That's great. I didn't know about that one!
Then there was Yankee Ruben Rivera, who stole Derek Jeter's glove and sold it to a sports memorabilia dealer for $2,500. According to this linked article "the team unanimously voted to release him because he violated the trust and santicy of the clubhouse."
https://www.sportscasting.com/whatever- ... ers-glove/Ruben R's once promising MLB career ended in 20003, following brief stints with the Rangers and Giants. Though, oddly enough, the Yankees signed and released him again in 2005, when he failed to hit in the minors.
Okay, now I've got to add something. Who knew? When I looked up Rivera's minor league record, I found that he continued to play in the Mexican League and elsewhere until he was 45, retiring as recently as 2019. And generally he hit quite well. In fact, after disappearing from view in the USA, Rivera just kept playing and playing on other soils. Over the course of 28 seasons at all levels, in MLB, the minors, and foreign leagues, Rivera played 3053 games, drove in 1687 runs and scored 1815 runs. He had 2765 hits and 504 HR. Basically Ruben could hit everywhere but in the majors, and it was this inability to hit major league pitching—not stealing Jeter's glove—that cost him a long big league career.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/regi ... vera001rubA really interesting guy. And as far as is known, he never stole a hotdog, or even popcorn.
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