NY Yankees Sign 'Iraqi Shoe Thrower' to Free Agent Deal

[Don Davis]

Proving the old adage in baseball that the rich just get richer, The New York Yankees today announced yet another free-agent signing, giving a multi-year pact to the Iraqi shoe thrower, Muntadar al-Zaidi, who had a personal tryout with President Bush in Baghdad just yesterday.

Although the Yankees have already handed out almost a quarter billion dollars to pitchers C.C. Sabathia and A.J. Burnett, Yankee co-owner Hank Steinbrenner told a frenzied New York press corps that ”the latest move won’t really affect our payroll, since the Iraqi journalist personally told me he’d work for no money, just dinners.”

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[meegbear]

1. You're late ...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/yankees-sign-iraqi-hurler_b_150950.html

[Tom Kitten]

2. why not?

He's already thrown a no-hitter!

[Highway61]

3. ....

:rofl:

[boomerbust]

4. And He will be traded

To the Brewers for fair compensation for Sabathia.:rofl:

[sellitman]

5. bush league material......

:evilgrin:

[lame54]

6. Why? - he missed

[jmowreader]

7. I saw the video. He did well.

That second pitch was well within the strike zone.