Casting a light where the sun don’t shine
Florida Marlins pitcher Henry Owens has been suspended for the first 50 games of next season after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance. The 29-year-old Owens joins Humberto Cota and Eliezer Alfonzo as the third player to be suspended under the major league drug program. There were 66 suspensions under the minor league program.
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Jose Canseco has been sentenced to 12 months of unsupervised probation after being arrested for trying to smuggle fertility drugs across the Mexican border. The 44-year-old Canseco went to a Tijuana pharmacy in search of something to boost his testosterone level, which has been low due to his years of admitted steroid abuse.
For more: Yahoo! [...]
Julio Castillo, the 21-year-old Peoria Chiefs pitcher that hurled a ball at a Dayton Dragons player during the team’s massive bench-clearing brawl in Dayton, has been charged with two counts of felonious assault. The misguided attempt to bean a Dragon sailed into the stands and instead struck a fan who was later treated for a [...]
Colorado Rockies pitcher Luis Vizcaino was arrested on Monday and charged with suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol after being pulled over for going 71 mph in a 45 mph zone early Monday morning. The 34-year-old reliever was bailed out of jail later in the day.
For more: Sports Illustrated
Seven players have been fined by Major League Baseball for their roles in a bench-clearing incident during Game 3 of the National League Championship Series between Los Angeles Dodgers and the Philadelphia Philies. No suspensions were handed down.
Dodgers pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, who the MLB viewed as instigating the incident when threw a pitch over the [...]
Houston Astros pither Brandon Backe was among 10 people arrested during a brawl with police at a weekend wedding reception in a Galveston hotel bar. According to police reports, the 30-year-old Backe, a member of the wedding party, ignored police orders to back away from the brawl and scuffled with police officers attempting to handcuff [...]
Police in the Dominican Republic are seeking New York Mets pitcher Ambiorix Burgos who allegedly slammed a Hummer into two women before driving off. Both women later died of the injuries at a hospital in Nagua, a town north of the capital, Santo Domingo.
Police determined Burgos was at fault after speaking with eyewitnesses. Dark Side’s [...]
New York City police say they arrested more than a dozen people for stealing pieces of Yankee Stadium during the 85-year-old ballpark’s final game and a total of 18 people were charged with possessing stolen property.
And while Dark Side doesn’t condone stealing, it seems a little less egregious that New Yorkers would be taking a [...]
Cleveland pitcher Fausto Carmona has been suspended six games and Detroit slugger Gary Sheffield four games for their incitement of a bench clearing brawl on Friday. Indians catcher Victor Martinez and infielder Asdrubal Cabrera were also suspended three games each for their involvement.
The melee broke out after Sheffield was hit by a Carmona pitch. Sheffield [...]
Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich and the Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are ripping into the Yankees and New York City government for shady misrepresentations that have resulted in the public partially funding the Yankees new $1.3 billion stadium.
The panel heard from New York State Assemblyman Richard Brodsky who insists that between [...]