THE SIDELINES : Tiger Attendant Was Off Base
A former Tiger Stadium locker room attendant struck out with a scheme to sell Dave Winfield’s bats, Lance Parrish’s jerseys and other baseball stars’ paraphernalia as souvenirs, officials say.
Charles Cox, 17, was arraigned Sunday in 36th District Court in Detroit on a larceny charge. He’s scheduled for a preliminary examination Oct. 3.
The scheme came to light when Parrish asked for his backup jersey Aug. 22 during a game series between the Tigers and the California Angels.
When the Angels’ equipment manager went to the locker room to get it, he found that Parrish’s and Winfield’s duffle bags had been raided, court documents said.
According to police records, Cox said he and an accomplice took jerseys belonging to Parrish and Winfield from the bags, and took the jerseys and a few of Winfield’s bats to a storage room in the Tiger clubhouse.
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