Bidding for 'Curse' Red Sox jersey tops $30,000
(Dominic Chavez/Globe Staff)
The David Ortiz jersey that had been secretly buried at the new Yankee Stadium was shown today to Jerry House (right) and 8-year-old Ryan Reardon, both of whom are cancer patients. Michael Andrews (center) is chairman of development at The Jimmy Fund, which is auctioning the jersey to raise money for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff
It was meant to be a curse on the New York Yankees, but it may turn out to be a blessing for people with cancer.
The Red Sox jersey that caused a big splash in the media when a construction worker revealed he had placed it in the concrete under the new Yankee Stadium was unveiled for the first time today in Boston at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
The Yankees donated the tattered David Ortiz jersey to the Jimmy Fund, which raises funds for cancer care and research at Dana-Farber.
The fund is auctioning the jersey on eBay, where bidding started at $500. By late afternoon, a bid of $30,101 was shown on the auction website.
It's not the first time Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and his family have donated to the fund.
"As much as they’re the evil empire (for Boston sports fans), they’ve been quite generous to the Jimmy Fund," said Bill Schaller, a Dana-Farber spokesman.
(Frances Roberts/AP)
Frank Gramarossa, project executive for the new Yankee Stadium, removed the jersey from the floor of a service corridor on Sunday.
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