A blogger reacts to the heist of Cal Ripken's No. 8 statue and reflects that the Orioles legend deserves a grander -- and perhaps heavier? -- work of art in his honor.
An excerpt from the blog posting reads:
According to the Sun papers, a quartet of local miscreants
uprooted Ripken's numeral from its base outside Camden Yards and carted it off in the back of a pickup truck for a night of fun in Charm City.
But
not being the freshest crabcakes in the city, the foursome kept
Ripken's number out in plain view � just like those KISS statues in
Dazed and Confused � which led to a quick resolution of the case.
From the Baltimore Sun:
"Police
discovered that the theft had been captured on surveillance video and a
lookout was broadcast for a pickup truck. About an hour later, police
responded to a call for men acting disorderly at Lombard and Elwood
streets in East Baltimore. When officers arrived ... they saw the
pickup truck and the No. 8 statue in the back.
"'They saw the big No. 8 and knew that was the property,' Guglielmi said."
I think we can all agree that the city of Baltimore has not seen a finer piece of detective work since Cole brought home the Mississippi extradition.
But
can we also agree that Ripken deserves a lot more than just a boring
number outside the park where he saved baseball? The amount of damage
the No. 8 received during its night out is unknown, but here's saying
the Orioles should take the opportunity to go ahead and commission a
work of the man in bronze. Babe Ruth could use some company.
Read the entire posting
here.