A new twist on Trojan cheating: pay recruits, not creditors...

by ucla7477 on Dec 24, 2009 11:07 AM PST

Major League Baseball pitcher Chan Ho Park is suing USC baseball coach Chad Kreuter - who was Park’s catcher with the Dodgers, TMZ is reporting.

It’s not for the pitches Kreuter - who now coaches at USC - called, but maybe it should’ve been.

Park claims that Kreuter did not fully repay a $290,000 loan he gave to the former Dodgers catcher.

Park currently pitches with the Philadelphia Phillies.

More from TMZ:

Park -- who's currently playing for the Philadelphia Phillies -- claims he loaned the cash to former Dodgers catcher Chad Kreuter back in 2005.

In the lawsuit, filed today in L.A. County Superior Court, Park says he made the loan because Kreuter "had been a highly compensated Major League Baseball player" and he assured Park that he "would have no difficulty paying [Park] back."

According to the suit, Kreuter signed a promissory note for the debt, but only made one payment for $290,000.

Now Park wants the remaining $170,000 plus interest and fees for the loan -- totaling $226,358.76.

That's hardball.

Yikes.

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This is about a loan between two MLB players… who’s paying recruits?

by pandabyda90 on Dec 24, 2009 11:59 AM PST reply actions

He's saying that Kreuter is paying recruits instead of the guy to whom he owes money

Formerly ryebreadraz

by Ryan Rosenblatt on Dec 24, 2009 12:09 PM PST up reply actions

Love the way UCLA fans/grad have the brains to make jokes that are one or two leaps beyond initial reaction

I love looking at a headline or just talking with some of the guys on here and then giving it a little thought and seeing the depth. Sorely lacking in many circles. Just a mark of being a Bruin. Wheels within wheels.

by sponkey21 on Dec 24, 2009 12:34 PM PST up reply actions

This was my equivalent of "Man bites dog"

It isn’t news when SC pays someone it shouldn’t. It is news when SC doesn’t pay someone it should. Of course I don’t know who Kreuter does pay. Apparently he doesn’t has as much discretionary money to play with as Carroll and Floyd have had.