Now who is paranoid?
After nearly a century of talking about some curse by some fat guy named “Babe” who had a candy bar, the 2004 edition of the Boston Red Sox ended all talk about curses. The 2007 guys made sure that the thought of any such nonsense was definitely put to bed.
Now baby Hank Steinbrenner is upset because a construction worker (oddly enough, who was from the Bronx) added a David Ortiz jersey to the foundation of the new Yankee stadium in order to try and curse the team. So, when construction workers are trying to place a paranormal curse on your new building, who you gonna call?
While it appears Ray, Winston, Pete and Egon are all on vacation, Steinbrenner called on union workers to come out on a Sunday to work for an additional five hours to unearth the jersey. Hey, who said sanity was a requisite for running a baseball franchise?
The news first spread after the worker contacted The New York Post with the story, allowing them to run it only if he remain anonymous. But with the help of enough Yankee fans, and probably calling in a favor from Vito Corleone, Steinbrenner proved the story to be much more than a hoax and also proved that he is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more paranoid than we give him credit for. Also, his crazy meter was pushed into the red when he said he was going to pursue criminal charges against the worker. For what? Adding to the foundation of a building? Side note: If you want any players’ stature to be part of the foundation of any building, Big Papi would be in the top five on my list, trumped only by David Wells and C.C. Sabathia.
The fun part about this whole experience though is watching Yankee ownership, players and fans squirm at the thought of a “curse.” While being paranoid enough to go to any length to see if just a rumor was true. All this is, is further proof of the swapping of places of the Yankees and Red Sox, purely from a comfortability level. Now who aint afraid of no ghosts?
Top five things that annoy me in sports this week:
5. Kobe Bryant
You are not the MVP.
4. Fox Sports
I forgot how much I truly loathe Joe Buck.
3. New York Knicks
You can’t win back your fans by giving them free food, that only works in New York if Roger Clemens is a fan of yours.
2. College Hoops
Every stud player from the NCAA this year, welcome ’08 rookie class.
1. We’ll go with Fox Sports again.