By Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria confirmed an Arizona Republic report that he had a classic Camaro, valued at $75,000, stolen from a lot in Arizona where it was being refurbished.
Longoria said he didn't expect to get the car back.
"I'm sure that it's long gone by now,'' Longoria said. "I hope they find it but odds are if they do its not going to be in the same shape when it left. .. It sucks, but what can you do. If someone is going to take something, they're going to take something. They broke through a gate and a security system to get them.''
Longoria had a 1967 black and white Camaro RS being upgraded by a Gilber, Ariz., company, but the car, and another, were stolen over the weekend.
Longoria also has a 1969 Camaro SS that he has been driving to games in Port Charlotte.