Apparently this week a professional baseball player was arrested for a misdemeanor theft charge. Cincinnati Reds' pitcher Mike Leake attempted to steal six shirts valuing a whopping $60.00 from a Cincinnati Macys store. The police report stated that Leake removed the price tags from six t-shirts and then tried to exit the store without paying for them. Security cameras captured his actions and he now faces a maximum of 180 days in jail. The Reds' pitcher made his last appearance on the mound this past Saturday and in the early parts of the year he is 2-0 with a hideous 5.40 ERA.
Yes ladies and gentlemen what you just read is true. Here's the kicker of the whole scenario though, Mike Leake is set to make $425,000 this year. While that's not all-star caliber money, it's still more than the average Joe will make in the same time frame. So my question is with that kind of money, what on this green Earth are you doing stealing t-shirts from Macys? Not even top of the line shirts, he attempted to steal six shirts with an overall value of $60 which would equal around $10 a shirt. I personally believe this was some kind of joke gone embarrassingly wrong, or a secret urge maybe? Maybe having that amount of money on hand may cause you to do idiotic things of this nature just for the rush of it.
Whatever the reason at the end of the day it was a very stupid and immature move if you ask me. I'm pretty sure any explanation Leake could give wouldn't even come close to making any kind of sense. The best thing that came out of this situation was the laugh I got after hearing about it. The Cincinnati Reds have since issued a statement condemning their pitchers actions and also an apology on the behalf of Mike Leake.
I Guess the lesson learned here is that money can't buy everything.
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