YANKEES SIGN NEW NORTH KOREAN PITCHER

The right-handed Mee-Tho-shu 28, impressed the Yankee scouts with his performance in Pyongyang yesterday when he threw both of his shoes at President Kim-Jong-un. Yankee owner Hank Steinbrenner told reporters this interesting tidbit, “While neither of the shoes hit their target, both throws had great velocity and good movement.” Steinbrenner added that the newly signed Mee-Tho-shu has an easy to remember nickname, “The Shoeicide Bomber,”

Mr. Steinbrenner told reporters “The first shoe was high and outside but the second one was right down the middle,” The Yankee boss revealed that he was also impressed with Mr. Mee-Tho-shu’s showing a stalwart fighting spirit when North Korean Secret Police had to forcibly restrain him from any more shoe throwing. As an afterthought Steinbrenner added “His aggressive attitude could come in handy when we have a series with our arch rivals the Boston Red Sox.”