Bostonist has learned a new word this morning: Ring-gate. When the Red Sox took home the World Series title in October, Boston was ecstatic. Bostonians got even more excited when the week after the game was won, we learned that the Sox would be receiving their World Series' rings on Opening Day April 11, which just happened to be against the New York Yankees. The season would start with a bang as the boys would grin from ear to ear with their shiny new rings as Jeter and A-Rod would pout (this is what Bostonist is picturing of course). While the ring ceremony was supposedly a done deal, the front office has been dancing around the issue recently, claiming that fans just jumped to conclusions that the ceremony would be Opening Day. Sox EVP Charles Steinberg mentioned having a separate ring ceremony to benefit the Red Sox Foundation. This caused hundreds of calls to the Red Sox office last week, with fans furious over the talk of changing the date. Even the players themselves have announced they want to get their rings against the Evil Empire. Steinberg has the final say, which is supppose to be announced today or tomorrow...but Bostonist must ask, would New York move the ceremony date if Boston were there in the visitors' dugout?

2/24/05 UPDATE: Sox will indeed get their rings on the 11th with the Yankees there to witness all the hoopla.