BREAKING NEWS: LARUSSA ARRESTED

Leroy · Post by **Leroy** » March 22 07, 8:40 am

My only problem is that he should have gone down swinging, and blamed the Jewish.

MDCardsFan · Post by **MDCardsFan** » March 22 07, 8:41 am

skmsw wrote:

Whatever he did, in whatever combination, was enough to result in him sitting in a running vehicle in the middle of the street. The ESPN report says that the .093 came in the station, which was extremely likely to be at least 90 minutes after his last drink. So it is not the 0.093 that "made" him pass out in the middle of the street in a running vehicle; it was obviously much higher. If he blew .093 in the station, he was likely to have been at least 106 when they found him, and at least 110 when he got behind the wheel. At least.

Not making light of the seriousness of the offense, but the above paragraph is simply not true as there is absolutely no way to prove any of the assumptions you make. In fact, we can't even consider them likely.

MDCardsFan · Post by **MDCardsFan** » March 22 07, 8:42 am

Leroy wrote:My only problem is that he should have gone down swinging, and blamed the Jewish.

Wow. That came out of left field

maddash · Post by **maddash** » March 22 07, 8:43 am

wart57 wrote:
skmsw wrote:
wart57 wrote:I am sure glad we have so many perfect people who have never done anything wrong.....
. . . and I am glad we have so many people here who condone driving while intoxicated, and think everyone should do it. Which is just as close to what you're saying, as the quote above is to what I am saying.
What TLR did was wrong, and he will be punished for it. People going on and on and on about how this shows poor judgement and he should be fired is another thing. People get on here are all high and mighty as if they are model citizens and blast a man for making an error in judgement, hell, he makes them every game, he is human, like most of us are. If he gets arrested again for this, then it is a problem.

If those same people only knew how many players smoke a little something-something on the side... well, they wouldn't have as many players left to cheer for.

I do find it interesting that we're 9 pages into this thread, and not one person (unless I've missed it) has mentioned Dontrelle Willis. You know, the poster boy for all things good about baseball players - fun, happy, not a jerk - oh, and also the kid who got busted with a DUI this winter. Because we all know that really ruined his career.

Tony will pay the price for this, but like the Dontrelle story, it will quickly fad away.

MaskedMan · Post by **MaskedMan** » March 22 07, 8:45 am

MDCardsFan wrote:
skmsw wrote:

Whatever he did, in whatever combination, was enough to result in him sitting in a running vehicle in the middle of the street. The ESPN report says that the .093 came in the station, which was extremely likely to be at least 90 minutes after his last drink. So it is not the 0.093 that "made" him pass out in the middle of the street in a running vehicle; it was obviously much higher. If he blew .093 in the station, he was likely to have been at least 106 when they found him, and at least 110 when he got behind the wheel. At least.

Not making light of the seriousness of the offense, but the above paragraph is simply not true as there is absolutely no way to prove any of the assumptions you make. In fact, we can't even consider them likely.

wow, you're catching on fast

haltz · Post by **haltz** » March 22 07, 8:45 am

Highlights from the BTF thread.

*Police reports indicated LaRussa had a breast pocket full of index cards detailing the alcohol content of dozens of different drinks.

*As much as LaRussa is into specialized roles, youd think he'd have a designated driver.

*What a light weight.

*He should have known to pull a double switch...

*How does this affect his relationship with Scott Rolen?

On a more serious note, I'm more appalled at the stupidity then the actual act itself. He must have been housed to not realize that he is a millionaire and cabs are cheap in Florida.

Musial_6_Pujols_5 · Post by **Musial_6_Pujols_5** » March 22 07, 8:45 am

As Bernie would say, "Free TLR"

jagtrader · Post by **jagtrader** » March 22 07, 8:45 am

I'm having a hard time getting worked up about this. It appears I'm in the minority.

wart57 · Post by **wart57** » March 22 07, 8:45 am

maddash wrote:
wart57 wrote:
skmsw wrote:
wart57 wrote:I am sure glad we have so many perfect people who have never done anything wrong.....
. . . and I am glad we have so many people here who condone driving while intoxicated, and think everyone should do it. Which is just as close to what you're saying, as the quote above is to what I am saying.
What TLR did was wrong, and he will be punished for it. People going on and on and on about how this shows poor judgement and he should be fired is another thing. People get on here are all high and mighty as if they are model citizens and blast a man for making an error in judgement, hell, he makes them every game, he is human, like most of us are. If he gets arrested again for this, then it is a problem.
If those same people only knew how many players smoke a little something-something on the side... well, they wouldn't have as many players left to cheer for.

I do find it interesting that we're 9 pages into this thread, and not one person (unless I've missed it) has mentioned Dontrelle Willis. You know, the poster boy for all things good about baseball players - fun, happy, not a jerk - oh, and also the kid who got busted with a DUI this winter. Because we all know that really ruined his career.

Tony will pay the price for this, but like the Dontrelle story, it will quickly fad away.

I don't think it wall fade very quickly over at CT.....

jim · Post by **jim** » March 22 07, 8:46 am

ghostrunner wrote:
skmsw wrote: Whatever he did, in whatever combination, was enough to result in him sitting in a running vehicle in the middle of the street. The ESPN report says that the .093 came in the station, which was extremely likely to be at least 90 minutes after his last drink. So it is not the 0.093 that "made" him pass out in the middle of the street in a running vehicle; it was obviously much higher. If he blew .093 in the station, he was likely to have been at least 106 when they found him, and at least 110 when he got behind the wheel. At least.
You don't really know what made him pass out. Like I said before - he's a 60+ year old workaholic who by his own accounts doesn't always get much sleep. I'm not saying he's not responsible for that situation, and he should realize that he's tired. But the numbers you're throwing around there there are speculative. It wasn't "obviously" much higher, as has been shown by some of the other posts here. And the cell phone point is a valid one - it's something I've thought should be illegal for a while now.

His blood level was okay ten years ago. It's not now. He should have been more careful, but it's a first offense and he'll probably learn his lesson. What's the problem?

The problem was he allegedly was drunk behind the wheel. I'm not saying he should be fired, I'm just saying don't give him a pass. If he is guilty, I hope he is prosecuted to the full extent of the law.