Major collection of Northwest baseball material stolen today in Seattle WA (Dec 18th)

[Luke]

This is awful I'll be on the lookout.

[baseball tourist]

As an occasional Vancouver centric baseball collector I realize immediately how rare and significant these items are. Will keep an eye out and hope for a quick resolution for the owner. Leon, if you read this may I suggest also positing this notice in the Memorbilia Section for greatest exposure? Thanks.

[7nohitter]

As a previous poster stated regarding the security; I'm wondering if this was an inside job.

How could anyone get into a park, I'm assuming with, at the very least, two large duffle bags, make the racket of breaking into the cases and then walking out.

There have to be cameras which caught the act. Hope the thief (or thieves) are caught quickly.

[Leon]

This is horrible. Since it just happened I feel sticking this thread might help. I hope the perps get caught and the items returned.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by 7nohitter

As a previous poster stated regarding the security; I'm wondering if this was an inside job.

How could anyone get into a park, I'm assuming with, at the very least, two large duffle bags, make the racket of breaking into the cases and then walking out.

There have to be cameras which caught the act. Hope the thief (or thieves) are caught quickly.

Curious as to where the display cases were located. Were they on the concourse, inside one of the private clubs, etc.?

[slidekellyslide]

I just did a google news search to see what I could find and it appears there have been at least two burglaries at Safeco in the last two years. I sure hope they had some cameras set up.

[ksfarmboy]

Really hate to hear this. I hope they catch them fast and all is returned in the same condition.

[ecRich]

This breaks my heart as the owner is one of the good guys in this hobby. I rate Safeco as one of the great parks in baseball in part because of the contributions of this collector to the Seattle baseball history that is here at every game. I was at the final game of the season in which Felix pitched and the Mariners had a chance for the post-season. I spent some time at these exhibits and it made me feel good to be there. I hope the jackass that stole these items tries to sell them, as that is how he gets caught. I would hate it if he realizes he can't move these one of a kind items and destroys the evidence.