Posted on 09/16/2005 1:44:24 PM PDT by lunarbicep
Former Atlanta Braves pitcher Rick Camp will be in a U.S. federal prison for three years for conspiring to steal more than $2 million from a mental health agency. He was sentenced Thursday along with four other people.
Camp pitched for the Braves from 1976 to 1978, and again from 1980 to 1985. In 1982 he pitched in the NL Championship series against St. Louis.
The five were convicted of attempting to siphon money from the Community Mental Health Center in Augusta, Ga.
Prosecutors said C. Michael Brockman and former state representative Robin Williams received kickbacks for setting up friends with jobs and lucrative, unearned contracts.
The prosecution was a joint state-federal effort that began after the Augusta Chronicle's investigation detected wrongdoing at the Mental Health Center, where Brockman was once executive director.
Brockman was sentenced to six years; local pharmacist Duncan Fordham got four years and four months; and lobbyist Chad Long, grandson of former state house speaker Tom Murphy, received two years nine months.
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"Former Atlanta Braves pitcher Rick Camp will be in a U.S. federal prison for three years for conspiring to steal more than $2 million from a mental health agency."
That's crazy.
Or as Chris Berman used to call him, Rick "Summer" Camp.
Baseball player was ... em .. caught stealing.
He should have just hooked up with Franken and Air America. They are pros in stealing money.
Now, if he had been planning to funnel it to Air America, he'd be ok.
Enjoy prison, dickwad.
Never would have suspected him. I know he was a pitcher but is hitting sucked.
July 4, 1985.
Man, I remember Rick when he pitched as a reliever back in the good ol' days of "America's Team," as Ted Turner christened it on TBS. He never won or saved any games, but he did hit a big home run once. Too bad he turned into a crook in his retirement....
Say no more I was there...fireworks and all....
He was a very good relief pitcher in the early 80s before Torre made him a starter. I was at the game on July 4, 1985 when he hit the game tying homer against the Mets, but had long left since the homer came at about 1:00 am est.
According to baseballreference-com, Camp made over $1.2 million playing baseball. That's not Jeter money. But its also not a bad grub steak.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/campri01.shtml
My husband does not freep, but he loves this thread! I knew he would remember every detail about this guy, and he did. (I had to listen to him tell me all about the July 4th game...........and because I love him, act interested.)
Maybe he share a cell with Denny McLain.
:)
Wow, I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers that game. Not that I was *there,* but as an avid ten-year-old fan, I stayed up until the 14th or so. Wasn't Dwight Gooden the starter for the Mets?
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