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Say it ain't so Uggie

I was curious about what the status was of this and assumed that he was let go.  Low and behold....14 years!

Article from Espn http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2815590

"CARACAS, Venezuela -- Former Major League Baseball pitcher Ugueth Urbina was sentenced to 14 years in prison for the attempted murder of five workers on his family's ranch, the Attorney General's Office announced Wednesday.

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In 2005, Ignacio Serrano, a sports reporter for El Nacional in Caracas, Venezuela, and a correspondent with ESPNdeportes.com, and ESPN's Pedro Gomez conducted an exclusive interview with Ugueth Urbina in his jail cell in Venezuela. Story  

Urbina, a former pitcher with the Montreal Expos, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies, was also found guilty of illegal deprivation of liberty and violating a prohibition against taking justice into his own hands during a dispute over a gun on Oct. 16, 2005, according to a statement from the Attorney General's Office.

"I am very disappointed and upset," his agent, Peter Greenberg, told ESPN. "We're hopeful that the judicial process will exonerate Uggie. I firmly believe he's innocent."

The 33-year-old free agent was accused of joining a group of men in attacking and injuring workers with machetes and pouring gasoline on them at his family's ranch, located about 25 miles south of Caracas.

"The ruling was too severe," said Jose Antonio Baez, a former attorney who represented Urbina.

Urbina repeatedly has denied involvement in the violent attack, saying he was sleeping at the time.

The pitcher's lawyer, Jose Luis Tamayo, has said that Urbina surprised the workers by showing up at his ranch that night while they were bathing in the pool without permission. Urbina spoke sharply to them, but later left and went to sleep, according to Tamayo.

Urbina, a two-time All-Star, last pitched in the major leagues with the Phillies in 2005. He's 30th on the all-time saves list with 237. He had two saves in the 2003 World Series for the victorious Marlins.

In 11 major league seasons with the Expos, Boston Red Sox, Rangers, Marlins, Tigers and Phillies, Urbina went 44-49 with a 3.45 ERA. He led the National League with 41 saves in 1999 with the Expos and was third in the AL with 40 saves for the Red Sox in 2002."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Sorry Jeff, but I am not too computer/HTML friendly citing wise.  Fix it if it needs it.

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Given his status
He'll be converted to catcher in no time...
I killed a 12 pack just to watch it die...

by Dollar97 on Mar 28, 2007 2:27 PM PDT reply actions  

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