"Duhhhh, yeah, who is he, anyway?"
A minor league washout with the Yankees who is suing the team for $22.6 million, claiming the team conspired to keep him off the major league roster, rather than groom him to be the successor to shortstop Derek Jeter.
A career .244 hitter in the minors, Lassiter batted a paltry .195 with the Yankees' Tampa farm, but is in denial over his shortcomings. He compared himself to the Dodgers' Corey Seager and former NFL quarterback Brandon Weeden (Cleveland, Dallas). Lassiter has also filed suit against a North Carolina training complex owned by former NFL star Ricky Proehl, just because he didn't get a tryout after working out there.
"Uh, there's no guarantee he'd be invited, isn't there?"
You're right, Dimwit, there's no guarantee, but Lassiter didn't do anyone any favors by assigning Lou Gehrig's nickname, the Iron Horse, to Orioles icon Cal Ripken, Jr. in an e-mail to a Raliegh newspaper. He also stupidly filed suit against the Cincinnati Reds 13 months ago, claiming discrimination for 3 straight years.
Here's the truth, even if Lassiter is loathe to acknowledge it. He wasn't that good in the minds of the Yankee brass, if not also 29 other big league clubs. He went to college in 2013, and redshirted at Miami, but never saw the field.
This week's Dunce Cap winner needs to do one thing. Actually, two things.
1. Withdraw the lawsuits, because they're a waste of time.
2. As Screamin' A. Cosell (Stephen A. Smith) might say, get off the weed.
Oh, and a third thing.
3. See a psychologist. It's obvious Lassiter is mentally ill, from this desk.
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