‘Joke’ but no laughs

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 ‘Joke’ but no laughs
B y most accounts, rookie Shelley Duncan has positively changed the culture of the Yankees clubhouse with his jovial demeanor. Yet this weekend, that same demeanor brought Duncan some unwanted notoriety. While he signed autographs before Friday s series opener, Duncan exchanged playful banter with some Red Sox [ team stats ] fans. In keeping with the spirit of those conversations, he wrote in ... [link]

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Shelley Duncan is incredibly stupid
Published 9/17/2007 by 100% Injury Rate at 100% Injury Rate
... Duncan of course said it was all in good fun. ...

Baseball Today: Monday, September 17
Published 9/17/2007 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... AND FINALLY . . . Shelley Duncan thought it was good-natured fun. But a lot of people ...

Shelley Duncan's Prank
Published 9/17/2007 by Steve Lombardi at WasWatching.com
... From the Boston Herald: ...

Shelley = My New Hero
Published 9/17/2007 by Simon at SimonOnSports
... Shelley of course has no problem with what he did and that's why he's the man. ...

After nice road trip, Yanks come home
Published 9/17/2007 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... . The best part was the way the kid shrugged it off, as if he expected it. He's got composure beyond his years out there. Awesome stuff from Shelley Duncan, who signed an autograph for a Boston fan with "Red Sox Suck" right above his signature . Thanks to ...

Classy
Published 9/17/2007 by Paul SF at YFSF
... Shelley Duncan's "joke" when a young Red Sox fan sought his autograph Friday didn't quite go over as well as he intended. ...

Yankees' Pitcher Shelley Duncan
Published 9/17/2007 by Mr. Faded Glory at High and Tight.
... Case in point: this morning, Cowherd was talking about this story, which of course the Boston media will blow out of proportion, because that's what they do. ...

Red Sox Fans Have No Sense of Humor
Published 9/17/2007 by Matt Watson at FanHouse
... As Duncan explained later, it was supposed to be all in good fun -- he was joking back and forth with all of the Red Sox fans and was simply trying to be funny. If Griffin felt slighted by Duncan's little barb, he could have thrown out the autograph -- after all, it was only on a piece of notebook paper, not a ball, hat or ticket stub. Instead, he mugged for the camera, got his picture in the paper and is probably the most popular kid in school at the moment. Everyone wins, right? ...

Shelley Duncan Signs 10-year-old's Notebook with "Red Sox Suck!"
Published 9/17/2007 at FanIQ Blog

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