BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE MAJORS : Umpire Reportedly Drugged, Robbed

National League umpire Terry Tata, 53, was drugged and robbed by a female con artist during last week’s San Francisco Giants-San Diego Padres series, unidentified sources told the Times of San Mateo. Tata said he had no comment.

The newspaper gave this account:

Tata met a woman on the evening of June 21. When they went to his room the next night to share a bottle of wine, the woman reportedly slipped a tranquilizer into his drink and stole his Rolex, a gold bracelet, two World Series rings and $500 cash.

When Tata didn’t show up at the ballpark, police and hotel security discovered him in his room, drugged but otherwise unhurt.

Burlingame police confirmed that a man was drugged and robbed of more than $16,000 in cash and valuables in a Burlingame hotel, but would not confirm the identity of the victim.

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