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By DAN RODRICKS | February 23, 2000
I CAN'T promise anything, but unless prosecutors in the Bluegrass State are completely mad, this should mark my last report on that silly Kentucky Derby ticket-scalping case involving James Casey, the Maryland horse doctor and trainer who spent several hours in a filthy Louisville jail for a minor offense that doesn't even carry jail as a penalty. To recap (if that's possible without getting a migraine): Casey went to Churchill Downs on the first Saturday of May 1999 and paid a scalper $100 each for three $42 Derby ducats.
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By Ivan Penn and Roch Kubatko and Ivan Penn and Roch Kubatko,SUN STAFF Sun staff writer Brenda J. Buote contributed to this article | October 5, 1997
Baltimore Police arrested nine men yesterday in connection with a suspected counterfeit ticket operation that was selling fake Orioles tickets for $100 to fans outside the stadium.The men were charged with ticket scalping and were being held at the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Facility as of late yesterday. Officers collected 55 counterfeit tickets during the arrests but did not recover any money, police said.Yesterday morning, the Orioles closed their scalp-free zone -- the area around the stadium where fans were allowed to sell their unused tickets during the regular season -- after a man was arrested Friday on charges that he tried to sell counterfeit game tickets.
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By Kate Shatzkin and John Rivera and Kate Shatzkin and John Rivera,SUN STAFF | October 23, 1996
Two detectives with the city's Violent Crimes Task Force have been indicted on robbery charges for allegedly stealing tickets to Game 3 of the American League playoffs from people selling tickets outside Camden Yards.While on duty, David Brendel and Gerald Tarud, policemen for the past five and six years respectively, allegedly flashed their badges to force the men to hand over 22 tickets to the Orioles-Yankees game Oct. 11 -- hours before the police detail that cracks down on ticket scalping was scheduled to go to work.
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By Brad Snyder and Brad Snyder,SUN STAFF Staff writers Peter Schmuck, Michael James and Buster Olney contributed to this article | April 3, 1996
Bobby Bonilla had a nice game yesterday. He hit three balls hard, extended a 21-game hitting streak from last season with a double and scored two runs.L But Bonilla is not happy with his role as designated hitter."Let me put it this way, I hope it doesn't last," Bonilla said. "That's all I can tell you."When asked to elaborate later, Bonilla refused."How do I feel about it?" he said. "That's a loaded question."A career National Leaguer, Bonilla has never been a designated hitter. His first experience with the position at Camden Yards came in Saturday's exhibition.
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By Peter Hermann and Peter Hermann,Sun Staff Writer | August 5, 1995
A District judge ruled yesterday that a 21-year-old Columbia man did not break the law when he sold two Orioles tickets to an undercover police officer and tacked on the TicketMaster service charge.Shane Weinstein was arrested two months ago in the Orioles' designated "scalp-free zone," where fans are allowed to resell tickets up to face value. He was charged with ticket scalping when he offered two bleacher seat tickets for $7.50 each.Police argued that by including the $2.50 surcharge printed on each $5 ticket, Mr. Weinstein committed a misdemeanor because he sold the tickets for more than the admission price.
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By DAN RODRICKS | August 4, 1995
Here's a hoot from the "scalp-free zone" at Oriole Park, where, by city ordinance, fans are allowed to resell tickets at up to face value. Before last Saturday's game, old acquaintenance Ron Kropkowski -- you can call him Krop -- approached the zone looking to buy."There's a mob of people trying to buy tickets and there is only one guy with four tickets," Krop reports. "The price on the tickets is $9. So this other guy gives the ticket-seller $40 and tells him to keep it all because the guy selling the tickets didn't have the $4 change to give him. So the ticket-seller all of a sudden gets cold feet, gives back the $40 and says, 'I can't do that, it's against the law.'"You see that?