Bo Sox jersey in Yankees stadium

[ohms_law]

They need to realize that they are in the entertainment business

oh, I think that their very much aware that their in the entertainment business.

And as the organization that used the Kansas City A's as it's drafting puppet, paying them off and stealing all their prospects, the Yankees can certainly identify dirty, underhanded maneuvers.

I know that you're a BoSox fan AOW but to be fair, Charlie Finley was the one at fault for doing that. The Yankees were simply there to take advantage.

[Alloutwar]

True - and heck, I can't really bring something up from 40-50 years ago, and pretend I have a grudge about it. Heck, I wasn't even (-25) back then.

Plus, my Sox have that whole 'last team to integrate' thing hanging over us, so we're no saints. Just seems that the more I learn about the Yanks, the more bad stuff there is to unearth...

[CatKnight]

Uhm...it wasn't Finley. One of Finley's first press conferences involved him pointing a bus at New York and setting it on fire to symbolize the end of their 'special relationship.' You're thinking of his predecessor, Arnold Johnson.

Johnson was a long time business associate of the then Yankee owners. He owned Yankee Stadium until the AL forced him to sell if he wanted the KCA. He also owned Blues Stadium, home of the Yank's top KC farm team. He sold that to the city, which renamed it Municipal Stadium and leased it back to him for the Athletics.

His company continued to manage Yankee Stad. Del Webb's (one of NYY's owners) construction company built Municipal Stad. up to Major League standards. Johnson also held a mortgage on the Yanks.

That kinda sounds like a special relationship to me, not that the NYY simply 'took advantage' like any good team might.
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I don't like the Yanks, but I have to go with an earlier poster. This is really like sabotaging someone's home. (Yes, I realize a jersey is going to do squat to the integrity of Yankee Stadium, but that's not my point.) At best this is an extremely low class maneuver.

Being in the entertainment industry doesn't mean they have to put up with s***. Nor should they. In fact, if the Yanks DON'T make a strong stance I imagine a good number of their fans won't be happy.

I suppose much depends on what the Yanks would want to charge this guy with. If it's some felony, then we're probably in the overkill range. A misdemeanor along the lines of vandalism might be in order.

[ohms_law]

Uhm...it wasn't Finley. One of Finley's first press conferences involved him pointing a bus at New York and setting it on fire to symbolize the end of their 'special relationship.' You're thinking of his predecessor, Arnold Johnson.

Johnson was a long time business associate of the then Yankee owners. He owned Yankee Stadium until the AL forced him to sell if he wanted the KCA. He also owned Blues Stadium, home of the Yank's top KC farm team. He sold that to the city, which renamed it Municipal Stadium and leased it back to him for the Athletics.

His company continued to manage Yankee Stad. Del Webb's (one of NYY's owners) construction company built Municipal Stad. up to Major League standards. Johnson also held a mortgage on the Yanks.

That kinda sounds like a special relationship to me, not that the NYY simply 'took advantage' like any good team might.

My bad, it was Johnson. I remember now.
Still, the point stands. The Yankees organization themselves didn't install Johnson... at least, not that I remember. The other owners should have (and will, today) blocked Johnson from becoming an owner. I'll give the point that ethically the Yankees organization shouldn't have taken advantage of the Athletics in the way they did, but they needed to have Johnson and Parke Carroll there to actually do it.

[boomboom]

I would think that it would have a curse on the visiting clubs team...which would benefit the Yankees...it could have been played off like that...

And when the yankees removed the shirt, they could have said "we want all teams to have a fair chance at beating us" ...

[CatKnight]

Now that's true, boomboom. That would've been funny

[cartman00000001]

when I first heard this, I thought it was bull. Great story though!! The truth can be stranger than fiction. Examples:

The Jersey...hopefully they get a lot from the Jimmy Fund auction. If I had the $$$ I would buy it. GREAT conversation piece.

The hawk at Fenway attacking "A-Rod"

The person who brought a Yankee cap to the top of Mt. Everest to burn it.

Red Sox / Yankees never takes a day off!!

[RickD]

This is the dumbest thing I have ever heard, I think. Why in the heck would you bury a jersey in the concrete of a job site that you're working on? Pure ignorance; I guess to some people losing your job to try to start a baseball curse is acceptable, and obviously practiced.

I honestly think that the man should be fired (if he hasn't been already), and the man should be barred from working in the state of NY. Now now, yes a little harsh, but come on; I have been around construction all my life. I guarantee you that if a homeowner had his home tainted as a joke, basically; Well, the homeowner wouldn't be too pleased, and would most definitely complain to the company. Now, this is sort of like the example I gave you. Homeowner = Hank Steinbrenner, Home = (new) Yankee Stadium, Company (probably many companies) = All the workers working on the stadium, including the ignoramus worker that buried the shirt in the concrete. I kinda see why Hank and the crew are a little mad at the idiot... It's also like me walking in someone from India's home, and eating a hamburger.

AMEN!!!!!!

[lkcostas]

I thought it was hilarious. Of course, I loathe the Yankees.

[Reade]

Oh and White Sox fans are so stupid they probably buried a jersey too but with the fan still in it.

The man speaks the truth!

[metsguy234]

Ugh-

Do we need to spend many man-hours and taxpayers dollars to dig up a shirt that someone put in a stadium?

Awesome idea by the guy who did it, but it failed when he told everyone!

Hank Steinbrenner making such a big deal of this reiterates the point that Hank Steinbrenner is quite a stupid fellow.

LOL, did Georgie inject all of his kids with "Exaggerate the importance of everything in life and do ridiculous things just for media attention" medicine when they were born?

[JayC]

I suppose much depends on what the Yanks would want to charge this guy with. If it's some felony, then we're probably in the overkill range. A misdemeanor along the lines of vandalism might be in order.

Well that wouldn't be up to Yankees... but anyway the Bronx DA has said that there won't be any charges. The club is still considering civil action to recover the costs involved.

Do we need to spend many man-hours and taxpayers dollars to dig up a shirt that someone put in a stadium?

Taxpayer dollars? Zero, which is exactly what was spent. If the Yankees want to spend $50 grand on what was essentially a publicity/marketing move, that's up to them.

did Georgie inject all of his kids with "Exaggerate the importance of everything in life and do ridiculous things just for media attention" medicine when they were born?

Yeah, this idea of a sports/entertainment corporation doing things for media attention is clearly a Steinbrenner exclusive.

[metsguy234]

Yeah, this idea of a sports/entertainment corporation doing things for media attention is clearly a Steinbrenner exclusive.

But the Steinbrenners have made a business of cheap gimmicky ways to get in the headlines ("Red Sox Nation- what a bunch of EXPLETIVE that is"). They've made a business of bragging about their team, even when there's nothing to brag about ("Red Sox as World Champions. What a bunch of EXPLETIVE that is"- LOL). They make their players and fans look worse then they actually are (If the Yankees were a modest dynasty, or at least a team who had a few miracle victories, then we would all hate them much less).

Yeah, other owners do stuff for media attention too. But none do it quite as stupidly and laughably as the Steinbrenners.

[koolzach1]

Jealousy will never be overcome.

26 Rings, 13 straight playoffs

[ohms_law]

But the Steinbrenners have made a business of cheap gimmicky ways to get in the headlines ("Red Sox Nation- what a bunch of EXPLETIVE that is"). They've made a business of bragging about their team, even when there's nothing to brag about ("Red Sox as World Champions. What a bunch of EXPLETIVE that is"- LOL). They make their players and fans look worse then they actually are (If the Yankees were a modest dynasty, or at least a team who had a few miracle victories, then we would all hate them much less).

Yeah, other owners do stuff for media attention too. But none do it quite as stupidly and laughably as the Steinbrenners.

Hyperbole.

It's not as though the Mets, Red Sox, White Sox, Angels, etc... don't ever do similar things. The only thing that the Yankees are really guilty of is being in the largest media market in the world and being a winning team.

Jealousy will never be overcome.

26 Rings, 13 straight playoffs

lol