BREAKING NEWS: LARUSSA ARRESTED

MDCardsFan · Post by **MDCardsFan** » March 22 07, 6:27 am

Passed out in a running vehicle and he only blew a .093? That seems odd.

haltz · Post by **haltz** » March 22 07, 6:28 am

BenNX74205 wrote:Didn't know you would be able to find his mug shot already. I don't think it's necessarily a good thing that he was just over the limit, because he was still over the limit. But at least it wasn't double or triple the limit...

Absolutely. Probably not a good thing, but a better case scenario than the one you might envision with him being passed out at the wheel.

BenNX74205 · Post by **BenNX74205** » March 22 07, 6:28 am

fulldeck wrote:When Mike and Mike first started talking about this, I thought they were going to tell us he had a heart attack while trying to drive.

Yeah, my first thought when I heard them say Jupiter was that it would relate to baseball. Then I thought "no good baseball news comes at 8am." When I heard they found him slumped over the wheel I thought he had had a stroke or something. From that perspective, it's good that it was *only* intoxication. Not in any way condoning that, but he's healthy so that is good after the fear I had when hearing the narrative.

BigDCardlvr · Post by **BigDCardlvr** » March 22 07, 6:30 am

MDCardsFan wrote:Passed out in a running vehicle and he only blew a .093? That seems odd.

My thoughts as well.

jim · Post by **jim** » March 22 07, 6:41 am

Disappointing to say the least. Very disappointing.

stlouie_lipp · Post by **stlouie_lipp** » March 22 07, 6:42 am

BigDCardlvr wrote:
MDCardsFan wrote:Passed out in a running vehicle and he only blew a .093? That seems odd.
My thoughts as well.

Probably more tired than drunk. Still shouldn't be on the road. Bad news.

businessmansspecial · Post by **businessmansspecial** » March 22 07, 6:45 am

ESPN has it now:

JUPITER, Fla. -- St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa was arrested early Thursday and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, a misdemeanor, after he was found asleep at the wheel in his running SUV at a green light.

La Russa's SUV was stopped at a light that, according to police, went through two cycles of green. A driver behind La Russa had to go around his vehicle, police said.

Police found La Russa slumped over in the driver's seat of the running SUV. The manager of the world champion Cardinals had his foot on the brake and did not respond to knocks on the window, police said. He finally woke up and parked the car.

Police said they noticed the smell of alcohol on his breath, and a field sobriety test was conducted.

La Russa was sent to the Palm Beach County Jail, where he provided breath samples, which measured at a .093 blood alcohol level, police said. The legal limit for drivers in Florida is 0.08.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2807935

BenNX74205 · Post by **BenNX74205** » March 22 07, 6:50 am

stlouie_lipp wrote:
BigDCardlvr wrote:
MDCardsFan wrote:Passed out in a running vehicle and he only blew a .093? That seems odd.
My thoughts as well.
Probably more tired than drunk. Still shouldn't be on the road. Bad news.

Well it was after midnight and he's in his 60s (sorry to anyone out there in their 60s). Probably a combo of tired and drunk. Definitely shouldn't have been on the road. Bad news yes, but could have been a lot worse. I couldn't have been the only one having a flash of DK run through their head when they said "slumped over the wheel..."

I_Bleed_Red · Post by **I_Bleed_Red** » March 22 07, 6:50 am

For a guy who always talks about doing things the "Cardinal Way" and how we have mentioned before how great it is to have a team of clean cut guys on the team that don't get in trouble with the law and this to happen. This is not good.

I know I will get flamed for this, but I just lost respect for TLR. I wouldn't even mind him being fired over this. Flame away if you wish, but that is all I have to say on this subject.

arnie.k · Post by **arnie.k** » March 22 07, 6:54 am

I_Bleed_Red wrote:For a guy who always talks about doing things the "Cardinal Way" and how we have mentioned before how great it is to have a team of clean cut guys on the team that don't get in trouble with the law and this to happen. This is not good.

I know I will get flamed for this, but I just lost respect for TLR. I wouldn't even mind him being fired over this. Flame away if you wish, but that is all I have to say on this subject.

two words: "come on..."