least until it was too late to dig it up. :shrug:

[MaineDem]

2. Absolutely

There have been some rumors the Yankees did this themselves.

I would have waited until it was too late. I would have taken pictures for proof but it would be more fun to have "the curse" just linger over the new field. :evilgrin:

[joeybee12]

3. That's what I heard, makes me believe it, especially since they made

such a big deal over digging it up...Jersey-gate?