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04-18-2011, 07:37 PM
Reds pitcher Mike Leake was arrested on a shoplifting charge at a downtown department store Monday, accused of trying to steal six shirts valued at $59.88.
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04-18-2011, 07:48 PM
Retard. Why would he do this?
04-18-2011, 07:50 PM
I heard about this earlier today on 700 WLW and hoped it was just some kind of mistake. Like maybe he purchased something at one side of the store and then forgot he hadn't purchased the shirts, but when I read that he had ripped off the price tags, it seems obvious he was just trying to steal them.
The thing is Leake got something like $1.7 million for a signing bonus and he gets $425k in salary every year, so it's not like he can't afford to clothe himself.
I wonder if he is a klepto or if this was done on some kind of a dare. I'd really like to see the video of this, since Macy's said it was all caught on video. It might help determine his intent.
I like Leake and think he has amazing potential, but this is shocking.
The thing is Leake got something like $1.7 million for a signing bonus and he gets $425k in salary every year, so it's not like he can't afford to clothe himself.
I wonder if he is a klepto or if this was done on some kind of a dare. I'd really like to see the video of this, since Macy's said it was all caught on video. It might help determine his intent.
I like Leake and think he has amazing potential, but this is shocking.
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04-19-2011, 08:36 PM
I think these people just do this for the thrill of it, trying to see if they can get away without getting caught.
04-20-2011, 10:20 AM
He actually purchased these shirts and they did not fit, thus he took them back and exchanged them all by himself, including taking off the security tags from the newer shirts and never once seeked assistance. Hmmm, that story should fly!
04-21-2011, 01:19 AM
I can never understand why professional athletes stoop so low to do something like this?! Why steal something that cost $60, when you're making hundreds of thousands of dollars every year?!
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04-21-2011, 07:34 AM
leecoukfan Wrote:I can never understand why professional athletes stoop so low to do something like this?! Why steal something that cost $60, when you're making hundreds of thousands of dollars every year?!
These are everyday people who just have a lot of money. It's not like they are any different than you and I except for the vehicle they drive. People who do things like this are not poor and destitute, they do it because there is something else going on in that persons head. We too easily associate wealth with commonsense. History has proven the opposite!
04-21-2011, 10:06 PM
What happened Monday at Macy’s is a matter for the court. Mike Leake says his story will come out. Leake might guilty of theft or stupidity or he might be innocent. But what was clear Thursday was sometimes athletes can perform very well in the most trying of times.
With his team desperately needing a win, Leake pitched one of the better games of his young career. He went seven innings and allowed three runs on the four hits to beat Arizona 7-4 before a crowd of 17,319 at Great American Ball Park. The win snapped a four-game losing streak.
“I was glad for him,” Reds manager Dusty Baker said. “I was proud of him. And we needed it badly. That’s as big a win as we’ve had since Opening Day.”
The Reds finish the homestand 2-5. But they’re back over .500 at 10-9 and in first place as they head to St. Louis for three games, followed by three in Milwaukee.
Leaving on losing note after a 1-6 homestand would have been rough. To prevent that, Leake had to pitch well.
He did. He struck out six, walked two and retired 15 of the last 16 hitters he faced.
“It was important to uplift myself,” he said. “And, hopefully, uplift some other people. Just to get things off my back a little bit.”
Leake did not address the charges against him. But he answered when asked how he was doing mentally.
“I’ll be better once it’s all done,” he said. “But right now, I’ve got to eat it and go out and there and do what I can for the team. It was nice to go out there and erase some things and pitch.”
Leake wondered about fan reaction.
“A little bit,” he said. “I was wondering if they were going to support me or not. For the most part, they were very nice.”
The Reds considered whether to pull Leake from the start in the wake of his arrest.
“I didn’t know how he was going to react,” Baker said. “I didn’t really have a thought. I had a hope and a prayer he’d respond. You really don’t know, especially when a guy’s young like that.
“He was really hurting for a few days there. I’m sure he still does and still will. I’m glad he responded the way he did. He needed it. We needed it.”
Baker talked to Leake before deciding to let him pitch.
“What you gauge and what is are two different things,” Baker said. “Usually, you can look in a person’s eyes and read that person at that moment. His eyes were gentle eyes, which lets me know that he knows nobody knows joy and bitterness in anybody’s heart but that person. No matter how their face looks. His eyes were gentle to the point of pain and embarrassment.”
The game did not start well for Leake. The Reds found themselves behind for the fifth straight game before they came to bat. Leake gave up a one-out double Ryan Roberts in the first inning. An out later, Stephen Drew singled Roberts home.
The Reds came right back in the bottom of the first. Brandon Phillips singled with one out. Joey Votto singled to send Phillips to third. Jonny Gomes walked to the load the bases. Jay Bruce then walked to force in Phillips. Miguel Cairo lined a single to score two more runs.
After Ramon Hernandez was hit by a pitch to reload the bases, Paul Janish walked to make it 4-1.
The D-Backs got a run in the second on pitcher Daniel Hudson’s perfect squeeze bunt. Only a very nice play by Phillips and Leake kept Hudson from beating it out.
Leake and pitching coach Bryan Price had a talk after the second inning.
“I started off slow the first couple of innings,” Leake said. “Price made a comment. The way he said it kind of fired me up. From there on, I kind of got in the groove. I hit my spots and attacked them.
“I didn’t want to back down, so I went after them. I wanted them to hit my pitch. They got a pitch every once in a while, but they really didn’t do too much damage. I just attacked.”
Kelly Johnson cut the lead to one in the fifth with his second home run of the series.
Votto made it 5-3 with a 406-foot homer to right for his third of the year.
The Reds added a run to chase Hudson in the sixth. Cairo walked with one out. He was running when Hernandez tattooed the ball to left for a double. Janish greeted Sam Demel with an RBI single to make it 7-3.
Baker shook hands with Leake after the seventh and then hugged him.
“I love these guys,” Baker said. “They’re like my boys, like my sons. Sometimes you chastise them. Sometimes you’ve got to spank them. I got many a spankings. They weren’t called spankings in my day. They were called whippings. I know my dad still loved me.”
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20110...304210083/
With his team desperately needing a win, Leake pitched one of the better games of his young career. He went seven innings and allowed three runs on the four hits to beat Arizona 7-4 before a crowd of 17,319 at Great American Ball Park. The win snapped a four-game losing streak.
“I was glad for him,” Reds manager Dusty Baker said. “I was proud of him. And we needed it badly. That’s as big a win as we’ve had since Opening Day.”
The Reds finish the homestand 2-5. But they’re back over .500 at 10-9 and in first place as they head to St. Louis for three games, followed by three in Milwaukee.
Leaving on losing note after a 1-6 homestand would have been rough. To prevent that, Leake had to pitch well.
He did. He struck out six, walked two and retired 15 of the last 16 hitters he faced.
“It was important to uplift myself,” he said. “And, hopefully, uplift some other people. Just to get things off my back a little bit.”
Leake did not address the charges against him. But he answered when asked how he was doing mentally.
“I’ll be better once it’s all done,” he said. “But right now, I’ve got to eat it and go out and there and do what I can for the team. It was nice to go out there and erase some things and pitch.”
Leake wondered about fan reaction.
“A little bit,” he said. “I was wondering if they were going to support me or not. For the most part, they were very nice.”
The Reds considered whether to pull Leake from the start in the wake of his arrest.
“I didn’t know how he was going to react,” Baker said. “I didn’t really have a thought. I had a hope and a prayer he’d respond. You really don’t know, especially when a guy’s young like that.
“He was really hurting for a few days there. I’m sure he still does and still will. I’m glad he responded the way he did. He needed it. We needed it.”
Baker talked to Leake before deciding to let him pitch.
“What you gauge and what is are two different things,” Baker said. “Usually, you can look in a person’s eyes and read that person at that moment. His eyes were gentle eyes, which lets me know that he knows nobody knows joy and bitterness in anybody’s heart but that person. No matter how their face looks. His eyes were gentle to the point of pain and embarrassment.”
The game did not start well for Leake. The Reds found themselves behind for the fifth straight game before they came to bat. Leake gave up a one-out double Ryan Roberts in the first inning. An out later, Stephen Drew singled Roberts home.
The Reds came right back in the bottom of the first. Brandon Phillips singled with one out. Joey Votto singled to send Phillips to third. Jonny Gomes walked to the load the bases. Jay Bruce then walked to force in Phillips. Miguel Cairo lined a single to score two more runs.
After Ramon Hernandez was hit by a pitch to reload the bases, Paul Janish walked to make it 4-1.
The D-Backs got a run in the second on pitcher Daniel Hudson’s perfect squeeze bunt. Only a very nice play by Phillips and Leake kept Hudson from beating it out.
Leake and pitching coach Bryan Price had a talk after the second inning.
“I started off slow the first couple of innings,” Leake said. “Price made a comment. The way he said it kind of fired me up. From there on, I kind of got in the groove. I hit my spots and attacked them.
“I didn’t want to back down, so I went after them. I wanted them to hit my pitch. They got a pitch every once in a while, but they really didn’t do too much damage. I just attacked.”
Kelly Johnson cut the lead to one in the fifth with his second home run of the series.
Votto made it 5-3 with a 406-foot homer to right for his third of the year.
The Reds added a run to chase Hudson in the sixth. Cairo walked with one out. He was running when Hernandez tattooed the ball to left for a double. Janish greeted Sam Demel with an RBI single to make it 7-3.
Baker shook hands with Leake after the seventh and then hugged him.
“I love these guys,” Baker said. “They’re like my boys, like my sons. Sometimes you chastise them. Sometimes you’ve got to spank them. I got many a spankings. They weren’t called spankings in my day. They were called whippings. I know my dad still loved me.”
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20110...304210083/
04-21-2011, 10:11 PM
Stardust Wrote:These are everyday people who just have a lot of money. It's not like they are any different than you and I except for the vehicle they drive. People who do things like this are not poor and destitute, they do it because there is something else going on in that persons head. We too easily associate wealth with commonsense. History has proven the opposite!
Yeah, unfortunately you are right!
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04-21-2011, 10:17 PM
Okay, so Leake is trying to say it was an exchange gone awry?
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04-21-2011, 10:33 PM
When I heard it yesterday, I thought it was the DUMBEST thing I had every heard. But then again, it was a professional athlete and I have heard these dumb statements for a long, long time. He put out a statement through his attorney about how sorry he was to his family, teammates and the management, that is was all a big misunderstanding. What irks me is that these athletes put out these "heart-felt" statements, through their attorneys mouths!:HitWall:
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