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From: mlt@mb2c.UUCP (Mark L. Tompkins)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Detroit World Series Ring scam?
Message-ID: <163@mb2c.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 30-May-85 13:32:34 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 30 13:32:34 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 31-May-85 04:07:55 EDT
Organization: Michigan Bell, Southfield, MI
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> ..............................................."World Series ring scandal
> rocks Detroit". It says that three different types of championship rings
> were distributed to the Tiger team.  Scrubs received rings that were
> worth $100.  Stars like Alan Trammell and Kirk Gibson got rings with real
> diamonds instead of glass stones.  The remaining players received rings
> with a value in between.  Can anyone shed more light on this?
   
Once again, Jim Campbell shows what a cheap b*****d he is.  The rings given
to the Tiger players were valued proportional to the amount of World Series
money they received.  Players who were voted a full share received the rings
which were 24k gold with real stones.  Those players getting partial shares
got the "dime store phony" version with cut glass and very low carat gold,
worth about $80.  The controversy surfaced when Tiger reliever Bill Scherrer
noticed his ring was tarnishing.  He took it to a jeweler, where the discovery
was made.  He is reportedly so upset he has vowed never to wear it again.
Jack Morris commented that he had seen "better looking rings that came out of
a bubble-gum machine".  Scherrer joined the Tigers in late August of last
year, and hence was only voted a partial share of the World Series bounty.
I think the whole thing is totally stupid.  Our wonderful general manager
should be hung by his you-know-what for this.  The local radio stations have
had a great time with this one.  One has been running a commercial which goes
something like this:
  
"Yes folks, you too can now own a genuine World Series ring, just like those
given to some of the World Champion Tigers!  Made of the finest 6 carat gold,
with a genuine cut glass stone!  Order direct from Jim Campbell Marketing, Inc.
An $80.00 value - yours for only $280.00!! Call soon -they're going fast!!!
ACT NOW!!!!!!!!"
  
What a moron.
  
Mark Tompkins
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