a shame for him but he's no different than anyone else.

 

per rotoworld.com

 

Esteban Loaiza was arrested early Wednesday morning on DUI charges after officers pulled him over for speeding, a California Highway Patrol spokesman told the Oakland Tribune.

 

Officer Mike Wright said Loaiza was driving his Ferrari in excess of 120 mph about 3:30 a.m. He was arrested for reckless driving and driving under the influence when he failed a Breathalyzer test. Loaiza currently remains scheduled to make his start on Thursday. Unless the Breathalyzer picked up some HGH, he's in the clear, at least as far as baseball and the A's are concerned. Jun. 15 - 3:48 am et

Source: Oakland Tribune

120 MPH... OMG!

Haha, Esteban Loaiza has a Ferrari. How come that fits so well in my mind?

Throw away the key and void his contract.

It's so sad how DUI's mean absolutely nothing in sports now a days, for an actiont that kills so many people every year you'd figure clubs would actually take action against the asswipes who decide to get liquired up and drive their sports cares 100+ MPH around town but no they really don't give a s***. It's just such a sad state of affairs in pro sports these days.

It's so sad how DUI's mean absolutely nothing in sports now a days, for an actiont that kills so many people every year you'd figure clubs would actually take action against the asswipes who decide to get liquired up and drive their sports cares 100+ MPH around town but no they really don't give a s***. It's just such a sad state of affairs in pro sports these days.

 

 

Great Post. This is something I would loe to see sports take a stand on since they were sooo quick on the steroids issues. Many of us would lose our jobs with one DUI. Why not these "role models" also known as athletes?

It's so sad how DUI's mean absolutely nothing in sports now a days, for an actiont that kills so many people every year you'd figure clubs would actually take action against the asswipes who decide to get liquired up and drive their sports cares 100+ MPH around town but no they really don't give a s***. It's just such a sad state of affairs in pro sports these days.

 

 

It's not just sports. DUI's don't mean much anywhere anymore. No jail time or loss of license and just a fine for your first offense. It's sad all over.

Hes lucky he didnt hurt himself or anyone else ..........

It's so sad how DUI's mean absolutely nothing in sports now a days, for an actiont that kills so many people every year you'd figure clubs would actually take action against the asswipes who decide to get liquired up and drive their sports cares 100+ MPH around town but no they really don't give a s***. It's just such a sad state of affairs in pro sports these days.

Couldn't agree more. I've seen too much damage from DUI's to have any tolerance for it.

 

I think we need a national law on it, frankly, something like what Germany has (first offense is a long-term license suspension AND jail time, second offense is PERMANENT revocation of license a a LOT of jail time).

 

As for Loaiza and baseball, I think he should be suspended with pay until the case is decided, and then the team has the option to not pay that time off if he is found guilty.

Couldn't agree more. I've seen too much damage from DUI's to have any tolerance for it.

 

I think we need a national law on it, frankly, something like what Germany has (first offense is a long-term license suspension AND jail time, second offense is PERMANENT revocation of license a a LOT of jail time).

 

As for Loaiza and baseball, I think he should be suspended with pay until the case is decided, and then the team has the option to not pay that time off if he is found guilty.

 

Europe has no tolerance for DUI. Sweden, IIRC, is one strike and you're out for life. The punishment fits the crime.

 

I buried a childhood friend to a DUI, one the other childhood friend walked away from.

Good to see the A's REALLY laying down the law, with Loaiza on the mound today.

Any team that has to have Esteban Loaiza pitching for them is in for a punishment in an of itself.

 

But seriously, he's a f***ing idiot who endangers other peoples' lives.

Driving under the influence of alcohol is reckless regardless of the automobile or speed, but when you consider he was behind the wheel of a 450HP engine with a blood-alcohol level exceeding .08, driving 120mph, it's ridiculous. Those were additional factors beyond alcohol consumption which made it dangerous for anyone on the road. It's a shame he probably won't learn from this.

 

He won this afternoon's start, BTW.

Edited June 15, 200619 yr by Flash Tizzle

The problem with drunk driving is that people don't learn how to drive drunk

I personally liked how in his "apology" he ended it with "these things happen".

 

:headshake

He actually said that?

 

What an idiot.

He actually said that?

 

What an idiot.

 

I kinda paraphrased a little more than I realized, but here is the quote

 

"It can happen to anybody. We're all professionals. It happened to me, and I don't want it to happen to anybody else. I'm very sorry for everything."

Close enough.

 

"It can happen to anybody" if they have the brain of a hamster.

Close enough.

 

"It can happen to anybody" if they have the brain of a hamster.

 

You have some apologizing to do to your hampsters

Yeah, I know Fat Bastard just called to chew me out.

I kinda paraphrased a little more than I realized, but here is the quote

What an ass. It didn't "happen". Esteban Loaiza "happened".

Edited June 16, 200619 yr by NorthSideSox72

Great Post. This is something I would loe to see sports take a stand on since they were sooo quick on the steroids issues. Many of us would lose our jobs with one DUI. Why not these "role models" also known as athletes?

 

 

"I am not a role model."

 

 

Close enough.

 

"It can happen to anybody" if they have the brain of a hamster.

 

I do not condone drunken driving in any way at all...but that quote sounds like it was taken from a spoken comment when asked about it, and with English being his second language (well, that and because of how much I enjoyed that great year he had here ), I am going to give him the benefit of the doubt and give more importance to the rest of that quote in which he says that he is very sorry and would not want anyone else to make the same mistake.