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Last year's first round draft pick Andrew Brackman isn't getting any breaks because he's recovering from Tommy John surgery. Some Yankee veterans are hitting him hard when it comes to pranks . He walked to his locker yesterday morning to find that all of his sliders, his baseball underwear, had been slit down the middle. Brackman's Yankees cap suffered a similar fate. Brackman tossed it in ... [link]

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Pranksters Rule
Published 3/10/2008 by Sooze at Babes Love Baseball
... I'd call the police, go home, and lock all my doors and windows. However, this isn't the first occasion that the 6'10" former NC State basketball star has been punked -- his sweet ride has been stolen as well. Apparently, he deserved it after firing back at LaTroy. "You got to know when to hold 'em and know when to fold 'em," Hawkins said of the 22-year-old's attempt at a prank war.Will someone please tell that to The Gambler? [NY Post] | [Scott Proctor's Arm] | [My Pinstripes]

Reyes the latest to get punk'd
Published 3/11/2008 by Andrew V. at The 'Ropolitans :: NY Mets Baseball Blog
It seems that pranks are in full swing this spring training. After punkings (read: pranking) by the Phillies and the Yankees, Jose Reyes is the latest to fall victim to the rash of high jinks. According to Jeremy Cothran and Peter Botte, Reyes' locker was completely empty when he strolled in to camp this morning. No clothes, no equipment, not even a nameplate. From Botte: The Mets shortstop showed up in the locker room around 9 this morning to an empty stall - no gear, no bling, no personal items, no nameplate even - he ...

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Ian Kennedy has warned him, but the Yankees 1st round draft pick in 2007 refuses to back down. At 6'10", Andrew Brackman makes for a very large target for the team's veteran pranksters. Yesterday Brackman felt the full force of retaliating on an ...
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Thanks to Ian and the lovely ladies of Babes Love Baseball for this one. Pitcher Andrew Brackman, the 6-10 number one draft pick of the Yankees last summer received his first dose of rookie hazing yesterday from LaTroy Hawkins. From the NY Post - ...
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