Somewhere, Sometime, They Will Pay
Chicago Cub pitcher Rick Sutcliffe, a notorious practical joker, last week found himself on the other end of the gag.
Friends and teammates designed and paid $7,000 for a billboard showing a high school yearbook picture of Sutcliffe wearing shoulder-length hair. Alongside the picture was an invitation to call his home phone for game tickets.
“They’ll pay for this,” Sutcliffe said. “I’ve got some ideas, but I don’t think I should reveal them right now.”
The conspirators were Sutcliffe’s wife, Robin, actor Mark Harmon, agent Barry Axelrod, Mark Grace of the Cubs, and Wally Joyner and Bert Blyleven of the Angels.
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