King George Blocks Wells
By lefty
The New York Post is reporting that the Yankees blocked David Wells from pitching for anyone other than the Padres this season. The Post's George King describes how the Yankees' King George forced his trusted minion, GM Brian Cashman, to claim Wells when the Padres put him on waivers last week. “He’s cleared waivers and been blocked,” King — the writer not the shipbuilder, says an “industry source,” told him. Apparently the Yankees aren’t interested in a third date with Wells, but want to make sure that the veteran southpaw — who has a 7-7 record with a 3.59 ERA this year — stays on the west coast. Our questions are these: Which "industry" did King get this info from? The ship building industry, big tobacco, big oil, big deodorant? And who did the King — the shipbuilder not the writer — want to keep Wells from signing with? Hmmmm…
Here’s the whole story that "The Post" headlined Bombers blocked Boomer
