Yankees official pledges $50 million for Dominican stadium, which is news to the Yankees

Or: Great Moments in promising $50 million of your employer’s money without him knowing about it. From the Daily News:

[Felix] Lopez, the Yankees’ executive vice president and chief international officer, took part in a press conference in the Dominican Republic on Monday to help make an announcement about a new privately funded $50 million baseball stadium outside of La Romana.

There was only one problem: the Yankees didn’t know anything about the project.

Lopes is Hal Steinbrenner’s brother-in-law. This is gonna make the Fourth of July picnic at the Steinbrenner house kinda awkward.

(h/t BTF)