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Yankee Fan Avenges Big Papi Jersey Prank With a Little Grass

Posted Jun 10, 2009 9:30AM By Matt Snyder (RSS feed)

Filed Under: Red Sox, Yankees, MLB Fans

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Last week, Phish played a concert in Fenway Park. While it's pretty easy to conclude that many people were taking a bit of grass into the hallowed venue, there was one fan in particular with some noteworthy grass -- because he had actual grass. A commemorative sack of official Yankees grass seed, to be specific.

You see, the Yankees are selling little bags of the leftover seed they used on their new Yankee Stadium turf this season as a way to bleed the fans for more money offer the fans yet more collectibles from their new digs. Ian Ferris, now a restaurant manager in Burlington, Vt., is the man who completed the task.
"I'm a lifelong Yankee fan and someone buried an Ortiz jersey in the cement at our stadium in the Bronx, so this was a little retribution," said Ferris.

"It's all in good fun. It wasn't meant to be malicious in any way. I just wanted to add fuel to the rivalry fire," he said.
As noted in the Boston Herald, though, the grass seeds that Ferris deposited on the field will have very little effect on the playing surface, considering the Red Sox and Yankees both use Kentucky Bluegrass.

Still, it's all in good fun and anyone who thinks things such as these will actually impact the teams is a little touched in the head anyway.

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