'Hex-cavation' is a success

It's the only documented preemptive strike against a curse in baseball history.

After news broke last week that a Red Sox fan buried a Boston jersey in concrete being poured at the new Yankee Stadium, the Yankees spent $50,000 to dig it up on Saturday.

And they could charge the “traitorous construction worker,” Gino Castignoli, with a crime.

The jersey was buried in the concrete last summer and was unearthed Saturday after five hours of digging about two feet beneath the surface.

"As I stuck it in, I said, 'The Yankees are done for the next 30 years.' I only put a 30-year curse because I'm 46 and in 30 years I'll be dead, and I won't care if the Yankees win then," said "Gino," who spoke from a construction job in Manhattan, to the New York Post.

Added Yankees co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner: “I hope his co-workers kick the [expletive] out of him."

There is some good coming out of this. The Yankees will donate the infamous jersey to The Jimmy Fund, a boston-based cancer charity, for auction.

And if you believe in curses, try this one out: The jersey was of Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz. He is 1-for-29 since April 2.

"I better talk to my witches," Ortiz told the Hartford Courant. "I'll have to call my people in New York to take care of it when everybody's sleeping. Got to give them a more specific location [to hide it]."

It's too early to make David Ortiz's plight one of these, but check out our list of the most infamous curses in baseball history.

Photo: David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox stands on base against the Detroit Tigers on April 8, 2008 at Fenway Park in Boston. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)