Nationals punk'd by teenager... sort of

[Schwarber Fan]

In July 2006, to much fanfare, the Nationals signed a 16-year-old shortstop named Esmailyn “Smiley” Gonzalez and held a news conference at which general manager Jim Bowden compared the player to Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith. Still known as Gonzalez, he wound up leading the rookie-level Gulf Coast League with a .343 batting average in 2008 and was honored as the league’s MVP.

 

But while the Nationals have been listing his date of birth as Sept. 21, 1989—which would make him 19 now—Kasten said Wednesday that a Major League Baseball investigation determined Gonzalez is actually Carlos David Alvarez Lugo, born in November 1985—meaning he is really 23.

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-nationals-fakeagename&prov=ap&type=lgns

 

LMAO :-)) :-)) :-)) :-)) :-))

[The Logan]

I had read he lied about his age, but I didn't know he lied about his name too.

[CoolHandLuke]

I traded him for Sean Gallagher this off-season and while I was pretty happy with the trade at the time, I am now super happy with it.