Smooth Criminals

So, after 85 years, Yankee Stadium has finally closed it's doors for good. Wait a minute...closing the doors in Septemember?? What about October baseball? Oh..nevermind, forgot the Tampa Rays won the division..ha ha!! Well then I guess it's now time for every New Yorker's other favorite sport - looting for profit!!

Here’s the story: over a dozen people were arrested in New York for stealing pieces of Yankee Stadium. Arrested. Is this really an offense? It hasn’t been specified what was stolen, but I can’t really see somebody walking away with anything of importance. I mean I can understand if they stole home plate or maybe some structural supports. Supposedly seats, signs, and even paint off the walls, basically Yankee fans were attacking every single thing that wasn't nailed, bolted, or welded down. I wouldn't be surprised to hear that every toilet paper holder was empty, so that some fan has roll of Yankee ass wipe on their mantle.

The Yankees organization should have been better prepared because they could have capitalized on this. "Bolt those suckers down!! They're worth $1,500 on E-bay!! " What they should have done was set up registers outside, and let people take what they want. Seat from Yankee Stadium? $500. Dirt from the field? $30. Then they could have donated the money to Steinbrenner. I hear he’s hard for cash these days.

I still think a bigger crime is being a Yankee fan. Can we start arresting people for that instead?