http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2807935
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Cardinals manager arrested for DUI in Florida
JUPITER, Fla. -- St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa was arrested early Thursday and charged with misdemeanor DUI 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.
The 62-year-old La Russa was sent to the Palm Beach County Jail around 4 a.m., according to the jail's Web site. La Russa provided breath samples, which measured at a .093 blood alcohol level, police said. The legal limit for drivers in Florida is 0.08.
Police didn't immediately return a phone message from The Associated Press seeking comment.
The Cardinals play spring training games at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
Should never do the breath sample.
A. it can be highly inaccurate.
b. ride to station could take you down below .08
Disclaimer: I hate LaRussa and i hate drunk drivers. But fair is fair.
He might have been more "driving while exhausted" then DUI.
Either way he had no business driving and endangering others lives.
Some skeevy lawyer is already working on this.
Not the best look, Tony.
Michael Douglas got arrested?
kind of a funny story, really.
it must've been a long red light and the old guy just fell asleep waiting for it to change.
I had a kid that worked for me at Tinker that got caught cause he fell asleep in the Jack in the Box drive thru.
Where at Tinker do you work? I have a buddy who is a fireman there.
nice
way to obey the law
and people think the nba has problems with thungs
what about baseball
Tony Larussa should make himself run wind sprints and pay a fine to the ball club for bringing shame. Drop and give me 50 !!
wow he without sin cast the first stone.
I don't condone his actions but a breathlizer is horribly innacurate and .09 is the equivelant in a 6 foot person to be about 2 or 3 beers.
Holy crap....
I knew this was going to happen.
Shouldn't you be saying Tony LaRussa is a "piece of "?
But he's the manager of the St. Louis Cardinals.
You're just a hater, JB.
How can you hate a man who's arrested with (nearly) all his bling? (Yes, I'm aware he hasn't received the WS ring yet)
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive...1larussa6.html
Tpark, Didn't you have someone close to you die recently in a drunk driving accident?
Long gone from Tinker.
Much of the crowd of 7,353 offered La Russa a standing ovation when he entered Roger Dean Stadium before Thursday's game against the Florida Marlins.
"That was a very nice gesture when the game started," La Russa said.
Marlins ace Dontrelle Willis, arrested three months ago in Miami Beach on a DUI charge said: "He'll be fine. He didn't seem that upset. He came out there and supported his team. You heard the ovation he got."
How did he end up with an ALCS ring for the 2004 Cardinals?
I'm sure those 7,353 will be at the steps of the county jail when Joe Sixpack (pun intended) gets released from his DUI arrest.
I'm specifically waiting for T Park's response before I say the word I'm planning to say.
Dontrelle Willis is one of my favorite players ever (I love how he seems to enjoy playing the game day-in and day-out), but he shouldn't be drinking and driving either and he has to face the consequences.
Apparently, the deputy is not a baseball fan.
Whatever I say here will spun on me so why ing bother.
you guys.
you, you hypocritical piece of .
I thought this was a no-spin zone.
Okay, T Park...sell us.
Why are your thoughts in this thread not hypocritical with your thoughts in previous threads (and forget the death of a loved one, so to speak, I'm talking about the thread of SAPD cops being arrested for stealing furniture)?
Why does LaRussa get a pass when you called a poster a piece of and told another one to back up off of the cop bashing?
Larussa gets no pass.
What he did was stupid and moronic.
Having a loved one die from it hits closer to home as well.
But ic ould say that and you asses who shake my hand in person and try to be nice will on whatever the I will say.
So once again.
Go yourselves hypocrits.
Okay, then. I'll tell you to go your mother the next time I see you.
Happy?
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