Wifebeaters

[seawolf17]

Astounding.

]BALTIMORE -- The odds of such an occurrence seem insurmountable, yet Jay Gibbons pulled off the unimaginable feat: He hit a foul ball that injured his wife. The scene occurred in the ninth inning of the Baltimore Orioles' game against Minnesota on Saturday. Gibbons fouled a ball straight back over the screen and into the rib cage of his wife, Laura. "She's just a little bruised up. She's going to be OK," Gibbons said Sunday. Long before the matter became personal, Gibbons had asked team officials to do something about making it safer to sit in the seats behind the plate. He contended that the 20-foot screen just doesn't offer enough protection from hard-hit foul balls. "It's something you think about every day here. Obviously, it's something I've talked about [to] deaf ears," said Gibbons, Baltimore's designated hitter and player representative. "I've got players coming to me every day saying that one of their family members got hit or almost got hit. I had an usher take one for my wife the other day." Gibbons has suggested that the screen be raised or that the team insert an overhead screen that would extend to the back of the lower deck. "If they're worried about the sight line, which I've heard, all they have to do is throw a net straight back. One of these days, somebody's going to get hurt really bad. That's all I've got to say," Gibbons said. "I'm confused on what's going on [and] why it's so hard just to make an adjustment. It's just a matter of time where a kid's going to get hit." Gibbons has also inquired about the possibility of a day care center, so the players' wives don't have to put their kids at risk. "It's either come to the game and play Russian Roulette with your 3-year-old or stay home," Gibbons said. "That's what we're dealing with. Or move the family section, but then you've got other fans that are endangered."

[metirish]

Jeez I hope they take his advice now...what the hell are the odds of hitting your wife....amazin.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

If he felt that those seats were dangerous, why isn't he getting his wife seats in a safer part of the ballpark?

[Guest OlerudOwned]

[metsmarathon]

he's a baseball player. he can't afford to actually pay for tickets for his wife and kid when he can get them free!

[Guest Edgy DC]

For what it's worth, it's important that wifeys sit together in a security intensive part of the ballpark, for obvious reasons.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Because there are people who post their photos on the Internet, I guess.

[metsmarathon]

Edgy DC wrote: security intensive

boy you ain't kidding. they've got ushers in there willing to take foul balls for the players wives. i wonder if they also get the cool earpieces and dark sunglasses like the real secret service...

[soupcan]

Edgy DC wrote: For what it's worth, it's important that wifeys sit together in a security intensive part of the ballpark, for obvious reasons.

I would think this would be true only if the wives were recognizable - Anna Benson, etc. I'm sure Jay Gibbons' wife would be relatively anonymous should she take a sit with the - what was it - 'the great unwashed'?

Really, who would know what some bench players wife would look like?

Besides you I mean.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

She could sit with the unwashed and wear a kerchief and sunglasses, a look which screams, "Don't bother me! I'm a female celebrity!"

[Guest cooby]

Probably like a real woman with real body parts

[Guest Edgy DC]

soupcan wrote: ="Edgy DC"]For what it's worth, it's important that wifeys sit together in a security intensive part of the ballpark, for obvious reasons. I would think this would be true only if the wives were recognizable - Anna Benson, etc. I'm sure Jay Gibbons' wife would be relatively anonymous should she take a sit with the - what was it - 'the great unwashed'? Really, who would know what some bench players wife would look like? Besides you I mean.

You shouldn't be that surprised. People get pretty invovlved in these guys' private lives. I mean, I hear that.

Besides it takes two seconds to figure things out when a kid says "Yay, Daddy!!"

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

That probably happens frequently in the Mistress Section as well.

[nymr83]

[soupcan]

Look how much nicer that uniform looks without the black drop shadow.

[Frayed Knot]

btw, Carl Everett wasn't a wife-beater.
It was his wife who was accused of mis-treating Carl's child (the kid was his but not hers).
That, I believe, was the extent of it.

[soupcan]

Between Dmitri and Delmon I'm beginning to think that substance abuse may not be the only issue that the Young family struggles with.



Dmitri Young gets 12 months probation for assault
By L.L. BRASIER
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

September 26, 2006



Former Detroit Tiger slugger Dmitri Young on Tuesday apologized in court to the woman he�s accused of assaulting in a Birmingham hotel and told the court �sobriety is tough.��

Young was charged with choking Michelle Schumaker, a 21- year old college student from Toledo, at the Townsend Hotel April 14.

He pleaded no contest to a domestic violence charge June 27 and was sentenced today in 48th District Court to 12 months probation and three weekends of community service with the Oakland County Sheriff�s Office.

Judge Diane D�Agostini told Young today that his previous no contest plea was not allowed under Michigan law in domestic violence cases, and that he would have to plead either guilty, or if he chose, not guilty, and stand trial. Young then entered a guilty plea.

No contest pleas are treated as convictions, and are usually entered in cases to avoid subsequent civil liability

Judge Diane D�Agostini also ordered Young to pay $700 in court cost and $30 in monthly oversight fee to the court.

"This has been one of the worst years imaginable for me,�� Young told the judge. He then asked the judge for permission to address Schumaker.

�I would like to tell Miss Schumaker that I�m sorry,�� he told the judge. D�Agostini agreed.

Young then turned to Schumaker and said: �Michelle, I�d like to apologize for what happened. I wish you the best of luck.��

Earlier in the hearing Schumaker told the judge that Young had publicly apologized to �everyone under the sun except me.�� Young�s attorney, Paul Rinaldi, told the judge that Young had not apologized to Schumaker because he was instructed by a judge in May not to have any contact with the woman.

Schumaker told the court that she was in love with Young. Then that morning �I woke up in a room with a man I didn�t recognized.�� She described her injuries she said she suffered, including having some of her hair pulled out, bruises, and a broken cell phone.

The judge ordered Young to pay Schumaker $400 in restitution.
Young, 32, who spent two weeks this summer in a substance abuse treatment facility, was released from the Tigers ball club Sept.6.

He is to also undergo daily drug and alcohol screenings for 30 days. If he completes the drug screenings he will be allowed to travel to Florida to visit his children, the judge said.

[HahnSolo]

Three thoughts: did this have anything to do with his release? He was mysteriously cut the day after he hit third in the batting order.
And, probation, community service and a small fine for choking and beating the crap out of a young woman? That's an extremely generous sentence.
And, finally, "sobriety is tough"? Okay, Mr. Young, the court advises you to go back on the sauce to make everything better.