Skimgate Continues. Yankee Employees Placed on Leave

The on-going investigation into skimming and kick-backs of signing bonuses from players out of the Dominican RepublicAccording to T.J. Quinn and Mark Fainaru-Wada of ESPN (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3519111), “the investigation is expected to implicate roughly 20 people on ‘a handful’ of teams before it is complete. Investigators also have expanded their probe into Venezuela, where many major league clubs have player academies. ‘Things are coming to a head,’ one source familiar with MLB's investigation said.” continues. Already, “Skimgate” has impacted the White Sox, Nationals, and Red Sox. Now, several employees of the Yankees have been placed on leave. All of the employees scouted the Dominican Republic. As reported by ESPN: Four MLB investigators returned to the United States from the Dominican last week and are preparing a report for the commissioner's office. While clubs have fired several officials a...