{"id":55320,"date":"2025-06-12T03:02:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T03:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=55320"},"modified":"2025-06-12T03:02:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T03:02:35","slug":"hunter-dobbins-sets-record-straight-with-bizarre-response-to-red-sox-yankees-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=55320","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Dobbins sets record straight with bizarre response to Red Sox-Yankees drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mb-0 md:mb-9 relative md:mx-10 md:mb-9\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"Boston Red Sox v New York Yankees\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_56,w_4057,h_2282\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/14\/01jxgbhq15a1b3g3d2ar.jpg\" alt=\"Boston Red Sox v New York Yankees\" width=\"4057\" height=\"2282\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"Boston Red Sox v New York Yankees\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"ALT\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\">Boston Red Sox v New York Yankees | Jim McIsaac\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap justify-center lg:justify-normal\">\n<div class=\"flex lg:mr-4 lg:w-[calc(70%-3em)] max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"hidden md:block md:mx-4 hidden md:block\" data-testid=\"share-menu\">\n<div class=\"sticky top-20 mb-3\" data-testid=\"share-menu-inner\">\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Boston Red Sox\/New York Yankees\u00a0rivalry steals headlines during every series\u00a0the two clubs play against each other, but Red Sox rookie pitcher Hunter Dobbins took the storylines to another level during their first series of the season from June 6-8.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Dobbins earned attention from all around MLB \u2014 and even from Yankees players \u2014 after he\u00a0commented to Gabrielle Starr of\u00a0<em>The Boston Herald<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>that he would sooner retire than join the Yankees organization.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">\u201cMy dad was a diehard Red Sox fan,\u201d\u00a0Dobbins said. \u201cAnd I\u2019ve said it before, that if the Yankees were the last team to give me a contract, I\u2019d retire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">\u201cI grew up watching the Red Sox a lot, but I knew I wanted to do this as a career. I didn\u2019t get attached to a team, but I grew up watching (the Red Sox), and just, I think out of disdain for the Yankees, I watched anybody but them.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Red Sox&#8217;s Hunter Dobbins responds to New York Post report on his recent comments about the Yankees organization<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Dobbins also claimed that his father, Lance Dobbins, was twice drafted by the Yankees organization and eventually pitched for the Diamondbacks.\u00a0<em>New York Post&#8217;s\u00a0<\/em>Joel Sherman\u00a0could not corroborate either of those claims (subscription required). Dobbins also referred to Yankees legend, pitcher Andy Pettitte, as a &#8220;really good friend&#8221; of his father&#8217;s, but Pettitte has no recollection of Lance Dobbins. Before the Red Sox&#8217;s June 11 match with the Tampa Bay Rays, Dobbins addressed Sherman&#8217;s report.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">\u201cThe whole backstory, it\u2019s stuff that I had heard growing up and seeing pictures of from my dad. At the end of the day, it\u2019s just from my dad and what kind of grew my love for the game,&#8221; the young pitcher said. &#8220;At the end of the day, I don\u2019t go fact-check my dad or anything like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1932899402743517249&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fbosoxinjection.com%2Fhunter-dobbins-sets-record-straight-with-bizarre-response-to-red-sox-yankees-drama&amp;sessionId=e8b89a80ea1079fb805ba854f6347c6deb6435c2&amp;siteScreenName=bosoxinjection&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-uw-rm-iframe=\"gn\" data-tweet-id=\"1932899402743517249\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">It seems Dobbins&#8217; father did a classic dad thing by embellishing the past to impress his son. Lance Dobbins\u00a0does have a Baseball Reference page that contains stats\u00a0from two seasons in independent league baseball, but he was never drafted by an MLB club. His seasons in the Big South League and Frontier League occurred before the Diamondbacks even played their first game in 1998.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Regardless of the factual inaccuracy of some of his statements, Dobbins kicked up the Red Sox\/Yankees rivalry. New York infielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. got in on the trash talk, and even encouraged it,\u00a0saying it would add &#8220;spiciness&#8221; to the rivalry.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">There doesn&#8217;t appear to have been any purposeful deception behind Dobbins&#8217; comments about his father, but his interview picked up a lot of steam after ESPN made his comments the focus of its Sunday Night Baseball broadcast.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Dads everywhere should learn from this \u2014 don&#8217;t stretch the truth about your baseball career to your son, who may one day make it to the big leagues and tell the story.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Red Sox v New York Yankees | Jim McIsaac\/GettyImages The Boston Red Sox\/New York Yankees\u00a0rivalry steals headlines during every series\u00a0the two clubs play against each other,&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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