Was it THE Rich McKinney who created controversy at the recent Grand Island Scrabble Tournament?

A cryptic appearance by the former Yankee 3B hopeful, obtained long ago in a trade for Stan Bahnsen?

Is this write-up over the big Scrabble tournament.. in fact... a sighting of the ex-Yankee?

But words didn’t have to be fancy or put infrequently-used letters to work. Rich McKinney, the New York Yankee fan on the “Two Good Guys and a Yankee” team used an “f,” “n” and “s” to score 14 points by creating three separate words — “fins,” “in” and “rolls.”



Note the way it's written: He's described as a Yankee fan but the name of the team is "Two Good Guys and a Yankee." Could the reporter have mistaken McKinney as a Yankee fan -- when he was, in fact, a former Yankee?


Or, as a former Yankee, could he not be a Yankee fan?

Plus... the words.. "fins," "in," and "rolls" -- aren't they the kind of words one might expect from an ex-Yankee who only hit .215 and whose career is statistically equivalent to Torey Lovullo?