Construction Worker Tells His Side Of 'Jerseygate' - ESPN Video

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Digging For A Story
Published 4/13/2008 by The Editor at THE BRONX CHEER
What ever happened to the power of the Pinstripes? They’re no match for a measly cement-encrusted Sox jersey, apparently. Otherwise, the Yanks wouldn’t have gone to such great lengths to dig it up. Mr. Co-Chairperson says there was never anything to worry about. But if you don’t believe in curses then you don’t dig up the shirt.

Still Not Found: George Steinbrenner’s Marbles
Published 4/14/2008 by Paul Lukas at Uni Watch
If they’d put this much effort into finding Jimmy Hoffa, they probably would’ve found D.B. Cooper while they were at it, along with Osama Bin Laden, the 18 missing minutes of Watergate tape, Paris Hilton’s virginity, all those ballpoint pens you misplaced over the past 20 years, Atlantis, and Waldo. I’m referring, of course, to the tizzy that has gripped New York since it was revealed on Friday that a construction worker had tried to curse the Yankees last summer by entombing a Red Sox jersey in the concrete at the new Yankee Stadium. Once the jersey’s likely coordinates were determined, a jackhammer crew ...

'Jerseygate'? You Have Got to Be Kidding
Published 4/14/2008 at The Sporting Blog
This was already the dumbest story ever in the history of all-time dumb stories , but as if that wasn t enough, ESPN is now coining it Jerseygate. Seriously: Please, god, make it stop. I m not referring just to Gino Castignoli vs. the Evil Empire, or grown men threatening to fight each other over a David Ortiz jersey, or even the ridiculousness of a rivalry that nauseates the majority of baseball fans. No, I m talking about [Insert word related to scandal]gate. Enough. New rule: No more adding gate to the end of words. It literally means absolutely nothing.

Published 4/16/2008 by Apryl DeLancey at Women Like Sports
Alright, really now, I don’t want to hear ever again that we are a bunch of nuts in Los Angeles. You crazies that are Yankees and Red Sox fans take the cake! I cannot believe how much press, time, and effort is being spent on the jersey that was buried in the concrete at the new Yankees Stadium. Apparently, the guy did it back in August. Earlier in the week, the Yankees denied it. They denied it so much that they spent the cash and time to jackhammer the alleged spot and – lo and behold – there was a David Ortiz jersey. Not only did the guy who did it think it was a joke, so did his buddies ...