Yankees, Hunter Dobbins and Dad
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The day before facing the Yankees for the first time in his young career, Hunter Dobbins made a comment to the Boston Herald on Saturday that he’d rather “retire” than play for the Yankees. Within the story,
Hunter Dobbins pitched six shutout innings to beat the Yankees for the second time in a week, and the Boston Red Sox won their fourth straight game on Saturday night, 4-3 over New York. A week after saying he’d rather retire than pitch for the Yankees because his father was drafted by New York twice before being traded — and then
MLB insider Joel Sherman reported Tuesday night that Dobbins potentially made false claims that the Yankees drafted his father, Lance, and later traded him to the Arizona Diamondbacks. According to Sherman, there are no records of any pitcher named Lance Dobbins ever pitching in the Yankees' organization at any level.