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Baseball Musings
January 05, 2007
Uribe May Miss 2007

Juan Uribe was accused in taking part in a shooting in the Dominican Republic, and that may cost him his 2007 season:

Chicago White Sox shortstop Juan Uribe may sit out the 2007 season after a judge ordered him to make twice-monthly court appearances in a Dominican Republic shooting case.

"I am going to decide if I am playing in the major leagues or not this year," Uribe said Friday. "It looks very ugly to be accused of something. But first I am going to resolve this and then I will go to the major leagues."

I'm not sure I understand this. The article says Uribe has to be in court on the 15th and 30th of every month. So why can't he miss a few days at a time from the season? Or does his visa prevent him from traveling back and forth between the US and DR too often?

Correction: Juan, not Jose Uribe.


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Comments

The DR probably wants his passport seeing as he could probably take his MLB check and run to a non-extradition country pretty easily.

Posted by: Nate at January 5, 2007 06:09 PM

Would he have any problems with US immigration? Certainly it is only allegations at this point, but maybe the US doesn't like accused criminals coming in & out of the country.

Posted by: rbj at January 5, 2007 08:29 PM

Juan Uribe, not Jose.

Posted by: Steven Andrew Miller at January 6, 2007 04:38 AM

Sweet, "Innocent before proven guilty", but if he was involved in a trial in the US under the same circumstances he would not be allowed outside the country. I would understand the concern if he was an elite player and it was a misdemeanor infraction, but this is a serious accusation and he can be replaced adequately for the interim.

Posted by: thumble at January 6, 2007 11:26 AM

re: juan uribe

I'm thinking the Chisox could sing the following tune:

Cry me Uribe

to the tune of "Cry Me a River" by Julie London

--art kyriazis, philly

ps i think they can find a replacement level shortstop

Posted by: art kyriazis at January 7, 2007 12:55 PM
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