Urbina faces 14 years in Venezuelan prison
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Former pitcher Ugueth Urbina was sentenced in Caracas, Venezuela, to 14 years in prison for the attempted murder of five workers on his family's ranch, the Attorney General's Office announced Wednesday.
Urbina, a former pitcher with the Montreal Expos, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers, Florida Marlins, Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies, was also found guilty of illegal deprivation of liberty and violating a prohibition against taking justice into his own hands during a dispute over a gun Oct. 16, 2005, according to a statement from the Attorney General's Office.
The 32-year-old free agent was accused of joining a group of men in attacking and injuring workers with machetes and pouring gasoline on them at his family's ranch, located about 25 miles south of Caracas.
Urbina repeatedly has denied involvement with the violence, saying he was sleeping at the time of the attack.
Urbina, a two-time All-Star, last pitched in the major leagues with the Phillies in 2005. He is 30th on the all-time saves list with 237.
phillyfan26 said:I've been to several of the new line of stadiums: Citizens Bank, PNC, Jacobs, and Camden Yards, each of which was unique and had better sightlines. I've also been to Yankee Stadium, Shea, RFK, and the Vet, only one of which had good sightlines (Yankee) and all of which looked and felt remarkably similar. I'd say the new line of stadiums, from personal experience, are a very significant upgrade.
I think the only similarity between them honestly is that they are spacious and build for sightlines.
MrPryck2U said:You should be his publicist. Seriously though, when you're the manager of a MLB franchise, it is a big deal. As the manager of a ballclub (and a respected one like the St. Louis Cardinals) you're held to a higher standard and Tony should've known better. Was he loaded? Probably not with "only" a .093, but he had enough to get himself arrested. Condoning LaRussa's actions by the way, is just plain wrong. Saying shit like "you never had a glass of wine and drove home?" doesn't cut it with me. If I was getting paid a lot of money to be expected to behave, I either wouldn't have drank any wine or had some else drive.
No spoken words said:Shea is a fucking dive.
MrPryck2U said:Dalton, why don't you take a number and join all of the folks who had no problem with Tony falling alseep at the wheel?
Chizip said:
i just know i liked playing the NLCS in Shea stadium last year 10 million times better than playing in Houston's Minute Maid park, a park that is 100 feet down one line, 3 miles to center field where youll find a hill and flag, a choo choo train and buzzing noises after 10 seconds.