This humorous look from the New York Times at the preponderance of New York Yankee hats in crime blotter reports is a must-read. To boil it down: when there’s a crime committed anywhere in our country, chances are the perp is rocking NY on his head.
↵Somehow a Seattle Police spokesman winds up in the article, expressing confusion regarding a local suspect’s decision to mug a female senior citizen while sporting NY headgear rather than a Mariners hat.
↵↵↵In July, a young man in a Yankees cap assaulted an 81-year-old woman in her home, about 2,800 miles from Yankee Stadium, in Seattle.
↵“Why people pick the Yankees over the Mariners, I don’t know,†said Detective Mark Jamieson, a Seattle police spokesman. “It just happened to be an article of clothing he was wearing on that particular day.â€
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Perhaps Seattle Police should consider turning their attention to Safeco Field, where 25 men all clad in Mariners hats are robbing fans blind night after night.