VET PRANKSTERS HIT ROOKIE HARD

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Brackman punk'd
Published 3/10/2008 by Andrew Fletcher at Scott Proctor's Arm - A New York Yankees Blog
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. ...

"Pranks"
Published 3/10/2008 by Shyster at ShysterBall
Call me crazy, but I think some level of cleverness or good-natured cunning is required in order for something to be called a "prank." This just sounds like cruelty: ...

The Roundup: Naked Alligator Fighting
Published 3/10/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... Not sure if we’ve ever ran Rebecca Romijn in this space before, but someone asked for her last week, so there … hazing and the Yankees … pretty crappy and ...

Note to Andrew Brackman and other Rookies: Never try to outprank Vets
Published 3/10/2008 by houroc at SportFiends
... According to the Post, LaTroy Hawkins and Brian Bruney are behind the prank war against the rookie.  Bruney did a great job pranking the entire team last season by walking a batter every time he came into the game. ...

Yanks on collision course with Rays
Published 3/10/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... now that the Rays opened the floodgates. We knew baseball rookies endured their share of hazing, but #1 pick Andrew Brackman sounds like he has it especially tough this spring . Jon Albaladejo ...

Brackman Makes for Large Target
Published 3/10/2008 by Mantlemurcer at My Pinstripes
... disappeared from the player's parking lot at times. But Brackman isn't fazed by what has occurred.. "I'm not quitting," Brackman said of the prankster battle.Brian Bruney and LaTroy Hawkins are thought to be two of the biggest pranksters in the clubhouse. And though Hawkins denied having any direct responsibility for the action, his hands didn't seem totally clean. He also gave Brackman some words of advice. Source: NY Post While looking over the damage, he (Hawkins) did say, "My people ...

Monday News & Notes
Published 3/10/2008 by Greg Cohen at Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog
-- Andrew Brackman gets hazed. "Man, they got me good," Brackman told Kevin Kernan of The Post. The pranksters: Brian Bruney and Latroy Hawkins. When asked about his role in the hazing, Hawkins said, "My people took care of some business." ...

Pranksters Rule
Published 3/10/2008 by Sooze at Babes Love Baseball
... up in my locker? 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]

Brackman gets punked
Published 3/10/2008 by Jason at MY BASEBALL BIAS
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 - “Man, they got me good,” he said. Brackman, who is 6-foot-10 and a former North Carolina State basketball star, has been getting hit for a while. Seems his vehicle sometimes disappears in the players’ parking lot. The prank war escalated because Brackman fired back ...

Yankees' #1 Pick Gets Dunk On...
Published 3/10/2008 by Stop Mike Lupica at Stop Mike Lupica
Hey, this is probably old news, but whatever... the NY Post had an article today on how the Yankees first round pick from last year's draft - 6'10 Andrew Brackman - is getting hazed by the veterans at spring training.  Nothing unusually for an article at this time of the year, but we were intrigued by this little paragraph: ...

Yankee vets target precocious rookie
Published 3/10/2008 by Ed Valentine at Bugs & Cranks
... The New York Post reports today that Andrew Brackman, the New York Yankees’ No. 1 pick a year ago, has become a target of increasingly malicious clubhouse pranks this spring. ...

Slit Sliders, Sliced Shoelaces, and Halved Hats
Published 3/10/2008 by Mark M. at The Bronx Stop: A Yankees Blog
Oops!!!  Kevin Kernan of the New York Post had this hilarious article (Hat-Tip to My Baseball Bias: The clubhouse pranks for the Yankees have picked up  this spring, and last year's No. 1 pick Andrew Brackman, who is rehabbing from Tommy John surgery, has been hit hard. 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 the garbage and then saw the worst of the damage. Six pairs of workout ...

The Yankees Are Pranking Andrew Brackman
Published 3/10/2008 by PostmanR at FanHouse
... Yankees, AL EastThere's nothing quite like a little newcomer hazing to put the rookies in their place. (Unless you're in a frat and they make you do an elephant walk. Or maybe have you chug so much alcohol that you end up in the hospital. That's not so cool.) But the idea behind it is pretty simple: the rookies get hazed and that is that. Retaliation is frowned upon. Retaliate and well, you're going to get it way worse the next time around. Just ask Yankee newbie Andrew Brackman. He walked to his locker yesterday ...

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Published 3/11/2008 by Kpanz at BREAKING DOWN THE BREWERS BLOG - by Kevin Panzarella
... Yankee prospect is trying to out-prank the elder statesmen of the team. Pranking happens in pretty much every level of sports. Just imagine the stuff you could do when the guys your pranking are making millions. The options are endless. Wreck all their equipment? No big deal. ...