Tabata Sheds Extra Pounds, Lunatic Cougar Wife

February 23rd, 2010 | by SL |

Solid piece in the Post-Gazette on Jose Tabata’s new approach to life from Chuck Finder. If you’re anything like me, you’ll be giddy to discover that 21-year old Pirates’ outfield prospect Jose Tabata has come into camp in better shape and he’s also cut ties with his pregnancy faking, baby kidnapping, 44-year old wife.

Unsurprisingly, the most likely destination for Tabata to begin the season is Triple-A Indianapolis. If Tabata can build on the all-around play he showed late last season, his call-up to the Majors could come quicker than expected. For now, we can take some comfort knowing that he’s straightened out some of the more impeding aspects of his personal life.

Tabata’s (ex?) wife is still dealing with the fallout from her diabolical escapades;

A public defender representing Amalia Tabata Pereira, 44, last week was in court attempting to suppress her confession in March after police arrested her for abducting a baby in Plant City, Fla. She is the woman, Tabata told police, who pretended to be pregnant for months while her then-20-year-old husband was home in South America, later produced a birth certificate and then, at the condominium they rented here, introduced him to a baby she called Nicole. Authorities said the baby, Sandra, was taken from Rosa Sirilo-Francisco and Andres Cruz in Plant City while Pereira posed as an immigration official.