Chicago White Sox General Manager Burglarized in Odd Crime

Nov. 23, 2011— -- Once upon a time, there was a man named Wayne Field III, who allegedly broke into a baseball general manager's upscale home, drank his beer, sported his clothes and even wore his World Series ring.

But this isn't a re-imagined version of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." It's the real-life nightmare that White Sox general manager Kenny Williams came home to in Chicago Monday evening.

"It's weird and freaky, so [Williams] hasn't wanted to talk about it at all," Scott Reifert, spokesman for the White Sox, said.

Williams' bed was rumpled, beer cans were scattered throughout his residence and a lobster had even been defrosted, according to police.

The oven was even still on, perhaps from heating a pizza to which the intruder helped himself, police said.

Police said officers responding to Williams' call found Field peering into the home through a window.

"[They] questioned him and learned his name, which matched a medical bracelet that was left in the residence," said John Mirabelli, a spokesman for the Chicago Police Department.

Besides allegedly invading Williams' living quarters and enjoying a taste of the high life on his dime, Field, 51, was outfitted in the baseball manager's clothes and prized 2005 World Series championship ring, according to Andy Conklin, a spokesman for the Cook County State Attorney's Office.

A source close to Williams, who spoke to the Associated Press on the condition of anonymity, said the former center fielder reportedly confronted Field and slipped the ring off his finger while he was in cuffs, according to the source, but he said he didn't want his clothes back.

Conklin said police believe Field had been living in the ground-level town home near Chicago's south loop for at least a few days. He noted that Williams' cleaning crew was the last group of people to see the home put-together on Nov. 18 before he returned home Monday to find his residence in disarray.

Field appeared in bond court Tuesday and was ordered held on $100,000 bail in Cook County Jail.

He has prior arrests and was convicted of misdemeanor assault in September, according to police.