Hunter Dobbins inserted himself into the New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox rivalry in a bizarre way this week. It did not work out for him. The Red Sox pitcher made his first start against the Yankees last weekend,

Red Sox pitcher Hunter Dobbins addressed the New York Post that he made “false claims” about his father Lance Dobbins’ baseball career.

The 25-year-old pitcher said his dad was drafted twice by the New York Yankees, but a report called those claims into question; he tried to correct the record Wednesday.