Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 18, 2006
True Crime

Jim Bowden was arrested for drunk driving in Flordia:

"I intend to plead not guilty at a future date in a Miami-Dade court. I deeply regret any embarrassment that my arrest may cause the Washington Nationals and Major League Baseball," Bowden said in the statement.

"On the advice of legal counsel, I will have no further comment regarding this incident until the court proceedings are complete," he said.

Meanwhile, Stan Conte, the Giants trainer, recevied a subpeona.

Stan Conte, who is not related to Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative owner Victor Conte, was subpoenaed to appear in a San Francisco federal courtroom April 27, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday, citing three anonymous sources familiar with the investigation.

The panel has been hearing testimony for more than a month about whether the outfielder lied to a separate grand jury in December 2003 about his connection to BALCO.



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Comments

Jeez, when I said that Bowden must have been drunk to make the Soriano trade, I thought I was just kidding...

Posted by: Hunter at April 18, 2006 01:51 PM

the sad part is, the media and irate fans will take the Bonds story more serioulsy. unbelievable considering that Bowden could have actually killed someone.

Posted by: ed at April 18, 2006 03:00 PM

Not really what I would call "unbelievable". Sadly, drunk driving is pretty commonplace.

Posted by: jmd at April 18, 2006 04:35 PM

The really sad thing is that if Bowden were not able to afford his undoubtedly expensive legal counsel, there is no way on earth he would not lose his license, and probably would spend at least a night in jail.

However, I have little doubt that he will get to plead to a reduced charge and get off with a fine.

Memo to those wealthy enough to do so: if you're going to drink, get your driver to drive you home.

Posted by: pawnking at April 18, 2006 04:56 PM

The blurb you printed about Stan Conte says a panel is looking into whether "the outfielder" lied to a grand jury. Who's "the outfielder"?

Posted by: Jeff A at April 18, 2006 06:34 PM
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