Red Sox rookie starter Hunter Dobbins made headlines this weekend for going public with his disdain for the Yankees. Now, he’s at the center of another New York tabloid story after claims about his father’s professional playing career were alleged to be unfounded.
A story late Tuesday from The New York Post’s Joel Sherman alleges that Dobbins, who has appeared in 10 games (8 starts) for the Red Sox this year, made “false claims” about his father Lance Dobbins’ baseball career and relationship with ex-Yankees lefty Andy Pettitte. In a Boston Herald story from June 7 in which Dobbins was quoted as saying he’d “retire” if the Yankees were the last team to give him a contract, Dobbins also said his father “was actually drafted twice by the Yankees,” then “got traded over to the Diamondbacks” and was “really good friends” with Pettitte, who spent 15 of his 18 MLB seasons in the Bronx.
Sherman’s reporting, however, found no evidence of Lance Dobbins having a career with the Yankees. The Dobbins family did not comment for that story, which cited multiple sources — including an MLB search of its databases. Pettitte, reached by The Post by phone, told Sherman he “nor anyone he asked in his family remember” Lance Dobbins or a friendship with him.
“Dobbins’ father, Lance, does not come up as a Yankee draft pick in any search of the team’s selections on Baseball Reference from any single season,” Sherman reported. “Yankees GM Brian Cashman, who has been with the organization since...
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