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cincinnati chili
03-25-2009, 02:41 AM
Seriously:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4013539

PLANT CITY, Fla. -- A 2-month-old is back in the arms of her parents and the wife of a top Pittsburgh Pirates minor league prospect is suspected of taking the infant from a health clinic outside Tampa, authorities said Tuesday.

Amalia Tabata Pereira, 43, was being questioned by Florida detectives in Manatee County, where the girl was found unharmed Tuesday afternoon, a day after she was taken from the clinic. Plant City Chief of Police Bill McDaniel said authorities are looking to charge Pereira with false imprisonment.

She is the wife of Jose Tabata, 20, an outfielder and one of the top three prospects for the Pirates, who train in Bradenton.

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See also: http://www.piratesreport.com/page/content.detail/id/500229/Tabata-s-wife-suspected-of-kidnapping.html?nav=5008

camisadelgolf
03-25-2009, 06:27 AM
I lol'd at the title. You just can't make this stuff up.

LoganBuck
03-25-2009, 07:18 AM
And people worry about Andre Smith.........

Highlifeman21
03-25-2009, 07:25 AM
43? 20?

She's older enough to be his mom.

Outstanding!

cumberlandreds
03-25-2009, 07:39 AM
Sounds like she robbed the cradle twice! :yikes:

paintmered
03-25-2009, 07:59 AM
Cougar, meet tadpole.

MartyFan
03-25-2009, 08:43 AM
He's an overachiever on and off the field!!!

does this marriage have anything to do with visa issues?

Rojo
03-25-2009, 02:59 PM
Sounds like she robbed the cradle twice! :yikes:


We have a winner.

redsmetz
03-25-2009, 04:37 PM
He's an overachiever on and off the field!!!

does this marriage have anything to do with visa issues?

I'm guessing it doesn't. He's here, so he's gotten his visa. It might be a way to step up citizenship because it appears she's a citizen. I'm basing that on the fact that she has a prior criminal record and she's in the States which wouldn't be the case if she was an immigrant. She'd have been deported following the conviction.

remdog
03-25-2009, 04:52 PM
She'd have been deported following the conviction.


If you lived in California you would know that that statement is way, way off base.

Rem

Strikes Out Looking
03-25-2009, 05:31 PM
I thought that this was the plot of Bull Durham II, with Susan Sarandon and Tim Robins reprising their roles.

Heath
03-26-2009, 10:01 AM
I thought that this was the plot of Bull Durham II, with Susan Sarandon and Tim Robins reprising their roles.

The original cougar.

Or was that Anne Bancroft?