Alex Rodriguez "gamer" fielding glove ??

[Carlevv]

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First, I believe Arod and/or the Yankees wouldn't admit that, as they don't
want it to be known that it's even possible that things can/are stolen from the clubhouse/field.

I think if you have factual information about these gloves, then great and let it be know.

False, both AROD and the Yankees would let it be known that the gloves were missing and they would investigate the owner of these gloves if they were stolen. Thats easy to assume considering the importance of a gamer glove. Secondly, i dont have factual info on these gloves but trust me, i have an educated guess. Dont forget that two gloves were also catcher's mitts and they were Posada models. Interesting to say the least that every glove that the guy bought were Yankee gloves. Do you see a connection? Maybe im crazy, maybe i think i know a little too much, or maybe someone should do a little research on the Yankee bullpen catcher. This might be fun.

[Carlevv]

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If anyone is at the Yankee game tomorrow check out what the bullpen catcher is using as far as a glove in batting practice while shagging balls. Im pretty sure its an AROD black Robin Ventura model. If im wrong dissreguard anything i said in this thread. Thanks.

[Carlevv]

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Just to add a little more here, i dont think the bullpen catcher sold these gloves. I think they were his but for some odd reason they got out of his sight and in the wrong person's hands. He is from the same part of town where these gloves were re-sold. Arod gives him gloves to break in all the time and you will see him using them in batting practice. The brown version show all that use IMO because he used it for most of the season. The black one shows so much less use because Arod didnt make the switch until late in the season and the bullpen catcher only had a few weeks to try to break that one in. Check dates and you will see what i mean. Once again, call me crazy but this is what i think and i have no factual evidence to back this but im putting two and two together. Opinions?

[3arod13]

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Just to add a little more here, i dont think the bullpen catcher sold these gloves. I think they were his but for some odd reason they got out of his sight and in the wrong person's hands. He is from the same part of town where these gloves were re-sold. Arod gives him gloves to break in all the time and you will see him using them in batting practice. The brown version show all that use IMO because he used it for most of the season. The black one shows so much less use because Arod didnt make the switch until late in the season and the bullpen catcher only had a few weeks to try to break that one in. Check dates and you will see what i mean. Once again, call me crazy but this is what i think and i have no factual evidence to back this but im putting two and two together. Opinions?

Very interesting. Again, I have a difficult time believing that whomever sold those gloves to a sporting goods store, didn't know what they had. However, now based on your information, it does make sense that they knew what they had and why the person who sold them to the sporting goods store sold them for $25 a piece. Because they knew they weren't used by arod. Very interesting information/opinion.

Thanks, Tony

[Carlevv]

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You could also think that selling the gloves to that store and buying them back could cut out any question of where they originated. Just another random thought.

[sportscentury]

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You could also think that selling the gloves to that store and buying them back could cut out any question of where they originated. Just another random thought.

Carlevv,

Interesting theory. Unless the store was in on it, how could the person who sold them to the store for $25 a piece be sure that he'd be able to buy them back at an extremely low price?

Reid

[Carlevv]

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Thats just it, maybe an employee had something to do with it? I dont know if thats even cool for me to say but hey you never know. Im just bringing up these points for the heck of it. I'd hate to discourage the guy who bought the gloves as they are really cool if you ask me. Im just stirring enquiring minds a little thats all. I like everyone else is curious how this happend so im just covering all the bases. Seems a little weird how it went down but god bless everyone involved. Its a great story.

[Carlevv]

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Confirmed today with one of the Yankee players that the bullpen catcher's car got broken in to and the gloves are stolen. FYI, AROD never used the gloves either. The bullpen catcher used the gloves and he had them in his car while he was catching someone at USC. He made a police report that someone broke into his car and stole his bag which contained the gloves. The PD is investigating the person who sold the gloves to Play It Again Sports. Hate to say i told you so but i told you so. If i was the guy who bought the gloves i'd be a little bothered but hey, if it sounds too good to be true it probably is. He has two AROD gloves but they were never worn by him. Thats not cool.

[CollectGU]

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Pretty amazing info you dug up. Please keep us posted on anything else you hear. Have the winners of the auction been contacted by police to explain that they have stolen merchandise?

Regards,
Dave

[3arod13]

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Confirmed today with one of the Yankee players that the bullpen catcher's car got broken in to and the gloves are stolen. FYI, AROD never used the gloves either. The bullpen catcher used the gloves and he had them in his car while he was catching someone at USC. He made a police report that someone broke into his car and stole his bag which contained the gloves. The PD is investigating the person who sold the gloves to Play It Again Sports. Hate to say i told you so but i told you so. If i was the guy who bought the gloves i'd be a little bothered but hey, if it sounds too good to be true it probably is. He has two AROD gloves but they were never worn by him. Thats not cool.

Unbelieveable! The winner of the gloves paid $10,000 total for both arod gloves. I am going to email the seller of the arod gloves with this information, as I'm sure if it's true, both he and the seller should be very concerned.

I'm also going to contact Denny Esken and make him aware of this, as he was mentioned in the article and I would hate for his name to come up if this information is true. However, Denny only stated the gloves were authentic (and they are), not game used.

If the catcher did make a police report, then it is a matter of record. If this catcher did use arod gloves to break them in before games, then the possibility of this information about these particular gloves could be very true.

What's really scary is, if these gloves are sent in to be authenticated, and are.

[Carlevv]

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I was told that if you sell something to Play it Again Sports you have to produce identification. If thats the case and the person whole had stolen the gloves was the one selling them why would he give his ID? This might be a person who had NO IDEA what he was getting him or herself into. Im not aware of Denny Eskin because ive never dealt with an authenticator but if he said these were game gloves he was correct. If he said these gloves were worn by AROD he's been mistaken. Listen, i respect the job of someone like Denny but at the end of the day the only real proof of if you have a "real game used item by the player himself" is for the player to give it to you in person or to photomatch it. The memorabilia buisiness is so shady to begin with and this story could identify with that.

[sportscentury]

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Guys,

Here's a very simple question (CarleVV, maybe you can answer this): Does *Play It Again Sports* have cameras? This is something that I've wondered from the beginning (it seems like there are cameras everywhere you go any more) because I have been curious as to who sold the gloves to PIAS in the first place. With this new information, though, I imagine any footage of the transactions would be helpful to the police.

You have to feel bad for the eBay buyer - he'll be sick to his stomach when he hears this. Hopefully, he'll be able to get his money back.

Reid

[mrw2161]

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Hi everyone,

I am responding to this as it was emailed to me from one of the many friends I made while selling these gloves.

These are the facts about these gloves, the Los Angeles Police Department was contacted as was the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department before the gloves went up on auction, they were given all pertinent information regarding the gloves and there were no "hits" on the gloves being stolen property.

As you can research in one of my first posts, I alluded to the fact I believe they might have been "stolen from a collection". I find it hard to believe that the gloves, if stolen, lasted 9 days on ebay without so much as a hit from the police, the Yankees, the bullpen catcher, his family or friends, this auction attracted worldwide attention, I was getting emails from Japan about these gloves

In retrospect, I can only speculate about the authenticity of these newest claims, I could only assume that the Yankees Clubhouse would know about the theft, I would assume that Alex would know about the theft and for the bullpen catcher to not tell anyone in the Yankees organization about this theft seems very odd to me. I did what I consider to be very thorough investigating including talking to other clubhouses and their management. I would hope that because this has now been started, the person who is alleging this will now make public the name of the player who is stating that the bullpen catcher had gloves stolen.

Let's not forget that this story became quite public in the second largest newspaper in the Southern California area and there WERE NO requests for information from the police department after the story was published. I am relatively easy to find in the LA area and I am positive that the LAPD could have found me through the author of the article. This story was circulating the Yankees clubhouse and if you think for a minute that it didn't get back to the players and coaches as well as the bullpen catcher, whom I personally placed a call to after I had heard the inital rumor, he obviously didn't feel it was important enough to return a phone call about this matter.

The USC does not have a police daprtment and all crimes on campus property are investigated by LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department). I have contacted the correct station this morning with these claims and while no one knew anything of the theft at this early stage, I am awaiting a phone call from the detectives who handle this and after speaking with them, hopefully we can put this to rest, and I really hope that is the case.

I have a call into the proper channels at USC, people that would have known if something was stolen from a car at USC and most certainly who would have allowed someone to be on the field at USC, it is not a open facility and permission to be on the field would have to be issued. I can only think that if this truly happened, it would have been between the end of the season and the beginning of Spring Training.

I must add that I find it incredibly irresponsible to post "purported" or "specualtive" claims on this or any board. I would hope that unless you are prepared to reveal ANY and ALL sources, it would be best to find another way to source your claims. I am leaving my cell phone of 805-732-3931 for anyone who wishes to contact me regarding this. I am always available to speak to and have a significant list of people that I had spoken to in my quest to find out where these gloves had came from.

While these gloves still stand by their original story, until SOMEONE, not a ghost or someone hiding behind someone else's claims, comes forth with PROOF, and I would consider the only proof to now be a police report, as it has been alluded to the fact there is an investigation, is presented, then these claims are nothing other than rumor and innuendo, should they prove to be true, then another story opens, but until then, they are nothing other then ghost stories and should be given no afterthought or relevance.

At 11:00am this morning I am expecting a very important phone call that will either end or lend credence to these allegations, I will post immediately upon completion of the phone call.

Thanks for listening,

Mark Webb

[sportscentury]

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Mark,

Very reasonable. Clearly, there are still some unanswered questions. Thanks for continuing to be active in this dialogue. No matter how it turns out, as a bystander I must say that it has been a captivating story.

Reid

[mrw2161]

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Hello again,

I have just hung up the phone with the store (Play it Again Sports) in which the gloves were purchased from and they have not been contacted by the police in any investigation about these baseball gloves.

The previous post about "police investigating who sold the gloves to the store" should be considered false and misinformation. This does not rule out as to whether or not the gloves were stolen from a car at USC, but I am working on dispelling this rumor or fact as well. A call was placed to the store about this a few weeks ago but I can imagine the call was placed by someone wishing to spread the rumor and not to substantiate it.

I have contacted the buyer this morning to inform him of the situation and he did not seem very worried. Him and I will speak again this evening and I can relay further information obtained.

As to posting this kind of information without revealing sources that you are willing to identify is as irresponsible as it can be. To attack a persons reputation either directly or indirectly as you have done is a really heinous thing to do. I want to make sure right now that Denny Esken had no part in any misrepresentation of these gloves, Denny revealed what he knew to be factual and even relayed that the gloves were probably lifted somewhere along the line, but at my insistence, he got innocently involved. I send my apologies to Denny and anyone who used his name in these posts should relook at what you wrote and make sure that in no way you have villified him for anything.

You have spread skepticism and uncertainty in a industry that is wrought with it. For what ?, to be the person who MIGHT have some information but is unable to reveal how this information came to light? If you were the person who provided the police report and put us in touch with the rightful owner and took the steps to make sure that the gloves were reunited with their proper owner and arrest and/or convict the person who might have stolen the gloves, you would have a much better argument.

You seem more interested in assuring the collecting community that the gloves are not "game used" therefore discrediting a innocent seller and a more innocent buyer. Who, if anyone, are you really looking out for ?

Any comments or questions, feel free to contact me,

Mark