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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Woman accused of stalking Cubs’ Theo Epstein

You know…that “Varla” Satana look is just so yesterday.

A Massachusetts woman was arrested in Wrigleyville Monday night and charged with stalking Chicago Cubs President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein.

Kathleen Kearney, 44, from Canton, Mass., was charged with two felony counts of stalking, according to police News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak.

Kearney was arrested shortly before 6 p.m. in the 1400 block of West Addison Street, near Epstein’s home, Kubiak said.

It’s not the first time Epstein, who was hired in October by the Cubs after nine seasons as the general manager of the Boston Red Sox, has had problems with a stalker.

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1. RB in NYC (Now Semi-Retired from BBTF) Posted: July 17, 2012 at 09:30 AM (#4184664)

Between this and Cashman, GMs are apparently quite the hot ticket item among the mentally unstable set.

2. Shredder Posted: July 17, 2012 at 09:48 AM (#4184676)

Maybe she was just waiting for Southport Grocery to open. Their bread pudding pancakes are freaking phenomenal!

3. Moses Taylor peacocks peacock Posted: July 17, 2012 at 09:50 AM (#4184679)

I'm surprised he bought a place that close to Wrigley.

4. Guapo Posted: July 17, 2012 at 09:51 AM (#4184682)

Don't forget Steve Phillips, as well.

5. Pops Freshenmeyer Posted: July 17, 2012 at 09:53 AM (#4184685)

She wasn't stalking him, she just enjoys Starbucks every now and again.

6. Chicago Joe

Posted: July 17, 2012 at 11:10 AM (#4184779)

Looks like he rents, actually. Only one candidate property in the area.

(scratch that, found it.)

Damn nice house.

7. Forsch 10 From Navarone (Dayn)

Posted: July 17, 2012 at 11:16 AM (#4184790)

Jed Hoyer's cuter than Theo.

8. zonk Posted: July 17, 2012 at 11:54 AM (#4184841)

Looks like he rents, actually. Only one candidate property in the area.

(scratch that, found it.)

Damn nice house.

Yeah - he bought... IIRC, I think he actually stole the place out from under Patrick Sharp who ended up needing to purchase a Lakeview hovel.

9. Shooty is in the Trust Tree

Posted: July 17, 2012 at 11:56 AM (#4184845)

Billy Beane thinks its better to be stalked by one woman than a thousand Primates...

10. The Long Arm of Rudy Law Posted: July 17, 2012 at 11:59 AM (#4184850)

Looks like he rents, actually. Only one candidate property in the area.

The article says he bought it-

That’s just blocks away from the 7,800-square-foot mansion Epstein bought shortly after he landed the Cubs job.

11. Moses Taylor peacocks peacock Posted: July 17, 2012 at 11:59 AM (#4184851)

Yeah - he bought... IIRC, I think he actually stole the place out from under Patrick Sharp who ended up needing to purchase a Lakeview hovel.

I don't remember that. This says it was new.

12. phredbird

Posted: July 17, 2012 at 12:00 PM (#4184857)

this thread is useless without pictures.

*clicks link*

oh dear.

13. andrewberg Posted: July 17, 2012 at 12:03 PM (#4184860)

this thread is useless without pictures.

He was being stalked by the Cheri Oteri character who was addicted to prescription meds.

14. zonk Posted: July 17, 2012 at 12:04 PM (#4184862)

I don't remember that. This says it was new.

Here ya go -- Sharp originally wanted Theo's place, but Epstein outbid him...

15. Comic Strip Person Posted: July 17, 2012 at 03:13 PM (#4185115)

Actually, that woman looks more like a Gilda Radner character. Truly startling.

16. bachslunch Posted: July 17, 2012 at 03:47 PM (#4185164)

The article says about Kearney:

Authorities had trouble tracking her background because her fingers are scarred and she is even missing some fingertips, Scaduto said.

In court, Kearney’s public defender Amand Sundaram noted Kearney had worked at a Le Cordon Bleu culinary institute in Boston.

I'm wondering if the first sentence might explain in part why she no longer works there. Maybe she missed a lot with the knife while chopping? Yipes.

17. Shredder Posted: July 17, 2012 at 04:58 PM (#4185228)

Based on the Google Streetview, Sharp ended up in pretty nice digs himself. I've walked by it before, but it never really stood out. I'll have to pay more attention next time. I pulled up an address for Theo, but based on street view, it's not the same house, unless they tore the old one down and built a new one. Lots of athletes in this general neighborhood. Duncan Keith is a few blocks away as well.

18. boteman Posted: July 17, 2012 at 05:24 PM (#4185256)

Authorities had trouble tracking her background because her fingers are scarred and she is even missing some fingertips, Scaduto said....Kearney had worked at a Le Cordon Bleu culinary institute in Boston.

I'm wondering if the first sentence might explain in part why she no longer works there. Maybe she missed a lot with the knife while chopping?

The lady will have the chicken fingers and I'll have the...I'll just have the glass of wine, thanks!
::hands menu to waiter::

19. zonk Posted: July 17, 2012 at 05:25 PM (#4185259)

Based on the Google Streetview, Sharp ended up in pretty nice digs himself. I've walked by it before, but it never really stood out. I'll have to pay more attention next time. I pulled up an address for Theo, but based on street view, it's not the same house, unless they tore the old one down and built a new one. Lots of athletes in this general neighborhood. Duncan Keith is a few blocks away as well.

Yeah... I've been on and near the "Southport Corridor" for about 10 years now and I can quickly feel myself being priced out of the area. When I last lived directly ON Southport, there was a crappy convenience store under the el tracks, a crappy laundromat on the corner of Roscoe/Southport, and a better but still crappy laundromat (but with a bar attached!) a few blocks down on Newport. Now the crappy convenience store is a really nice wine & spirits retail shop, the crappy laundromat is a sushi place, and the laundrybar is now some fru-fru high-end spa type place.

At least Lange's is still around... for now...

Stupid gentrification.

20. Dan The Mediocre Posted: July 17, 2012 at 05:35 PM (#4185268)

In court, Kearney’s public defender Amand Sundaram noted Kearney had worked at a Le Cordon Bleu culinary institute in Boston.

I'm wondering if the first sentence might explain in part why she no longer works there. Maybe she missed a lot with the knife while chopping? Yipes.

Perfection in an art demands devotion, and she'll be damned if she serves up sub-par ladyfingers...

21. Shredder Posted: July 17, 2012 at 05:41 PM (#4185271)

Now the crappy convenience store is a ~~really nice~~ incredibly overpriced wine & spirits retail shop

Fixed. Seriously, that place is a joke when it comes to beer prices.

Anyway, I'm not sure those types of establishments are really being completely displaced in Lakeview. You only have to walk a few blocks to Belmont and Southport to find a crappy convenience store. And while I suppose I don't know of any laundromats in the immediate area, the place is still lousy with dry cleaners. And in addition to Lange's, there's still Higgins' Tavern just a couple blocks away. I think most places in the city in general have just gotten nicer over the last couple decades.

22. Joe Bivens, Minor Genius Posted: July 17, 2012 at 05:51 PM (#4185280)

What kind of mental health system does IL have? I see an involuntary commitment in this lady's future.

23. zonk Posted: July 17, 2012 at 06:01 PM (#4185290)

Now the crappy convenience store is a really nice incredibly overpriced wine & spirits retail shop

Fixed. Seriously, that place is a joke when it comes to beer prices.

Yeah - but they've got a good selection (of beer and wine)... I'll agree on price -- there's a place two blocks west on Ashland that has my two current favorite beers (Rogue Dead Guy and Delirium Tremens) $2 cheaper per 1 1/2 pint/6 pack -- but the Galleria's wine selection is top notch.

24. Never Give an Inge (Dave) Posted: July 17, 2012 at 06:38 PM (#4185318)

In fact, Kearney got a masters in library science from Simmons College in 2002 and also earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Harvard in 1989.

And she was stalking a Yalie? Unacceptable, especially with Paul Depodesta several hundred miles closer.

25. SouthSideRyan Posted: July 17, 2012 at 06:51 PM (#4185326)

I thought Newport's was the laundrobar.

26. Shredder Posted: July 17, 2012 at 07:22 PM (#4185345)

Yeah - but they've got a good selection (of beer and wine)... I'll agree on price -- there's a place two blocks west on Ashland that has my two current favorite beers (Rogue Dead Guy and Delirium Tremens) $2 cheaper per 1 1/2 pint/6 pack -- but the Galleria's wine selection is top notch.

I'll give you the wine. Their beer selection is average at best. The Whole Foods on Ashland has a tiny beer section but a better selection. I don't know if you're talking about Armanetti's for beer, but they're out of business. It's another wine store now. It's just as well, since from what I hear their manager was a total dick. West Lakeview liquors is pretty cool though, about a mile further west on Addison.

27. Forsch 10 From Navarone (Dayn)

Posted: July 17, 2012 at 07:45 PM (#4185366)

I thought Newport's was the laundrobar.

It was.

28. gef the talking mongoose Posted: July 17, 2012 at 07:49 PM (#4185373)

What kind of mental health system does IL have?

Pretty damned poor, apparently, considering that Ozzie Guillen didn't benefit from treatment at all.

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