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Monday, June 30, 2008

Boston Herald: Red Sox dealing with threat

The Red Sox and Major League Baseball have dispatched security teams to St. Petersburg, Fla., for the next three days due to a recent threat made against the club’s players.

According to sources, the Sox recently received a mailed threat, believed to be postmarked in Memphis, Tenn., which targeted black and Latin players, citing at least two by name. The named players have been informed about the threats and will likely have security accompaniment away from Tropicana Field, including at the team’s hotel in St. Petersburg.

The Sox are sending at least two of their top security officials, while another security team is due from MLB’s office in New York. The FBI and police departments in St. Petersburg, Boston, Memphis and Baltimore have been apprised of the threats, which are a federal crime.

According to a source, law-enforcement authorities have been looking for a suspect believed to be from Baltimore but living in the Memphis area. By all indications, he is not in custody yet.

Uhh...Could that “source” be “Minor Threat Source”? 

Repoz Posted: June 30, 2008 at 07:27 AM | 10 comment(s)
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   1. OCD SS  Posted: June 30, 2008 at 07:04 AM (#2837249)
MLB security released a blurry photo from a nearby ATM machine that shows the suspect mailing the letter. The only feature that can be out is that the suspect is wearing large, fashionable but blocky black glasses and a baseball cap.
   2. Gamingboy  Posted: June 30, 2008 at 07:04 AM (#2837250)
When I first read that headline, I thought that a Rays player had thrown down the gauntlet for their upcoming brouhaha. This is far more disturbing.
   3. Fumbduck Joe Bivens  Posted: June 30, 2008 at 07:18 AM (#2837253)
Those crazy Floridians. Vandalizing cars with anti-Obama and McCain slogans, and now this.
   4. aleskel  Posted: June 30, 2008 at 09:14 AM (#2837324)
MLB security released a blurry photo from a nearby ATM machine that shows the suspect mailing the letter. The only feature that can be out is that the suspect is wearing large, fashionable but blocky black glasses and a baseball cap.

heh. I wanted to make a similar joke, but the best I could come up with is "does Johnny Gomes have a house in Memphis?"
   5. Jolly Old St. Neck Wound, Marching Through Georgia  Posted: June 30, 2008 at 09:42 AM (#2837364)
At least you know that there's progress of sorts when the Red Sox have enough black and Latin players for anyone to notice.
   6. OCD SS  Posted: June 30, 2008 at 11:43 AM (#2837525)
heh. I wanted to make a similar joke, but the best I could come up with is "does Johnny Gomes have a house in Memphis?"


And I messed up editing it so that it wasn't garbled (Damn hitting "reply" rather than "save" when editing, damn you to hell)!

It was supposed to read:

MLB security released a blurry photo from a nearby ATM machine that shows the suspect mailing the letter. The only distinguishing feature that can be made out is that the suspect is wearing large, fashionable but blocky black glasses and a baseball cap.
   7. ValueArb  Posted: June 30, 2008 at 12:55 PM (#2837599)
heh. I wanted to make a similar joke, but the best I could come up with is "does Johnny Gomes have a house in Memphis?


No, but most curiously, the Sox traveling secretary does.
   8. tribefan  Posted: June 30, 2008 at 01:03 PM (#2837609)
The only feature that can be out is that the suspect is wearing large, fashionable but blocky black glasses and a baseball cap.

Is it a pink hat?
   9. Lassus  Posted: June 30, 2008 at 01:35 PM (#2837640)
Careful, Repoz, Ian MacKaye is prone to legal action if you even THINK about a Minor Threat reference.

Although, I think you might be referencing something else even more oblique that I'm not getting.
   10. Brandon in MO (Fire Trey Hillman)  Posted: June 30, 2008 at 01:37 PM (#2837642)
MLB security released a blurry photo from a nearby ATM machine that shows the suspect mailing the letter. The only feature that can be out is that the suspect is wearing large, fashionable but blocky black glasses and a baseball cap.


Mr. Six is mailing death threats now?
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