“Three Chicago Cubs players were victims of a burglary suspect who is accused of stealing from several Mesa businesses over almost a four month span, police said…. The Cub players were pitcher Jeff Samardzija, catcher Jake Fox and outfielder Tyler Colvin. Police said all three players had personal items stolen, which included checkbooks, cell phones and credit cards.”
Considering Samardzija’s contract, I think this falls under “turnabout is fair play”. Still, the three victims probably don’t find it terribly amusing, so the best to them after an unsettling invasion into their privacy that even Baseball America would be ashamed of.
Still, you have to hand it to the mastermind behind this daring theft; he really knows how to choose his victims.
“[The moron] was also accused of stealing from the Save the Family Foundation … on Oct. 19, 2007, police said.”
Strike my last.
Let’s hope this “… transient burglar who is well-known to authorities…” will be kept behind bars for a long time if for nothing more than committing the theft before the rich players arrived on Wednesday. Nice call on grabbing Tyler Colvin’s pocketbook and passing on Carlos Zambrano’s.
(By the way, who the hell under the age of 25 carries a checkbook these days? Can we get these fellows training on how to use a computer? Or a debit card? How unfortunately retro.)
Tags: check writing, chicago cubs
For some reason this story cracked me up today. I sent it to Will, but he ran that shit about Dempster instead. Ughhhhhhh!
You can hear the exasperation in the sheriff’s voice in the article. Soooo tired of this yutz that thinks he’s a criminal mastermind.
Thanks for the plug; I really appreciate it. I can see why Will needed to take his shot at the Cubs, though. It might be his last chance to do so from a position of strength in 2008.
Good lord willing the cards will be the giant bucket of horrible I am hoping for this year. You are the best, Tuffy!