Fan purchases 'Butt Fumble' jersey; hopes to launch it into space

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Fan purchases 'Butt Fumble' jersey; hopes to launch it into space image

There are bad plays. There are embarassing plays. There are ugly plays, goofy plays and stupid plays.

Then there is "The Butt Fumble." It is the most iconic folly in modern sports history, and the jersey worn by New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez during that fateful moment when his face met the rear-end of offensive lineman Brandon Moore has been sold at auction for $820.

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Jake Hendrickson, the fan who shelled out for the game worn jersey, had an interesting explanation as to what he plans on doing with it, as told to Yahoo Sports. "For now I’ll probably just frame it up real nice and put it on my wall. Until we win a Super Bowl or I can get together enough money to put it on a rocket ship and shoot it to outer space because I don’t think it belongs on this planet anymore."

Very rarely does space travel every cross paths with professional sports, but this is the rare occasion in which NASA needs to step in and help get involved.

(Shutdown Corner)

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