In one of the funnier stories in sports, a construction worker/Yankee hater/Red Sox lover working on the Yankees new stadium planted a David Ortiz jersey under the concrete foundation. Needless to say, the Yanks and their fans weren’t too happy about the prank.

Gino Castignoli, the Benedict Arnold of New York, could face criminal and civil charges if the people have their way.

If I had it my way, a bronze statue of Castignoli would be erected in Yawkey Way for all Sox fans to admire.

Should he be fined? Certainly, seeing that it cost $50,000 to excavate the jersey from the site — but jail time? Give me a break. Castignoli himself said “Anybody with half a brain knows it was all done in fun. I didn’t hurt nobody.”

I know Yankee fans want revenge for their precious team — to be fair, Sox fans would probably plea for the Death Sentence in a similar situation — but it’s all part of being a fan, folks. It’s just a sport at the end, be it the sport itself or the sport of dissing your rival team. Let’s not cry over cracked concrete.

Luckily, Yankee president Randy Levine feels the same way.

From the New York Post:

The jersey was partially unearthed Saturday after five hours of digging at the site near a planned restaurant behind home plate.

It had been buried two feet beneath the surface.

The recovery did double duty – not only taking the hex off the Yankees, but also putting one on Ortiz. The Red Sox kept the slumping slugger out of the starting lineup for last night’s game against the Bombers, saying he was taking a “mental day off.”

Yankee President Randy Levine yesterday proudly held up the tattered shirt, which he said would be donated to Boston’s Jimmy Fund for auction to raise money for cancer treatment and research.

“We turned this dastardly act into a positive one,” Levine said. He lavished praise upon The Post for bringing it to the team’s attention.

See, kids? Let’s put this all behind us and hate each other civilly.