N.Y. Students Honor Bet, Don Red Sox Gear

BOSTON -- Before the Red Sox won the World Series, students at Malden Catholic High School bet their sister school in New York that the Red Sox would beat the Yankees in the American League Championship Series.

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NewsCenter 5's Jorge Quiroga reported that baseball fans in Boston and New York all know how the series ended. On Tuesday, students from Xavarian High School in Brooklyn, N.Y., traveled to Malden Catholic to honor their end of the bet -- wear Red Sox championship gear for the day.

"Eighty-six years -- we'll give them this one. We'll see next year, we'll see what happens," said Xavarian's Kevin Madden.

"I feel kind of spoiled -- my father waited 54 years for this, I only had to wait 18. But I am going to enjoy this," said Malden Catholic's Joe McCarthy.

Making good on a wager made when the Red Sox were down 2-0 against the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series and before the greatest comeback in playoff history, the students from Brooklyn donned Red Sox championship shirts.

"It hurts to have to wear the Red Sox jerseys. We planned on wearing Yankees stuff coming up, but as it turns out, they won and they deserve it," said Brooklyn's Ian Karlson.

The Brooklyn crew served up a little humble pie in the form of Fenway franks at a Revere food Pantry Tuesday.

"I think I prefer Brooklyn hot dogs to Fenway franks," said Luigi Fuchetto, of Brooklyn.

There is a historical link between Malden Catholic and the New York Yankees. Before becoming a legend, George Herman "Babe" Ruth was a troubled teen in a Baltimore reformatory. At the reformatory, Brother Gilbert, who later founded the Malden school, mentored the future baseball great.

Students from both schools spent Tuesday afternoon working at a Revere food pantry.

"It's fair. It's the right thing to do. It's helping people and I feel good," said Brooklyn's Peter Hamsey.