No Way Jose

The Pittsburgh Pirates need as much positive publicity as they can get. This is not positive publicity...

Missing 2-month-old Plant City girl found safe

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY (Bay News 9) -- A missing 2-month-old girl has been found safe. An Amber Alert was issued for Sandra Cruz-Francisco Monday after she was last seen at the Plant City Health Center on Michigan Avenue in Plant City. She was there with her mother getting a check-up. Police believe the suspect, calling herself Janet, may have posed as an immigration official, convincing the baby's mother to turn over the child as a way to avoid deportation. "Basically, what we were told was there was a conversation," said Plant City Police Capt. Darrell Wilson. "I know there's been some stories out there about immigration but we haven't confirmed what exactly was said. There was some story about immigration and some type of official."This afternoon investigators received an anonymous call saying the woman and baby were on a street corner in Bradenton. When deputies arrived they found 43-year-old Amaila Tabata Pereira waiting for them with the child. They say it's possible she's the one who made the call.

So you read the above article and said to yourself, "What does this have to do with the Pittsburgh Pirates?" Take a look at the name of the accused woman. TABATA. It turns out she is the wife of the Pirates' heralded prospect Jose Tabata. This has to raise some red flags. Jose Tabata is barely twenty years old, and is married to a 43-year old baby snatcher. He's had questions raised about his maturity and has had numerous transgressions in his past. Granted, he's only 20 years old, and we've all made some questionable decisions in our own lives at that age. But this has to be raising some eyebrows in the Buccos' organization. Tabata is being counted on as a large building block for the Pirates' future, but right now this guy has Jose Guillen Jr. written all over him.