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It seems Pope Francis needs to brush up on his Tertullian!

It has been reported (in The ChristLast Media, I must note) that the current Pope does not like the phrase "lead us not into temptation...

"Let no freedom be allowed to novelty, because it is not fitting that any addition should be made to antiquity. Let not the clear faith and belief of our forefathers be fouled by any muddy admixture." -- Pope Sixtus III

Friday, July 22, 2005

More sports related stuff only Fyodor finds interesting.

From the San Luis Obispo Tribune (Holy cow! Via AP and Yahoo!News.) comes news from the FBI on the end of Operation Bullpen.

The FBI has spent five years tracking down baseball bats, balls, jerseys and other memorabilia with phony signatures of famous athletes. Now, the agency is giving the collectibles to charity - minus the fake autographs.

"We've obliterated the forged signatures," said Jan Caldwell, an FBI spokeswoman. "They've been marked out in various ways."

Authorities will donate "a warehouse full" of goodies to San Diego-area charities Thursday, said Caldwell, who didn't have a precise inventory. Pro football Hall of Famer Lance Alworth and representatives of Major League Baseball and Internet auctioneer EBay Inc., all of whom assisted in the investigation, will participate.

It marks the end of Operation Bullpen, which produced dozens of convictions and shut down several counterfeit trading card rings, according to the FBI. One ring made thousands of fake trading cards of former baseball slugger Mark McGwire, former Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway and others, which were later sold at collector shows.

The donations include bats, mitts, balls and other items that were treated to remove the fake signatures, Caldwell said.

The phony trading cards are not part of the giveaway.

The Mission of San Luis Obispo de Tolosa was founded by Blessed Junipero Serra in 1772. It was named in honor of St. Louis of Toulouse.

Even when it is not obviously about The Faith, it really is.

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