Vandals bust into little league headquarters

VANDALS STRIKE AT AN ALBUQUERQUE LITTLE LEAGUE COMPLEX - CAUSING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE - AND RAIDING THE REFRIGERATOR WHILE THEY WERE AT IT STUART DYSON — IS IN OUR NEWSROOM WITH A LOOK AT WHAT HAS PEOPLE SO TICKED OFF — STU IT S A BLOW AGAINST BASEBALL - BY BAD GUYS BUSY BITING BURGERS AND BRATWURST - ROADRUNNER LITTLE LEAGUE SAYS - WE LL BOUNCE BACK OUT Q MAYBE MORE USUALLY THE ONLY DAMAGE AT ROADRUNNER LITTLE LEAGUE IS TO A GUY S PRIDE WHEN HE GOES OH FOR FOUR OR WALKS IN THE WINNING RUN OR SPILLS A SLUSH PUPPY IN THE DUGOUT THIS IS A DIFFERENT BALL GAME - IT S CALLED VANDALISM - SOMEBODY BUSTED IN AT LEAGUE HEADQUARTERS - DISABLED THE ALARM - AND SPLATTERED THE WALLS WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER THEN THEY HIT THE KITCHEN - LOOTED THE ICEBOX - FIRED UP THE STOVE AND STARTED COOKING They didn t turn on the fan - the fans - so there s a tremendous amount of smoke inside - the grilled up about eight hamburgers and some bratwurst - had a feast - and then they destroyed the place THE VANDALS DESTROYED ICE MACHINES - RUINED RUGS - AND TORE VICTORY BANNERS FROM THE WALLS People put a huge amount of time in to make a Little League run - it s all volunteers So when I think of all the time people put into this and how some juveniles would want to destroy it - it really makes my stomach turn inside out PRICETAG ON THE DAMAGE - FIVE TO SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS - MAYBE MORE THE VANDALS EVEN THE MAN