As the new Yankees stadium was being constructed... Red Sox fan Gino Castagnoli infiltrated the ranks of one of the crews pouring concrete for the new stadium... and told friends that he'd planted David Ortiz's jersey in the cement outside the visitors' clubhouse...When the Yankees learned of the jersey stunt... they brought out a jackhammer and dug it up. It cost $45,000 to recover the jersey...which was later sold for $175,000 with proceeds going to the Jimmy Fund...
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The new Yankee Stadium is the home of the Yankees. The Yankees said farewell to the old Yankee Stadium in '08.