July 19, 200619 yr If this is how they celebrate victories, Chicago is lukcy the Cubs record is as bad as it is. Cubs coach cited for DUI By Jason Meisner Tribune staff reporter Published July 19, 2006, 6:45 AM CDT Chicago Cubs third base coach Chris Speier was arrested for drunken driving early Wednesday after being pulled over on his motorcycle on Chicago's Near North side, police said. The incident occurred about 1:40 a.m. in the 1200 block of North Dearborn Street, according to police Officer Kelly Liakopoulos. Speier, 56, was northbound on a motorcycle when a police officer saw him run a stop sign and pulled him over. Speier was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and failure to stop at a stop sign, Liakopoulos said. He remained at the Near North District lockup this morning. Police said Speier would be assigned a traffic court date and then released on bond directly from the police station. The arrest was made about four hours after the Cubs wrapped up a victory against the Houston Astros Tuesday night at Wrigley Field. Speier is a former all-star shortstop who played for the Cubs in 1985 and 1986. He retired as a player in 1989 and was hired in 2004 to replace "Wavin'" Wendell Kim as third base coach, according to the team's Web site. Liakopoulos had no further details on Speier's arrest or where he had been before being pulled over.
July 19, 200619 yr If you had to watch the Cubs everyday, you'd be driven to drink too! (no pun intended)
July 19, 200619 yr QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Jul 19, 2006 -> 10:08 AM) Your homerun tracker is off. I only have Photoshop at work. Hadn't had time to update it. It's up to date now.
July 19, 200619 yr QUOTE(Athomeboy_2000 @ Jul 19, 2006 -> 07:50 AM) If you had to watch the Cubs everyday, you'd be driven to drink too! (no pun intended) If my job security was dependent how these clowns played, I'd be hitting the bottle as well.
July 19, 200619 yr I don't know whata nyone can be thinking, getting on a motorcycle after drinking. I have heard some really, really bad stories.
July 19, 200619 yr QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Jul 19, 2006 -> 11:34 AM) Ironic that a 3rd base coach ran a stop sign. Wavin' Wally was his mentor.
July 20, 200619 yr My brother showed me this last week: http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/new...sp&c_id=chc Baker and third-base coach Chris Speier have a unique connection. They are uncles-in-law. Baker's nephew is married to Speier's niece.
July 20, 200619 yr QUOTE(Cuck the Fubs @ Jul 19, 2006 -> 11:06 PM) My brother showed me this last week: http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/new...sp&c_id=chc What's so funny..? Ozzie's neice is married to Freddy.
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