Deadspin - Way, way, way back in 2007, we covered a Craigslist posting by a gentleman seeking a co-writer for a tell-all about his time as a Yankees clubhouse worker, the abuse he endured, and and the many scandalous Bronx Bombers episodes he witnessed. It is now 2015, and Abused By The New York Yankees is finally out—and its claims are literally unbelievable. Former Yankees assistant equipment manager Paul Priore was fired in 1997. He says the team let him go because he is HIV-positive; the Yankees, and New York state courts, disagree. Now the seamy tell-all Priore threatened to write has found its way to print (albeit through self-publishing), and co-author Gary Toushek is spamming the world with this bizarre video explaning why Priore’s outlandish claims are totally legit.
About those claims! Here are some things Paul Priore says he witnessed, as outlined amongst the 500-some pages of Abused By The New York Yankeesand according to the book’s website and this review:
- Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada engaged in sexual relations in the clubhouse sauna at the end of their first season with the team. Jeter and Posada then allowed Priore to perform oral sex on them in order to keep him quiet.
- George Steinbrenner spied on players using secret security cameras in the clubhouse, and was actively involved in the Iran-Contra Affair.
- Outfielder Gerald Williams had sex with an underage concession stand worker in a storage closet.
- Cecil Fielder played drunk on vodka, and Darryl Strawberry drank whisky during games.
- Bob Wickman, Jeff Nelson and Mariano Rivera tried to sexually assault him with a baseball bat.
- Batboys created a market of forged autographs on Yankees memorabilia.
I need to read this book more than I've ever needed to do anything before in my life. I need to because I need to get inside this lunatic's head and see what's in there. It's one thing to just read these little blurbs. Think about 515 pages of Yankee clubhouse folklore as told by this psychotic AIDS patient. Can you imagine an entire chapter detailing the intricacies of a Jeter-Posada fuckfest in the clubhouse sauna according to Paul Priore? Especially the ending where it seems he blackmailed/raped them both so that he would keep their love-affair under wraps? Does that mean Jeter and Posada both have AIDS too? You'll have to read to find out.
In his defense though he did do a pretty good job of lacing the whole thing with realistic anecdotes to give the book credibility. Draw you into the realm of reality and then hit you over the head with a hammer.
Chapter 1: Darryl Strawberry likes to drink
Chapter 2: George Steinbrenner kept close tabs on his employees
Chapter 3: Mariano Rivera raped me in the ass with a baseball bat
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