There is a Red Sox shirt at new Yankee Stadium

April 11th, 2008 | Posted by PostmanR

We’ve mentioned it before: superstitions are silly. But Chicago, and namely the Cubs, are chalk full of them. Bartman, the billy goat, you know the deal by now. Stupid. Silly. A waste of time. The Windy City isn’t the only place where sports and the um, supernatural (?) come into play. Curse of the Bambino anyone? Or how about a Red Sox shirt buried in the concrete at new Yankee Stadium?

Via the New York Post:

In August, a Red Sox T-shirt was poured in a slab in the visitor’s clubhouse. It’s the curse of the Yankees,” one worker said. “Nobody knows about it. It’s in the floors, it’s buried.”

The workers say they now fear that they unwittingly helped hex their beloved Bronx Bombers.

“I don’t want to be responsible for sinking the franchise,” said a second worker, who witnessed the sabotage. “I respect the stadium.”

The Post has withheld their identities because they are not authorized to speak to media.

This latest hex is above and beyond any typical ritual - like wearing a lucky shirt or hat - that fans typically do to boost their luck.

“It sounds a little unprecedented to me,” said Tim Wiles, director of research at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown.

“I guess if the Yankees go 86 years in the new ballpark without a win we’ll know if we are on to something,” he said, referring to Boston’s previous infamous losing streak after they sold Babe Ruth.

While this is undeniably a good gag, a commenter over at Foul Balls today claims it’s not possible to pull off a stunt like it. Oh, who to believe in a time of such peril? I’m sticking with the construction guys. Have you seen new Yankee Stadium? Pretty outstanding.