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Yankees’ 1st-Round Pick Ian Clarkin Apologizes for Saying He Can’t Stand Team

class="ui-droppable">The New York Yankees selected high school pitcher Ian Clarkin with the 33rd pick in the first round of the 2013 MLB first-year player draft, but the selection did not go over as planned after he was associated with a quote saying he "couldn't stand" the Yankees. 

On Friday, Clarkin apologized for those comments during a conference call with Yankees officials. 



Andrew Marchand of ESPNNewYork.com had the report. Clarkin said that his comments were "taken out of context completely" when he now infamously said he cried tears of joy when the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Yankees in the 2001 World Series.

Bleacher Report's Twitter account had the post last night when the news broke and a mini-controversy ...

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