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Huge security presence for this series

This from today's Boston Herald:

 

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.

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That's a damn shame.

I feel sorry for the Red Sox players. I wish the the best of luck. This story sickens me.

Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.- Bob Dylan

by thebaddancingraysfan on Jun 30, 2008 3:51 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

It is

I hope nothing happens for the players and for the spirit of the series and games. I hope this nut can be caught and stopped, we don’t need racism or hatred in this world.

Top Josh Paul Pornos- Big Navi Stroking, 2pitchers1cup, BJ to the Balls

BELIEVE in 08!

by SRQman on Jun 30, 2008 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Can't feel sorry if its Manny

He needs to just do his job.

Ok, jokes aside, there is no place for this kind of activity in sports.

by GomesSweetGomes on Jun 30, 2008 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

With the human battery magnet suspended I don't think their will be much animosity

I would like to sit down by that Sux bullpen though and get in the ear of Pap Smear.

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

by Sandy Kazmir on Jun 30, 2008 4:11 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

That's sick.

It’s 2008, and people are still writing these crazy threat letters to ballplayers.

It was bad enough when Hank Aaron was getting them in the early ‘70s.

I’m glad MLB is on top of this. While i hope the Red Sox get swept, I also hope everyone stays safe.

by billso on Jul 1, 2008 2:35 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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