David Wells' attacker loses appeal

Take a look at this asshole. His name is Rocco Graziosa, and he's the little punk who attacked former New York Yankees pitcher David Wells in 2002, knocking out 2 of Wells' teeth in an unprovoked attack at a New York diner.

Apparently on the night of September 7, 2002 Wells was at Gracie's Corner Restaurant in New York City with a friend when Graziosa walked in with some friends and began talking with the pitcher, according to police Sgt. David Jorin. After the conversation, Graziosa went to his table and made a remark about Wells' mother, who is dead. A few moments later, Graziosa grabbed a butter knife off the table, began waving it and then attacked Wells, police said.

Wells, who stands 6'4" and probably weighs 300 lbs, did not retaliate against Graziosa, a 5'7" man. In doing so he would have opened himself up to lawsuits by the little bastard.

A Manhattan Criminal Court jury convicted Graziosa on Nov. 22, 2002, of third-degree assault. He was sentenced to 45 days in jail. His appeal to this conviction was rejected last week.

Graziosa is human scum that will likely see the inside of a jail cell many more times during his lifetime - he is currently on probation after pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges of fondling a 21-year-old woman who fell asleep during a New Year's party in a Yonkers house on Jan. 1, 2004.

Meanwhile, a civil lawsuit that Wells filed against Graziosa in September 2003 seeking unspecified damages is pending in Manhattan's state Supreme Court.