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Red Sox "Curse" Jersey Fetches $175,100 in Charity Auction
Ryan Reardon, of Groveland, Mass., left, an eight-year-old cancer patient at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Jerry House, of Reading, Mass., right, also a cancer patient at the hospital, unveil the jersey of Boston Red Sox baseball player David Ortiz, that was buried under the New York Yankees new stadium, during ceremonies at the cancer institute in Boston Thursday April 17, 2008. The Red Sox's official charity, the Jimmy Fund, is auctioning off the jersey. The jersey was buried by a Boston fan trying to curse its American League rivals. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
(Steven Senne - AP)
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The Boston Red Sox jersey secretly buried under the new Yankee Stadium in a failed curse attempt sold yesterday for $175,100 in a charity auction.
The bid from Kevin Meehan, the owner of Imperialcars.com in Mendon, Mass., was the highest of 282 for the battered No. 34 David Ortiz jersey.
"I actually thought it was going to sell for more money," said Meehan, who bid only in the final moments of the week-long eBay auction that ended at 12:30 p.m. "I have three young boys that I take to the games, and they would have killed me if I didn't buy the shirt."
The Yankees jackhammered the jersey out from under two feet of concrete earlier this month, then donated it to the Jimmy Fund, the Red Sox' official charity that is affiliated with Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Mike Andrews, the Jimmy Fund chairman and former Red Sox second baseman, said the charity was "absolutely thrilled."
"We are grateful for the generous bid, and extend our deep gratitude to the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox for coming together again in the fight against cancer," he said in a statement.
Meehan said he was eager to give to the Jimmy Fund because his father died of cancer and his stepfather has the disease.
"It's personal," he said. "It's a lot deeper than just the shirt."
Meehan plans to eventually display the jersey from his favorite Red Sox player in one of his car dealerships.
"It was just a win-win all the way around," said Meehan, who will receive a new Ortiz jersey, a Yankees T-shirt and two tickets to a Red Sox game, where he will be presented with the unusual piece of sports memorabilia.
Construction worker Gino Castignoli, a Red Sox fan from the Bronx, dropped the jersey in wet concrete during construction of the new stadium, hoping to hex the Yankees. The team found the jersey after receiving information from anonymous tipsters.
-- From News Services
