Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
October 06, 2003
Hudson Fight

There's a story going around that Tim Hudson was in a fight on Friday night that led to his injury. I want you to notice two things about this story:


  1. The sources for the fight story are anonymous.

  2. The person denying the story is not.


Gordon Edes says nothing about a fight in this article about Hudson's injury. There's nothing on ESPN.com about it, and if you search google news for "'Tim Hudson' bar" or "'Tim Hudson' Fight", the Susan Slusser article above is the only one you find.

At this point, I'm very skeptical of the bar room fight story. I think Ms. Slusser was fed a bogus story.

Update: Boston Dirt Dogs has an anonymous e-mail from someone who claims to be there Friday night. Dirt Dogs does not have perma-links, so you'll have to scroll to find it.

If anyone who actually saw the fight is willing to e-mail me and send me a phone number so I can talk to you, I'd appreciate it. It would be good to get to the bottom of this story, but I want a source that's not afraid to be identified.

Update: A couple of people wrote to tell me Steve Burton reported this story Sunday night on Sports Final. I can't find a transcript for the show. (Or even a web page for the show!)


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