“Pineda” Really Is Spanish For “Pavano”
Via the Post -
Injured Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda was busted for DUI in Tampa, Fla., on a busy road early this morning after a cop spotted his speeding, “weaving” Nissan SUV driving without its headlights on, cops said.
The burly Pineda, 23, “had a fixed gaze and his eyes were bloodshot, watery and glassy,” a Tampa police officer wrote after pulling the 23-year-old hurler over at 2:35 a.m. on North Dale Mabry Highway.
“I could smell a distinct odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from his breath, and his speech was slurred,” the cop wrote about Pineda, who was an All-Star in his rookie season last year with the Seattle Mariners.
The Domnican Republic native’s blood-alcohol level was found to be .128 and .125 in two separate readings, according to police records. He was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, and released on a $500 bond from jail shortly before noon today.
Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman told The Post “no comment” when asked about Pineda’s arrest.
Poor Brian Cashman has such terrible luck with pitching acquisitions, doesn’t he?
FWIW, Miguel Cabrera has more DUIs than I can count and I’d take him on my team everyday.
SMH
Kuroda says “hi”. And don’t pretend everyone was in love with that deal when it was made. Or even in May.
Corey wrote:
Yep. Problem is, Cabrera is a stud so people look the other way at his transgressions. Pineda isn’t a stud so he can’t afford to be so cavalier.
Evan3457 wrote:
I see your Kuroda and raise you one Igawa and two Vazquez’s.
77yankees wrote:
Like a polariod picture.
Pineda is damn lucky he didn’t pull a Leyritz.
Steve L. wrote:
Or a Donte Stallworth (of the NFL).
Really, it just makes no sense how these guys just refuse to call a cab. Or, better yet, if you know you’re going to go out and have a few drinks, why not just pay for a limo for you and all your buddies (and the “Annies” you’ll pick up along the way)?
Steve L. wrote:
I see that and raise you two Duques and a Mussina. :p
Pineda’s an idiot. Never ceases to amaze me, DUI’s is probably one of the easiest fines to avoid, yet people keep getting them.