Saturday, December 29, 2007

I am enraged

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AnhaHc7k6hfRomsRjgbg9XA5nYcB?slug=ap-leyritz-fatalcrash&prov=ap&type=lgns

I hate the Yankees. The Yankees have some of the smartest baseball fans and also the dumbest. Yankee fans for the most part are for people who don't watch baseball. Exceptions to my good multiply mate Jepoy and Jacko the friend of my pod idol Bill Simmons. BUT I used to like Jim Leyritz (bald guy above) . Until twenty minutes ago when I read this story. I am a baseball junkie and that is no surprise to anyone that knows me. I listen to baseball dedicated shows 12 months of the year . Some of them with contributions by Leyritz.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/audio/podcast/index.jsp

Jim Leyritz (despite being a Yankee icon) , I always found amusing , entertaining and candid. He was none of that earlier today based on that story. He is fully responsible for depriving an innocent human of her life. He then resisted any documentation attempts after being told someone was dead.

I may not know much in life, but I do know a little bit about life insurance underwriting. In a lecture that I went. The speaker said if someone is caught driving drunk odds are he has done it 200 times before he gets caught. Chew on that.

Ex-Yankee Leyritz charged with DUI, killing another driver

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December 28, 2007

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- Former major leaguer Jim Leyritz was arrested Friday on charges of driving under the influence and killing a driver after his car crashed into hers.

Leyritz was charged with DUI manslaughter and DUI property damage, said Detective Kathy Collins, Fort Lauderdale police spokeswoman. He posted the $11,000 bond and was released from Broward County jail.

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Police believe alcohol was involved in the crash, though investigators are awaiting results of blood alcohol tests, Collins said.

Leyritz played for six major league teams, starred in the 1996 World Series and was last in the majors in 2000.

Leyritz, who lives in Davie, turned 44 Thursday. It could not be determined if he had a lawyer. A telephone message left on an answering machine at the home address he gave police was not immediately returned.

Fort Lauderdale authorities got a call at 3:20 a.m. that a crash occurred in the city's entertainment district, Collins said. She said Leyritz was driving a 2006 Ford Expedition when he collided at an intersection with 30-year-old Fredia Ann Veitch of Plantation, who was driving a 2000 Mitsubishi Montero.

Veitch was ejected from the car, police said. She died at Broward General Medical Center, Collins said.

Witnesses told police Leyritz had a red light. Officers on the scene observed Leyritz to have red, watery eyes, a flushed face and an odor of alcohol, police said.

Leyritz was told Veitch had died and he was asked to submit to a blood test, police said.

"After he refused, Leyritz was informed that blood would be taken above his refusal," the police statement said.

In 1996, Leyritz hit a home run for the New York Yankees in Game 4 of the World Series against Atlanta. The homer made it 6-6, and the Yankees went on to win in 10 innings. New York took the Series in six games for its first title in 18 years.

Leyritz was mostly a catcher during his 11 seasons, averaging .264 with 90 homers. He also played for the Angels, Rangers, Red Sox, Padres and Dodgers.