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lsuby5 Reputation:92 Level:All-Star Since:Jun 27, 2007
	April 13, 2008 3:29 pm Score: 85
	What charity would possibly want a shredded Red Sox jersey that's been dug out of wet cement on a construction site? What would they do, auction it off? Is there seriously a market for that sort of thing?
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sandman34 Reputation:94 Level:All-Star Since:Sep 21, 2006
	April 13, 2008 5:49 pm Score: 94
	were you born yesterday or do you just not leave the house?
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mikiede15 Reputation:42 Level:Rookie Since:Dec 26, 2006
	April 13, 2008 6:44 pm Score: 40
	supposedly the Yankees are sending it to the Jimmy Fund. I believe the Jimmy Fund is for sick Children, based in Boston and spearheaded by the Red Sox. The yankees for years have supported this fund in different ways. actually the yankees are one of the most giving sports organizations around.
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BiGPun1sher Reputation:99 Level:Superstar Since:Aug 30, 2006
	April 13, 2008 6:48 pm Score: 98
	There is a market for any item that gains notoriety... especially something like this in the world of baseball involving the Yankees and Red Sox. It will definitely be a sought after object now, why do you think that people pay hundreds of thousands and even millions of dollars for baseballs that were historically significant. They can auction off and sell the jersey to some rich baseball fan and then the money will be given to this charity...
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Bull-shot Reputation:87 Level:All-Star Since:Aug 31, 2007
	April 13, 2008 7:38 pm Score: 92
	mikiede is right. George has been a big contributer to the Jimmy Fund, which funds research into childhood cancer. It would have made more sense though for the Yankees to donate the expenses of digging up the shirt to a worthy charity rather than to make such a silly gesture. And to the poster who said that the worker who buried the shirt did something "wrong." Huh? Did the worker cost the team time or money by burying the shirt? Did this piece of fabric undermine the strength of the concrete? For such a crime, the Yankees fans on the construction crew definitely should have kicked the s*** out of the guy who buried the shirt.
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crusader8106 Reputation:94 Level:All-Star Since:Feb 22, 2008
	April 13, 2008 8:56 pm Score: 81
	People will buy anything. I don't understand how owning this item means anything or has any value, but someone will pay money for it.
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dvanlaar Reputation:92 Level:All-Star Since:Nov 21, 2006
	April 13, 2008 10:50 pm Score: 90
	Did you miss the whole chewed gum auction on Ebay about 5 years back? If someone is stupid enough to buy chewed bubble gum by a pro baseball player than yes someone is actually stupid enough to buy this jersey. nough sed.
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Turkey Sanglers Reputation:97 Level:Superstar Since:Mar 19, 2007
	April 14, 2008 12:47 am Score: 94
	And to the poster who said that the worker who buried the shirt did something "wrong." Huh? Did the worker cost the team time or money by burying the shirt?I'm not the poster you're talking about, but the answer is yes. 5 hours, and about $6000 is what I have been hearing.
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MannyRules24 Reputation:97 Level:Superstar Since:Jan 18, 2007
	April 14, 2008 1:09 pm Score: 89
	"I'm not the poster you're talking about, but the answer is yes. 5 hours, and about $6000 is what I have been hearing." ---------------------------- I think that's about what they pay A-Rod to walk from the on deck circle to the batters box. I don't think cost will be an issue here. : )
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