AP Reds prospect Billy Hamilton, also known as the fastest man in baseball, was the victim of an armed robbery yesterday while in Winston Salem for the California League-Carolina League All-Star game.
Hamilton, who’s hitting .322 with an amazing 80 stolen bases in 66 games at high Single-A, was allegedly robbed by two men wielding a hand gun around midnight.
And according to WXII12.com minutes later an umpire working the All-Star game was also robbed on the same street, presumably by the same two men.
If this were a movie, of course, the robber would snatch Hamilton’s wallet and start running, at which point Hamilton would give him like a five-minute head start while twiddling his thumbs. And then chase him down with ease. Unfortunately the presence of a gun–and Hamilton being smarter than a movie script–kind of ruled that out.
Alanis Morissette would call this whole story ironic. Oh, and Hamilton had two stolen bases and was named MVP of the All-Star game. Obviously.
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- b7p19 - Jun 20, 2012 at 12:39 PM
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I am really excited for this kid. I would love to see someone make a run at Rickey’s 130 in the majors. I just hope his on base skills translate to the bigs or it won’t matter.
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- goawaydog - Jun 20, 2012 at 12:59 PM
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This kid might be a prince or a duke but Rickey Henderson is still the King of stolen bases.
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- florida727 - Jun 20, 2012 at 5:20 PM
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Thanks for the post, Rickey.
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- phisticuffs - Jun 20, 2012 at 1:02 PM
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Of course, Alanis should have called her song “Isn’t That Unfortunate?”, but that’s a story for another time . . . .
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- sabatimus - Jun 20, 2012 at 2:22 PM
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The fact that Aaron invoked that name makes me want to vomit.
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- kopy - Jun 20, 2012 at 1:05 PM
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Another great movie plot would be if the theives ran away for a few blocks or so, and then turn a corner into an alley and slow down only to see Billy Hamilton already standing there waiting for them.
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- WhenMattStairsIsKing - Jun 20, 2012 at 1:19 PM
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I’m just glad everyone’s okay. Are there robbers out there now who want to rob MLB employees? I mean, I know they’re obvious financial targets, but I hope this stops here.
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- thebigwhitecat - Jun 20, 2012 at 1:19 PM
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“was allegedly robbed by two men wielding a hand gun ”
Both of them were wielding it?
“was allegedly robbed by two men, one of whom was wielding a hand gun. “
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- WhenMattStairsIsKing - Jun 20, 2012 at 1:50 PM
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I’m guessing one of them was. That’s not the point.
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- sabatimus - Jun 20, 2012 at 2:23 PM
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Correct, it’s not, but if you’re writing a blog you probably want to get your English correct.
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- drewsylvania - Jun 20, 2012 at 2:32 PM
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But it’s funnier to think of two men wielding a single hand gun.
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- WhenMattStairsIsKing - Jun 20, 2012 at 2:34 PM
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Saba, you are correct – but given the circumstance, I wanted to overlook it. Typo’s happen.
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- yankeesjetsknicksrangers - Jun 20, 2012 at 2:15 PM
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From the WXII12.com website……………
“No one was injured. Police believe the suspects left in a light blue Pontiac Grand Am with no rims.”
I guess he was robbed by Fred and Barney, or other residents of Bedrock.
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- marshmallowsnake - Jun 20, 2012 at 2:20 PM
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All the other kids with the pumped up kicks you’d better run, better run, outrun my gun.
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- 49ersgiants4life - Jun 22, 2012 at 4:42 AM
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Beast mode!
