Red Sox Yankees Baseball Rivalry

According to the New York Times, the New York Yankees are taking issue with a State Farm “Call Your Shot” promotion scheduled to be held at the All-Star Game at Yankees Stadium this July.  State Farm has chosen Red Sox slugger David Ortiz to play the part of Babe Ruth and will attempt to predict which location he will hit a home run. 

The promo is meant to pay homage to an urban legend where Babe Ruth is alleged to call his home run shot in the 1932 World Series.  Film of the Ruth at bat shows that Ruth did not call his home run.  The Yankees, MLB and State Farm may use a loophole in the contract to replace Ortiz or scrap the idea altogether.

According to Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Gino Castignoli, the Bronx Red Sox fan/construnction worker involved in planting a fascimile David Ortiz Boston Red Sox jersey into wet cement at the site of the new Yankees Stadium left an additional Red Sox artifact in the wet cement. The cement mason has told friends also laid an official program from the 2004 Red Sox Yankees American League Championship Series into the cement in addition to the jersey. The mason has also told frinds that the jersey and program are just the tip of the iceberg in regards to his efforts The 2004 AL Championship Series was the first instance of a baseball team losing a series when up 3 games to zero. Could that help explain why the New York Yankees are currently in the American League East basement? See the video from MSNBC. 

Former steroid user and current New York Yankee Jason Giambi has a superstition and rountinely wears a gold thong under his uniform when trying to snap out of a slump. He has loaned it to Jeter. Get ready for Giambi to backtrack on this or say he was joking or misquoted.

The Yankees are looking for unpaid volunteers to work some of the All-Star game festivities. Why is a multi-billion dollar enterprise looking for unpaid labor?

Media reported that an argument over New York Yankees sticker may have caused a Yankees fan to run over Boston Red Sox fan.  Ivonne Hernandez of Nashua, New hampshire was arraigned Monday on reckless second-degree murder, aggravated driving while intoxicated and multiple counts of reckless conduct.   Prosecutors say the accused was intoxicated when she ran down two people early Friday after exchanging words with them about the Yankees Red Sox rivalry after leaving a bar killing a 29 year old NH Red Sox fan.