Furious George

Oh, and then came the capper--the hats. Cartons containing 47,000 Yankees hats were stolen last week from a New Jersey warehouse! The way the Yanks are playing, those hats will be about as easy to fence as fur sinks.

It should be simple for detectives to catch the thieves, though, because each of those hats has the Cap Day sponsor's logo on the back. Personally, I think the authorities should subject the first 10 people they catch wearing those hats to a cruel and unusual penalty: Make them start for the Yanks the next game.

Anyway, Mount Steinbrenner is about to blow. I'd bring a Kevlar umbrella. I wish you all the best. Me, I won't need it.

I quit yesterday.

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