From bostonherald.com :
Griffin Whitman, a 10-year-old Red Sox fan from Swampscott, was excited to attend his first Yankees vs. Red Sox game Friday night. The young autograph -collector was even more thrilled to score Yankees outfielder Shelley Duncan’s signature before the game. That is, until Griffin read the message from the 27-year-old rookie:
“Red Sox suck! Shelley Duncan.”
“It was cool to get his autograph,” Griffin said. “It didn’t make me feel happy when he wrote that.”
September 17th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
Classic.
September 17th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
Reason # 4509821435 why I love to hate the Yankees . . .
September 18th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
Shelley Duncan is lucky he is a baseball player, not a football player. Under the NFL code of conduct, that autograph probably would cost him a chunk of his season in pay and/or game(s) suspended.
And actually, I think I’d be ok with that since this was a 10 year old kid.
September 19th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
i’m too skeptical - i think it’s a fake. i’m sure the kid got Duncan’s autograph, but i wouldn’t put it past someone to put the Red Sox S—! above the signature, after-the-fact.
And since Confo’s linking left something to be desired (like, the link to the story), here it is:
http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1031894
September 19th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
I wasn’t linking, I was attributing.
September 21st, 2007 at 4:10 pm
What, are you writing a term-paper or something?? At least link to the article, or post a full-size photo for cryin’ out loud!
http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/031df67a6b_091507yankautographmg01.jpg