...but the noteworthy part is why it came and from whom it was sent:
“I’ve discovered, that there is no statute of limitations on conscience,” Natiello wrote. “To ease mine, the enclosed $100 check, payable to the Los Angeles Dodgers, should wipe the slate clean. It includes a reasonable amount to cover six decades of accrued interest. I hope it’s enough to atone for the $6 larceny that took place over 60 years ago.”
In response, [Dodger owner Frank] McCourt wrote: “I have no doubt the lessons you learned as that young boy have served you well throughout your life. Jiminy Cricket could have learned a few things from your example. I have forwarded your generous refund to the Dodgers Dream Foundation so that your good deed lives on to do good for others. Please consider yourself ‘caught up.’ ”Bob Natiello, who grew up in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, is a retired New York advertising executive living in Sedona, Ariz. But in a letter to me not long ago, he pleaded guilty to his life of crime as a turnstile boy at Ebbets Field in 1944, when a seventh-place Dodgers team played there. Instead of turning over his confession to the authorities, I’m reprinting much of it here, with his permission, as a lesson to anyone who may be tempted to betray an employer. [...]
Hat tip to 6-4-2, for helping me overcome my disappointment at missing tonight's Game 3 victory in person.
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