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March 24, 2008
Yanks Sign Leonid Stadnik?
Unconfirmed reports suggest that the Yankees have signed Leonid Stadnik - the world's tallest human, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, who stands 8-feet-5-inches tall.
New York sees him as having potential on the mound.
According to the report, the Yankees intend to put Stadnik into their big-man pitching prospect "fast track" program - meaning he'll be scheduled for Tommy John surgery the day after he signs. An unnamed high-ranking Yankees official, quoted in the report, had this to say about the Stadnik signing:
"Our thought process for the past few years has been to stockpile as many young pitchers as we can, so you don't have to go into the free agent market and do desperate things. My feeling is we're the Yankees and we should be very aggressive in going after the best amateur talent, even if it comes with some risk. People who know pitching, people we trust, say he has major league stuff and it's just a matter of fixing his mechanics."
The report also said the Yankees see this signing as a way to bring the Yankees-brand into the Ukraine (where Stadnik is from).
And, yes, I'm kidding with all of this.
Posted by Steve Lombardi at March 24, 2008 10:37 PM
Comments
You had me right to the Tommy John surgery part....
Posted by: Straylightrise ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.waswatching.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at March 25, 2008 01:58 AM
Really, Lombardi? You swung and missed on the previous post so you thought you'd try another unfunny post.
You know, I've got to hand it to you though. You've managed to subversively attack Cashman again. So I'm guessing we can all expect the "Brackman sucks" posts in 2009.
Posted by: eat my shorts at March 25, 2008 03:01 AM
~~You had me right to the Tommy John surgery part....~~
I wanted so bad to sit on this one until 4/1...but, I was in the mood so I let it fly.
Posted by: Steve Lombardi at March 25, 2008 09:35 AM
:)
Some of you guys are waaaaaaaaaaay too serious
Posted by: Raf at March 25, 2008 10:00 AM
I thought this was true, lol.
One day, a legit 7 footer will play in the MLB.
Posted by: E-ROC at March 25, 2008 04:43 PM