New Yankee Stadium might STILL be jinxed

Wednesday, May 21, 2008
New Yankee Stadium might be jinxed
Man who buried Ortiz jersey in the Yankees' new home said he also buried official scorecard.
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times

If inexperienced pitchers and key injuries were not enough to explain the Yankees' struggles, fans may have a new reason.

On MSNBC's "Countdown With Keith Olbermann" on Monday night, Olbermann reported that the construction worker who buried a David Ortiz jersey in the concrete foundation of the new Yankee Stadium told friends that he had buried other Red Sox memorabilia.

According to the program, the worker, Gino Castignoli, told friends that while he worked at the stadium for one day last summer he buried an official scorecard from the 2004 Yankees-Red Sox American League Championship Series in hopes of jinxing the Yankees.

In that series, the Red Sox came back to eliminate the Yankees despite losing the first three games of the best-of-seven series.

In April, Yankees officials took the buried jersey stunt so seriously that they had construction workers use jackhammers to break into the concrete and remove the jersey.

This time, a similar response might be more difficult.

Castignoli "isn't telling anybody where" he buried the program, Olbermann said, according to a transcript of the broadcast.

"That could pose a problem," said Olbermann, who toured the new stadium. "The new park is pretty big."

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