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Yankees, Red Sox pause rivalry in auction for Harvey relief

Will Vitka | will.vitka@wtop.com

September 3, 2017, 2:14 PM

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Signed jerseys like this one will be part of the Yankees-Red Sox auction for Hurricane Harvey relief. (Courtesy New York Yankees/Steinersports.com)
Signed jerseys like this one will be part of the Yankees-Red Sox auction for Hurricane Harvey relief. (Courtesy New York Yankees/Steinersports.com)
Courtesy New York Yankees/Steinersports.com
Signed hats like this one will be part of the Yankees-Red Sox auction for Hurricane Harvey relief. (Courtesy New York Yankees/Steinersports.com)
Signed hats like this one will be part of the Yankees-Red Sox auction for Hurricane Harvey relief. (Courtesy New York Yankees/Steinersports.com)
Courtesy New York Yankees/Steinersports.com
Signed memorabilia like this home plate will be part of the Yankees-Red Sox auction for Hurricane Harvey relief. (Courtesy New York Yankees/Steinersports.com)
Signed memorabilia like this home plate will be part of the Yankees-Red Sox auction for Hurricane Harvey relief. (Courtesy New York Yankees/Steinersports.com)
Courtesy New York Yankees/Steinersports.com
Michael Brown walks outside his flooded home, as he searches for belongings, in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Harvey, in Port Arthur, Texas, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Paul England Jr., right, helps Michael Brown move bedroom furniture floating in his flooded home in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Harvey, in Port Arthur, Texas, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Flooded cars sit alongside a roadway in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Harvey, in Port Arthur, Texas, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
FILE – This photo made available by NASA shows Hurricane Harvey over Texas on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, seen from the International Space Station. Experts say a combination of unusual factors turned Harvey into a deadly monster. The storm intensified just before it hit land, parked itself over one unfortunate area and dumped a record amount of rain. (Randy Bresnik/NASA via AP)
Randy Bresnik/NASA via AP
FILE – Wilford Martinez, right, is rescued from his flooded car by Harris County Sheriff’s Department Richard Wagner along Interstate 610 in floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston, Texas. Once Harvey got into the Gulf of Mexico on Aug. 23, it rapidly exploded into a Category 4 hurricane just a few hours before coming ashore, something experts had not seen happen much before. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip
FILE – Volunteer rescue boats make their way into a flooded subdivision to rescue stranded residents as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rise Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, in Spring, Texas. The deluge damaged 156,000 dwellings, according to the flood control district for Harris County, which includes Houston. And the storm’s death toll of 42 ranks it as the mainland’s seventh deadliest hurricane in 50 years. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip
FILE – Water is released from Lake Conroe Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Conroe, Texas. For more than 130 hours _ from 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 25, through 10 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30 _ Harvey was raining over some part of eastern Texas. When Harvey did move, including a dip back into the Gulf of Mexico for about a day, it was still close enough to pour on Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip
FILE – Workers begin repairs to a wall that was lost in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, in Rockport, Texas. University of Miami senior hurricane researcher Brian McNoldy said even though coastal cities like Rockport were all but flattened, “Unfortunately, they’re going to take backstage to Houston.” (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
AP Photo/Eric Gay
FILE – A U.S. Border Patrol air boat moves through neighborhood inundated by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston, Texas, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017. John Morris, the Border Patrol’s chief of staff in South Texas, said the agency had 35 boats in the city’s flooded neighborhoods on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, and had rescued hundreds. “The agents and the assets that are here in Houston as part of the recovery effort are absolutely 100 percent only here for rescue and safety,” Morris said. “There is no enforcement activity being undertaken while we’re doing this safety mission.” (AP Photo/LM Otero)
AP Photo/LM Otero
FILE – Floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey pour over a roadway in Beaumont, Texas, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017. Usually strong storms blast through an area, dump a foot or so of rain, and move on. But Harvey was stuck between two high pressure weather systems to the east and west that kept pushing it in opposite directions, so it just staggered in a zig-zag pattern across southeast Texas. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Cara Crawford, turns around after trying to ride her bike through high water to get to Sunday services at a nearby church, in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Harvey in Vidor, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Customs and Border Patrol boats look through a neighborhood which was flooded when the Barker Reservoir reached capacity in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, in Katy, Texas. Residents gathered at the checkpoint to vent their frustrations about not being able to get back into their homes which will remain flooded for several more days while the reservoir drains. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
Paul England pilots his boat through floodwaters in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Harvey, in Port Arthur, Texas, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
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Signed jerseys like this one will be part of the Yankees-Red Sox auction for Hurricane Harvey relief. (Courtesy New York Yankees/Steinersports.com)
Signed hats like this one will be part of the Yankees-Red Sox auction for Hurricane Harvey relief. (Courtesy New York Yankees/Steinersports.com)
Signed memorabilia like this home plate will be part of the Yankees-Red Sox auction for Hurricane Harvey relief. (Courtesy New York Yankees/Steinersports.com)

WASHINGTON — This is a different kind of relief effort than most MLB bullpens are used to.

The New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox announced Sunday that they were partnering for an auction to raise money for victims of Hurricane Harvey.

Both teams will be offering up autographed memorabilia from Sunday night’s game.

All proceeds raised through the joint effort will go to support relief efforts, the teams said in a statement.

“The effects of this crisis have been felt across the county, including in our own clubhouse where the hearts of many of our players have been with their family and friends who call Texas home,” said Red Sox Chairman Tom Werner. “Tonight, we put our rivalry aside and team up with the Yankees to brings support, attention, and funds to help relief efforts in the aftermath of this tragedy.”

See the Yankees auction site here.

See the Red Sox auction site here.

Will Vitka

William Vitka is a Digital Writer/Editor for WTOP.com. He's been in the news industry for over a decade. Before joining WTOP, he worked for CBS News, Stuff Magazine, The New York Post and wrote a variety of books—about a dozen of them, with more to come.

will.vitka@wtop.com

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