According to this news report, former Major League pitcher Victor Zambrano’s mom was taken from her home in Venezuela by kidnappers.
Fortunately, authorities were able to intervene and secure the release of Mrs. Zambrano by the non-waiver trade deadline. While the conditions of the trade were not immediately available to the public, confidential sources inside the law enforcement agency said they had to give up Scott Kazmir’s mom and minor-league catching prospect Jose Diaz.
“It was a good trade for us, and I think it was a heck of a trade for the Zambranos,” according to the kidnappers’ press release. “Victor Zambrano’s mom has been here a long time. … You hate to give her up but we’ve spent a lot of time and effort and money of getting a nucleus of our young position players. We knew this day was coming that we needed to start getting our hands on some pitching that can truly beat the Red Sox and Yankees in this division, and we think Scott Kazmir’s mom has that kind of ability.”
No word yet if they have worked out a contract extension or not.
November 13th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
hahaha right now, I wouldnt mind having scott kazmirs mom in our rotation