Gerald Laird arrested in Phoenix on Wednesday
by Kurt Mensching on Dec 31, 2009 7:27 PM EST
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PrintTigers catcher Gerald Laird and his brother -- Yankees prospect Brandon Laird -- were arrested Wednesday for assault at a Phoenix Suns game.
Police said arena security previously contacted the group of men about their loud behavior. Two of the men were allowed back into the lounge after a conversation with security, but a melee broke out shortly afterward and the Laird brothers allegedly assaulted the security guards.
No further information was available.
There were some rumblings earlier in the offseason that the Tigers might want to trade Laird, as he has value as a defensive catcher but is likely due a raise on the $2.8 million salary he earned for 2009. While some speculate Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski might intensify his attempts to trade Laird, I suspect this won't have an impact on that decision. I don't think the Tigers were really trying that hard to trade Laird, as he can serve as a mentor and platoon partner for rookie catcher Alex Avila.
It certainly does not help the Tigers to have more publicity of this nature, but I don't think you let it affect how you build your ballclub. And I don't think Dombrowski has a track record of moving players due to criminal allegations. (The trading of Roman Colon after he punched a Toledo teammate being a notable exception.)
Laird is not currently under contract with the Tigers, but he is arbitration eligible for 2010 and a free agent following that season.
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The offseason from hell rolls on.
Seriously, since that damned Sports Illustrated cover, it’s been all downhill.
Tried to come up with a joke relating to Laird’s verbal beatdown of JV in that one game, but I’m coming up empty.
Make the bad man stop.
This
Time to burn and pillage SI headquarters- grab your pitchforks and torches, folks.
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I'm fresh out of pitchforks
But I can scrounge up some matches and plastic sporks. :)
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What an idiot!
As a member of law enforcement I am sickened by his actions.
by JAYRC on Dec 31, 2009 7:36 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Actually Freep has more info
Brandon was cited for disorderly conduct and Gerald was cited for assault.
Security previously contacted the group of men about their loud behavior, Phoenix police Sgt. Andy Hill said. Two of the men were allowed back into the lounge after a conversation with security, but a melee broke out shortly afterwards.
"While (security guards) were trying to arrest the suspect for disorderly conduct, the (Laird brothers) interfered and assaulted the security guards," Hill said.
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Are the sure it was Laird?
I mean… I watched him all season and he couldn’t hit a thing!
by WirelessG on Dec 31, 2009 10:40 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
Hey look at that!
we even have comments turning green from all the recs!
Hint: During game threads this is a great way to help figure out the comment of the night!
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by Kurt Mensching on Jan 1, 2010 1:48 PM EST up reply actions
Can’t wait for 94 articles this summer from Lynn Henning ripping Gerald Laird in every aspect of his life.
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Henning...
…waits until after they’re gone. He can’t burn his quotable sources.
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Touche, friend.
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but that's not actually true
lord knows people were up at arms over what Henning wrote about Granderson all season.
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by Kurt Mensching on Jan 2, 2010 8:47 PM EST up reply actions
But it was mostly just trade proposals all year, right? I am fine with those. But the whole series that seems to be tearing him down as a person is what I draw the line at. Criticize someone’s game and whatnot, but to criticize because he’s too charitable? Really?
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no, he'd been writing about that since june-july
saying he was too distracted by blogging and chariting (new word) and whatnot.
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by Kurt Mensching on Jan 3, 2010 12:56 AM EST up reply actions
Ohh. Hmm. I try to avoid most Lynn Henning articles (don’t even have him in my RSS feeds anymore).
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Is he under contract or not?
Maybe I’m reading something wrong (NYE after effects, forgive me), but one paragraph talks about DD’s efforts to trade Laird, then the last paragraph says he’s not under contract……..
He's arbitration eligible,
so there’s three possibilities: He agrees to a contract proposed by the Tigers, an independent arbiter decides the contract, or he’s traded. Neither of those have happened yet, but that doesn’t mean he’s a free agent.
by StringTheory on Jan 1, 2010 10:32 AM EST up reply actions
Assault is a vague term, legally speaking.
As I understand it, he could have been shouting threats and gave a little shove or gone as far as punching the guard.
http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/ars/13/01203.htm&Title=13&DocType=ARS
A. A person commits assault by:
1. Intentionally, knowingly or recklessly causing any physical injury to another person; or
2. Intentionally placing another person in reasonable apprehension of imminent physical injury; or
3. Knowingly touching another person with the intent to injure, insult or provoke such person.
B. Assault committed intentionally or knowingly pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 1 is a class 1 misdemeanor. Assault committed recklessly pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 1 or assault pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 2 is a class 2 misdemeanor. Assault committed pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 3 is a class 3 misdemeanor.
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law degree or Google magic?
so they end up with a misdemeanor. Big whoop.
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And that’s admittedly not a lot, misdemeanor assault would be if Laird shoved the guy or acted under one of those conditions in a manner that was less serious in nature. Without knowing lots of details, it’s hard to tell how severe this is.
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my guess is that since we've heard nothing more about it...
it’s not that bad.
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Colon
It’s probably worth pointing out there was more to that Colon situation than the criminal act. He also made comments about how white players were treated one way and Latino players were treated another. I always figured that bought him a one way ticket just as quickly as breaking his teammates face.
I wonder if Gerald...
Broke out a Kid Rick type throwdown move.
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I saw this on Fark and it made me laugh...
Q: Who bats after Gerald Laird?
A: The other team.
Baseball players have been doing stuff like this for 100+ years. It’s the off season and as long as he doesn’t miss any spring training or regular season time it’s a non-story.
by murrajo on Jan 2, 2010 3:46 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
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