Cleveland's 17yo Jose Ozoria is 20yo Wally Bryan...

[Clem Fandango]

This just makes me laugh...

 

http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2009/07/cleveland_indians_will_dive_in.html

 

Teams can start signing international free agents Friday, but more so than in most baseball transactions, it's a business where the buyer must beware.

 

Last year, the Indians spent $575,000 on a 17-year-old shortstop from the Dominican Republic named Jose Ozoria. Less than a week ago, they were informed by Major League Baseball that Ozoria wasn't who he said he was.

 

Ozoria is really named Wally Bryan. He's 20, not 17. As far as MLB and the Indians know, he is from the Dominican Republic.

 

Wally Bryan. That doesn't sound very Dominican. I'm dying to see a picture of this guy. He sounds like the whitest guy on Earth.

 

Finkle is Einhorn, Einhorn is Finkle

[Little Slide Rooter]

 

Wally Bryan. That doesn't sound very Dominican. I'm dying to see a picture of this guy. He sounds like the whitest guy on Earth.

 

Finkle is Einhorn, Einhorn is Finkle

 

http://www.fancydressfast.com/images/black_sombrero_s25509.jpg

[hardcorecubfan]

_______________________________ fill the blank with a an appropriate joke, this one is way to easy!

[Derwood]

So then who is Albert Pujols, really?

[Outshined_One]

It happened this year to the Yankees.

 

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/07/16/yankees.signing/index.html

 

Damian Arredondo (Yankees - $850,000 bonus) is not 16 nor is he Damian Arredondo. Contract voided, he's been suspended a year. Ben Badler of BA says more suspensions from the DR are likely.