DJs’ April Fools’ prank went foul

Two disc jockeys in Evansville, Ind., apologized for an April Fools’ prank that scared family members of New York Yankees hitting coach Don Mattingly.

When Mattingly’s two younger sons arrived at school Thursday, concerned classmates told them that WSTO morning show hosts Brad Booker and Diane Douglas were extending their on-air thoughts and prayers to the Mattingly family.

The broadcast made the youngsters assume something bad had happened to their father, who was in Japan for the Yankees’ series with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

“Later in the morning, we planned on stating that he had nicked himself shaving and we were concerned for him,” Booker said on the station’s website.

The radio station posted a public apology on its website. “Unfortunately, we did not realize the impact our statements would have on Don’s friends and family members,” Booker said.