Bye Bye Any Chance at Another Shot of a Major League Career!

You may or may not have heard of José Offerman. He’s a former MLB Allstar that played for the Redsox, Dodgers, Mets, etc. But as things go for athletes, your skills diminish as you get older and well, you have to take what you can get. In an effort to keep up his game and to impress MLB scouts enough to give him another opportunity, 38 year old José was playing in the minor leagues for the Long Island Ducks. He was doing well and may have had another chance… BUT José had to keep it real when Matt Beech, pitcher of the Bridgeport Bluefish, threw a pitch that nailed him in the leg. You say to yourself… “self, batters get hit by pitches quite frequently in baseball.” Why yes they do. But maybe José was having a bad day, because he took off running toward the pitcher’s mound for Beech, baseball bat firmly gripped and in the air ready to swing. Bluefish catcher John Nathans saw what was about to go down and ran to help out his teammate. José was on one, because he could not be stopped. Swinging wildly, he hit both of them, cracking Nathans in the back of the head and breaking one of Beech’s fingers. Click here to see a slideshow from the Connecticut Post to see frame by frame how it went down. After the scuffle was broken up, José was arrested by Bridgeport police and booked for assault. He has subsequently been suspended indefinitely from the independent Atlantic league for his behavior.

Wednesday afternoon, in a telephone interview, José apologized for his actions, but says he never hit anyone. Nigga what??? They have you on film swinging the bat!!! He says he will vigorously defend himself in court against the charges and that "The catcher just made it up that I hit him in the back of the head and I didn't hit the pitcher either." He also says "They are not telling the truth; I didn't hit anyone...They have their own reasons for saying I did." Yeah, damn it, because you did! Ay Dios mio!!! José clearly drinks the same brand of reality juice as pedophile R. Kelly.

Guys get into brawls in baseball all the time… but the swinging of bats is a huge NO NO. Damn José… just DAMN! Now the wife and kids need to start looking for property in the ‘jects :-\

Sources: ESPN.com and The Connecticut Post