2010 MLB Police Blotter

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2010/01/baseball_player_lawsuit.php

"{Lance Broadway}'s taken his shirt off, he takes a running start from Ivan's left-hand side, punching Ivan in the left side of the face, knocking him out. It broke his orbital socket, broke his cheekbone...shattered his nose, detached his retina...."

Sorrels said that McGuire kicked Pinney in the face after he had dropped to his knees. Afterwards, according to Sorrels, a brawl broke out and Broadway punched several women, knocking one out.

holy jesus that guy's face!

Have we forgotten the Laird brothers arrest? Now with Grandpa:

http://bases.nbcsports.com/2010/01/gerald-lairds-arrest-involved-nba-players-wife.html.php

Gerald Laird insisted afterward that the whole thing was just a misunderstanding, but now the Arizona Republic has some further details. Chief among them is that the entire incident started when the Laird brothers' 70-year-old grandfather allegedly touched the wife of Celtics player Eddie House "inappropriately" while they were all in the arena's "lounge" area.

http://images.townnews.com/themorningsun.com/content/articles/2009/10/09/sports/srv0000006588586.jpg

No, we most certainly have not.

i would buy in a heartbeat a coffee table book of different photos of dombrowski making that face across 200 pages

Perhaps Grandpa Laird should paint the town w/ Rip Torn

i would buy in a heartbeat a coffee table book of different photos of dombrowski making that face across 200 pages

Sorta can't wait until the day after Leyland quits/is fired.

wtf eddie house is a total bro--i hate the laird brothers forever now.

According to the police report Brandon Laird then "shouted derogatory remarks toward House and other women at the lounge before taking a swing at one of the women."

http://bases.nbcsports.com/gerald%20laird%20headshot%20tigers.jpg

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2019/01/15/texas-rangers-hall-famepitcher-john-wetteland-arrested-child-sex-abuse-charges

Putting a whole new spin on "short relief"

second ex-Yankee born-again dude who got busted for this kind of crime

now, now....he's also an ex-Dodger, Expo, Ranger

not good

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/told-of-girls-assault-at-spring-training-hotel-gabe-kapler-dodgers-didnt-alert-police/2019/02/01/45da0208-2624-11e9-81fd-b7b05d5bed90_story.html

Former MLB pitcher Octavio Dotel was arrested in the Dominican Republic as part of what the Office of the Attorney General called the “largest operation against organized crime” in the country. There are no details yet as to why Dotel himself was arrested. https://t.co/DWlu0xlI2f

— Marly Rivera (@MarlyRiveraESPN) August 20, 2019

Luis Castillo too!

to be clear, ex-Marlin and Met infielder Luis Castillo.

Dotel, Castillo released

https://nypost.com/2019/08/29/ex-mets-octavio-dotel-luis-castillo-released-from-prison-in-dominican-republic/

Former Mets second baseman and Long Island Ducks manager Wally Backman arrested after domestic dispute with woman, cops say: https://t.co/yLZgFMVxdU pic.twitter.com/oszajSQHSy

— Newsday Sports (@NewsdaySports) August 30, 2019

BREAKING NEWS: #Pirates closer Felipe Vazquez arrested, charged with solicitation of a child, providing obscene material to minors.

Florida authorities say Vazquez sent a message to a 15-year-old girl suggesting they would meet for sex after the season. https://t.co/HhJTsxGrkw

— James Santelli (@JamesSantelli) September 17, 2019

Not sure if it was mentioned but last week Vazquez & Crick got in a fight in the locker room. What a Nightmare indeed...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EErgYBKWsAErf8a?format=jpg&name=small

wow Kyle Crick vindicated

didn't Crick fight someone else on the team as well?

i think he fought Vazquez twice

actually no nm he had a vv heated argument with a coach over perceived favoritism towards Vazquez, then the second fight was Vazquez taking a couple swings at Crick after the latter refused to turn down some music he was playing.

just contract the team

he's now been charged in pennsylvania as well, and denied bail as a flight risk

basically every additional tidbit of information that emerges is worse than before

clint hurdle said something vapid, but at least he didn't go full maddon. chris archer seems to have been the only person in the organization to respond to the situation like a, dare i say, leader

What’d he say/do? Archers always been pretty well spoken.

Josh Hamilton has been arrested & charged with a felony injury to a child. More details to come: https://t.co/7VtI8Ux4gK

— Evan Grant (@Evan_P_Grant) October 30, 2019

His kid. Fuck that guy forever.

oh yikes

sam dyson being investigate for domestic violence

https://theathletic.com/1412460/2019/11/26/mlb-investigating-pitcher-sam-dyson-for-domestic-violence-after-allegations-posted-on-social-media/

🚨BREAKING: Ex-Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has been arrested in connection with his alleged involvement with Steve #Bannon's fraudulent fundraising scam.

Schilling sat on the board of Bannon's scam “Build The Wall” PAC.#busted
h/t @TrueFactsStated https://t.co/Jo2NUwxq5f

— Dr. Dena Grayson (@DrDenaGrayson) August 20, 2020

!!!!

looooooooooool

wow, couldn't have happened to a....more appropriate person. what a piece of shit

i don't think this has happened yet, although it might still

yeah that article/website doesn't exactly look legit

Top Pirates SS prospect Oneil Cruz is facing charges of DUI in car accident that killed 3 people in DR:

https://rumbunter.com/2020/09/22/pittsburgh-pirates-oneil-cruz-facing-charges/

randy arozarena arrested in mexico for 'problems relating to his ex-partner'

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30381523/tampa-bay-rays-outfielder-randy-arozarena-detained-domestic-violence-allegations

shit

damn. I liked arozarena a lot, too.

In other Rays news:
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/former-rays-prospect-brandon-martin-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-murdering-three-people-with-baseball-bat"> https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/former-rays-prospect-brandon-martin-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-murdering-three-people-with-baseball-bat

Omar Vizquel under investigation for allegations of domestic abuse.

"He's not the person you see."

w/ @Ken_Rosenthal: https://t.co/MZ0PGk4fjW

— Katie Strang (@KatieJStrang) December 16, 2020

This one is kind of especially upsetting

Fucking hell.

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/former-mlb-player-johnny-damon-arrested-for-dui-in-central-florida

Idiot

Damon and his wife were pulled over at around 1:23 a.m. on Feb. 19 in Windermere, Fla. after cops say he was swerving on the road and driving erratically.

Once a cop stopped Damon ... body cam footage captured the 47-year-old ex-Yankee and Red Sox outfielder admitting to drinking before getting behind the wheel.

Then, an intense standoff between the officer, the ex-MLB star and the baseball player's wife ensued.

In the video, you can see the officer ordered Damon and his wife, Michelle Mangan-Damon, to stay in the car, but neither complied ... and a pushing and shoving squabble broke out.

At one point, the officer grabbed Mangan-Damon's wrist ... before Johnny got involved to separate the two.

The bumping and pushing got so heated, the officer's body camera was actually knocked to the ground.

Fortunately for all parties, backup arrived, and officers were able to settle down the scene.

Damon and his wife repeatedly talked about their support for cops, mentioning over and over, "Blue lives matter."

And, at one point, Damon brought up his affinity for Trump to a cop, saying "Hey, bro, I'm a good f***ing guy. I know people are trying to target me because I'm a Trump supporter."

Damon was then asked to complete some field sobriety tests ... but you can see on the video, it doesn’t look like he exactly passed any of them with flying colors.

Damon was ultimately arrested and booked on multiple charges, including driving under the influence and resisting arrest without violence.

A police report later showed cops said Damon's blood-alcohol level was .30, nearly FOUR TIMES the legal limit.

“Damon was then said to have hurled the body cam away, but it only travelled 5 feet and continued recording the scene.”

lol

Marcell Ozuna grabbed his wife by the neck and threw her against a wall, and hit her with his cast, according to Sandy Springs Police who say they witnessed it. From SSPD: pic.twitter.com/AErSrEJ9VX

— David O'Brien (@DOBrienATL) May 30, 2021

ugh i liked this guy

this bauer stuff is bad

“Seven-day administrative leave”

…

starlin castro

remember when the cubs let starlin castro leave in favor of addison russell

i was thinknig in my head this had happened before and you've now made me realize i was thinking of russell!

Bauer’s career is in jeopardy, and his stay with the Dodgers could be over, the sexual-assault allegations having turned a pitcher in his prime into a pariah in his own clubhouse, where no teammate has spoken publicly about him or come to his defense. Two people with knowledge of Dodgers clubhouse dynamics, who are unauthorized to speak publicly about the situation, said that a majority of players do not want Bauer back under any circumstances.

https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2021-07-25/trevor-bauer-dodgers-timeline

poor guy will just hate to retire early in the most comfortable place that anyone could possibly imagine for the rest of his life, always burdened with the knowledge that he could have spent a few more years of his mid-30s in front of tens of thousands of people cheering for him because he threw the ball good, but he didn't get that chance

must be incredibly hard on him to refrain from Posting Through It

never admit fault, never admit anything, everyone else is wrong, post post post

jonah keri pleads guilty to some very bad shit

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/montreal-expos-author-jonah-keri-pleads-guilty-to-domestic-assault-charges

welp

bauer will not face criminal charges

also

This trial could be a nightmare for MLB. The govt says Kay was providing opioids to multiple players, who are expected to be named, and even got them from the umpire’s clubhouse attendant at the ballpark. https://t.co/7hswwkoy6M

— T.J. Quinn (@TJQuinnESPN) February 8, 2022

21 months in jail for jonah keri

BREAKING: Major League Baseball has suspended Trevor Bauer for two full seasons.

— Juan Toribio (@juanctoribio) April 29, 2022

(without pay)

can't imagine him ever pitching in MLB again (i hope)

i'm sure he'll be a very successful podcaster tho

Wow, that is a lot longer than I thought he would get. Dodgers are off the hook on paying him further. I'm sure he will appeal.

i'm honestly very surprised. charges against him were dropped, no?

what is the difference between Bauer and what Ozuna did which only got him 20 games? I mean fuck this guy and I hope he never pitches again but I'm not used to y'know, actual punishments like this

Osuna's may have been worse? He assaulted his gf but she declined to press charges. Bauer fought his criminal charges in court and won.

Their punishments from MLB are in no way consistent but whatever, Bauer's career is over. I'm sure he saved a nice retirement nest egg from "earning" his $40M salary last year.

Think the difference may be that Ozuna cooperated? Even so that is a massive discrepancy

i'm not as familiar with what happened with Ozuna – but to me the big difference might simply be that Bauer is a lot more well known

Oh wait I was talking about Roberto Osuna, you guys meant Marcell Ozuna. The point is the same though.

reasons i suspect:

- bauer is famous, and famously a loud asshole, and one of the best-payed players in the sport
- the bauer stuff is sexual
- ozuna's wife has also been arrested for domestic violence
- bauer's victim(s) are (presumably) white american women; ozuna's wife is not

for better or worse, bauer playing is just much more likely to raise a public outcry

Also all good points

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/04/29/trevor-bauer-abuse-accusations/

As MLB suspends Trevor Bauer, a new accuser speaks out

The first time Trevor Bauer choked her unconscious without her consent — in 2013, a woman in Columbus, Ohio, said — all she remembered afterward was waking up on his bathroom floor.

Months later, she said, she was having sex with Bauer, then a minor league pitcher for Cleveland’s Major League Baseball franchise, when she again passed out with his hands around her neck. She said she awoke to a frantic Bauer explaining that she had been convulsing on their hotel room bed.

As their years-long sexual relationship continued, the woman said, they agreed he would stop choking her before she passed out. But he frequently ignored her warnings, she said. He also slapped her without her consent and anally penetrated her while she was unconscious, she said.

In interviews with The Washington Post, the Columbus woman said she decided to share her story after Bauer denied similar allegations made by two other women and accused them of lying for potential financial gain. The Columbus woman asked not to be named, and The Post typically does not name alleged victims of domestic violence unless they ask to be identified.

The Columbus woman shared photos and screenshots of text messages documenting that she had a relationship with Bauer. One screenshot shows a text message bearing Bauer’s name in which he allegedly wrote, “I want to f--- you while you’re completely unconscious.”

MLB suspended Bauer for two years on Friday, the longest suspension in the history of the league’s domestic abuse and sexual assault policy. Bauer immediately proclaimed his innocence and vowed to appeal. MLB cited an “extensive investigation” but did not disclose its findings because of the policy’s terms of confidentiality, and said “it will not issue any further statements.”

The Columbus woman and her lawyer, Joe Tacopina, said she shared her allegations with MLB. She said she is willing to testify in the arbitration hearing that would result from Bauer appealing. MLB declined to comment for this story.

Bauer declined through his attorney and agent, Jon Fetterolf, to be interviewed. A statement issued by Bauer’s representatives did not deny that the Columbus woman had a relationship with Bauer but said the pitcher “unequivocally denies” her “false and defamatory” allegations.

#Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna was arrested for DUI and booked into Gwinnett County Jail after 4 a.m. Friday. This is less than 15 months after his arrest on domestic-violence charges, and 11 months after he entered a diversion program and was placed on 6 months probation.

— David O'Brien (@DOBrienATL) August 19, 2022

Belongs here

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34501289/carlos-martinez-suspended-85-games-violating-domestic-violence-sexual-assault-child-abuse-policy

horrible.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34777036/ex-angels-employee-gets-22-years-death-tyler-skaggs

Eric Kay, class act:

Prosecutors presented evidence of Kay, 48, making derogatory comments about Skaggs, his family, prosecutors and jurors in phone calls and emails after he was convicted in February.

"I hope people realize what a piece of s--- [Skaggs] was... Well he's dead, so f--- him," Kay was heard saying on a recording of a phone call he made while in jail.

Kay said of the Skaggs family during a recorded call, "All they see are dollar signs. They may get more money with him dead than he was playing because he sucked."

I am shocked at how many years he got. Did not see that coming