Mets Pitcher Loses $270,000 Worth of Jewelry

I get that professional athletes own expensive things, I really do, but this just boggles my mind: Ambiorix Burgos had more than a quarter of a million dollars worth of jewelry stolen from his hotel room on Thursday:

The Mets' young relief pitcher had $270,000 in jewelry stolen from his hotel room here Tuesday after leaving it in a shaving bag, Port St. Lucie police said.

Most of the bling was recovered last night, according to a police spokesman, but Burgos went to the police station today after the Mets' full-squad workout and discovered four to five pieces worth $20,000-$30,000 were still missing. ... Police spokesman Robert Vega said cops believe someone interviewed the night before tipped off the thief and told him to return the bag.

Okay, let me try to wrap my head around this: the guy lost the equivalent of a Bentley and is still short a Volvo. All because someone took off with his shaving bag. His shaving bag! Apparently the place he was staying doesn't have a hotel safe, but seriously, if you're going to be carrying that kind of bling around, why not just bring your own safe? Heck, why not just buy your own condo to put your safe in?

Here's another odd twist: Burgos only made $415,000 last year. Some people believe in stocks and bonds; other people, just a boring, old savings account. But Burgos decided to carry around 65% of last year's salary in a little bag along with his tooth paste, razor and shaving cream. Because that couldn't possibly go wrong, right? Whoops.