Tampa Bay Rays Wander Franco Robbed Of $650,000 In Jewelry

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Wander Franco had his car robbed while on a rehab assignment.

In June, Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was recovering from an injury. His rehab assignment with the Durham Bulls, Tampa Bay's AAA farm team, was playing in Jacksonville.

According to ESPN.com, Franco was driving his Rolls Royce, and it was in a hotel parking lot. The thief broke into the car and grabbed the safe. Inside the safe were seven pieces of jewelry that were valued at more than $650,000.

The pieces included a chain of gold and diamonds with a medallion. worth $300,000. Another chain with diamonds, valued at $200,000. A couple of championship rings, another couple of pendants, and a Rolex watch. One of the pendants was a gold pendant of Jerry of the cartoon 'Tom & Jerry'.

The alleged thief was found after his thumbprint and license were connected to him from a pawn shop. He was taken into custody on July 4, according to an ESPN report. Some of the stolen jewelry has been recovered. The two chains and the Rolex had still not been found.
[Source: ESPN.com]

Mason Dixon’s 15 Favorite Summer Blockbuster Movies

Summer has officially begun, and there are already a couple of summer blockbuster movies out there. This brought me to look back and see which my favorites are of all time.

Already, "Top Gun: Maverick" has exceeded $900 million worldwide, and "Jurassic World: Dominion" is on Tom Cruise's heels with over $630 million so far. With those become all-time favorites? I did see "Top Gun: Maverick" and it was great. It might end up on my list of all-time favorites someday.

Having said that, let's take a look at which summer blockbuster movies did make my all-time list.

15 "Dirty Dancing" (1987)

With a fantastic mix of new songs and songs from when it takes place, Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach and Cynthia Rhodes make a great cast. By the way, you can see Patrick Swayze and Cynthia Rhodes in the video for "Rosanna by Toto, which came out 5 years earlier.

14. "National Lampoon's Vacation" (1983)

They got it all started with Clark and Ellen Griswold as they made their way to Wally World. Without "Vacation," I wouldn't have my favorite all-time Christmas movie!

13. "Shrek" (2001)

You can't go wrong with a donkey and an ogre. Oh, and a Lord Farquaad.

12. "Weekend at Bernie's" (1989)

They were the only ones who knew. They just had to make sure everyone though Bernie was still alive.

11. "Grease" (1978)

The sing-along showings of "Grease" still fill up theatres.

10. "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" (1982)

Possibly the best family sci-fi film of all time.

9. "Caddyshack" (1980)

Still an immensely quotable film. Even if you're not a golfer, this cast makes the links funny.

8. "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986)

The perfect way to have so much fun in a single day. Some great advice from Ferris? "Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”

7. "Ghostbusters" (1984)

The movie stands the test of time. They tried again a couple of years later, and it wasn't quite as good. They tried it with a female cast a few years ago, and that didn't work either. They tried it one more time in "Ghostbusters: Afterlife," and it was directed by Jason Reitman, son of Ivan Reitman who directed the original and... it worked. If you haven't seen it, watch for lots of Easter eggs.

6. "Stand By Me" (1986)

The story by Stephen King brought to the big screen by Rob Reiner. Toss in kids like Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell and Kiefer Sutherland.