Kyle Davies Has Not Had a Good Week
by Freneau on Aug 11, 2011 11:00 PM EDT
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PrintFired by the Royals and popped with a drunken & disorderly within 24 hours. Not a banner week for now former Royal Kyle Davies.
If the veritable Florida Arrests website is to be believed, Davies was arrested for "disorderly intoxication" at 3 AM on August 9. Utterly terrifying mugshot here. Scary. (I have been told that Fox 4 in KC may have been first with this story. Nick Wright also played a role in spreading the news on Twitter.)
He was officially released by the Royals the next day.
Two schools of thought on this one: 1) he found out he was going to be released and had himself a night 2) he had himself a night and earned his releasin'. I doubt we'll know the truth any time soon.
Prior to August 9th the most disorder Davies had ever caused had been when he pitched to an American League lineup. He mourned the demise of MGD with a few too many MGDs. Hey-oo.
It must be said, Kyle Davies is a) innocent until proven guilty and b) we've all made mistakes.
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I'm betting it was scenario #1
The guy has zero history of alcohol problems/arrests, right? I mean, there is a first time for everything…and if you’re going to go out, get hammered out of your mind and start tearing shit up, the night you find out you’ve essentially been fired from your dream job is as good of an excuse as you’re going to get.
by Sweep_the_Leg on Aug 11, 2011 11:21 PM EDT reply actions 5 recs
Best part of the arrest
Kyle Davies’ eye color: BRO. hair color: BRO. Now we can confirm he was kept for so long due to Affirmative Action.
Obviously, you are not a golfer.
The word “bro” sounds more like fratboyspeak to me than anything having to do with race.
“Bro, come bail me out, already.”
Dude, I got bro eyes too bro!
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Feel kinda bad for him.
For as much as he sucked he wasn’t a bad guy or a douche. There were plenty of players in this league with shitty talent and shitty attitudes (see John Rocker) that were somewhat popular and had a steady if not good career. Kyle just never could get his stride or be consistent but at least he went out every night and did whatever the team asked and tried his best and not make racial slurs on the subway in NY.
I’m sure he will sign somewhere else soon, but hopefully this doesn’t start a landslide in his life. Good luck Hiram. Maybe someday the Royals offense will be on the other side of the 5IP 10H 5ER 1K 4BB nights.
by KCTiger on Aug 11, 2011 11:57 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Because he's a person?
Money isn’t everything, as awesome as money is.
I think from the context he’s pretty upset about the release, and though he’ll probably be fine a month from now even, it’s gotta be hard being released after such a shitty year/few years.
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multiple millions of dollars, playing a game for a living, plenty of fringe benefits
such a shitty life he's lived
Obviously, you are not a golfer.
this takes years and intuition to understand...
I personally try to refrain from the personal attacks on players…but I am not saying that I don’t LMAO at y’alls posts…it is a nice consolation prize that you completely failed at your job and get to keep the millions
Don't be lonesome for your heroes. Be your own hero.
by PhattStairs on Aug 12, 2011 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
“Money doesn’t buy happiness, but it does buy a yacht that pulls you right up next to it.”
Obviously, you are not a golfer.
All I’m saying is don’t get pissed at Zyle Davies, get pissed at the people who put him out there that long. Its not like the guy went out there with an intention to suck.
by Crown Chief on Aug 13, 2011 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Regardless of how much money you have made...
Being deemed the worst player in the last 100 years, getting fired from your team, and getting arrested in the same week is a tough pill to swallow.
he'll be fine...
he’s got a long career ahead of him more than likely…already a ton of money in the bank…probably a hot ass wife….i dont feel sorry for him…nor do i dislike him. i wish him the best of luck
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by billybeingbilly on Aug 12, 2011 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
he's a decent look guy who has millions of dollars
and has spent his entire life in the south…i’d bet she’s got a pretty everything
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by billybeingbilly on Aug 12, 2011 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Her name is Katie Davies (same as Kyles Wife)
So…yeessssssssss?
I heard he tried to throw a Dos Equis bottle through the windshield of the cop car
But missed badly.
But really. Pisser for Kyle. Bad week. I’d like to hear what kind of hell raisin’ got him in trouble. Doesn’t take much to be declared drunk and disorderly. I have a feeling, though, that Hiram probably made it a no doubter.
by LaFLamme on Aug 12, 2011 12:09 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
its quite easy to get arrested for something like that...
but he looks pretty rough in the mugshot
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by billybeingbilly on Aug 12, 2011 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions
One of my exes
who is all of 5’2" and 100 or so pounds and pretty mild-mannered got nailed with a disorderly conduct in college. It usually depends on whether the wrong cop happens to be in the area, and how bad of a day that cop has had.
by Sweep_the_Leg on Aug 12, 2011 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't always heave beer bottles at the cops
but when I do, I prefer Dos Equis®.
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by Black and Gold on Aug 12, 2011 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions 13 recs
from the Kansas City Star
"We knew nothing about the arrest," general manager Dayton Moore said. "I only learned about it (Thursday) afternoon."
Teams generally do not release players after such incidents because doing so typically prompts a grievance through the players’ association.
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Also:
“Frankly, if we knew he was such a stone cold badass, we would’ve kept him.”
by Black and Gold on Aug 12, 2011 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
If Kyle was doing tequila shots
then Tony Muser will sign him up tomorrow.
by Sweep_the_Leg on Aug 12, 2011 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Detroit Tigers anyone?
Since we are taking cheap shots anyway…
by bas on Aug 12, 2011 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Not a cheap shot
After all, we know that Miguel has used another Burgundy-related line: “I don’t know how to put this, Officer…but I’m kind of a big deal. People know me.”
by Sweep_the_Leg on Aug 12, 2011 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
So, you wake up hungover, in jail
Finally get a chance to make bail and you’re free. Back at home, there’s a message on the answering machine. It’s Dayton. That’s a bad friggin day.
by LaFLamme on Aug 12, 2011 12:17 AM EDT reply actions 3 recs
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thats a fun looking house
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by billybeingbilly on Aug 12, 2011 12:32 AM EDT up reply actions
if you do a Google Earth shot of the address it shows a bunch of townhomes.
I'm trying hard but some of this sabermetrics stuff sounds madeup.
and it's near the Talent Network HQ
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Apparently I can book Charlie Daniels for this party I'm throwing.
I'm trying hard but some of this sabermetrics stuff sounds madeup.
and pay him in beer too?
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I got this reference
I’m guessing Brian Bannister lives in the Machine of Lum the Mad
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 12, 2011 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions
You know, I created this username literally out of random letters I saw in my cube at work
And it turns out it’s not only a reference to Lum and Abner, but also this Lum the Mad bloke.
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I happen to be drunk and semi-disorderly right now
for reall…….12-hamm’s-in…………;these things you can accept when you’re unemployed.
i could’ ve gone and corrected the typos, but in the spirit of Hiram’s Folly, I will let them remain…..marinate……….on Wild Turkey and missed opportunities.
oh man……sad and joyous at the same time…….it’s bittersweet…………royallyyy
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by Crooow on Aug 12, 2011 12:44 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Last line of Will’s post is key.
Additionally, we’ve figuratively beat the fuck out of this guy for years…….let’s have the jokes be semi-civil.
"Punk rock died when the first kid said: 'Punk's not dead! Punk's not dead!'"
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OT, but
<——- Joe Mauer over there got HOT. I’d drink her Nestea.
by KyleM on Aug 12, 2011 1:05 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
That, sir, is a damn shame.
In due time, I assume it’ll change and you’ll get it. Ask Hosmer and ye shall receive.
well Joe Mauer IS hitting like a woman this year
HEY-OHHHHH
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by Lum on Aug 12, 2011 1:12 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
It's like the old joke about the old-timey farmer from the 1930s
who won a trip to the city for the first time. He saw an old lady get on an elevator (which he’d never seen before), and a young lady get off. He then told his wife to get in.
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by KeepItCopacetic on Aug 12, 2011 1:13 AM EDT up reply actions
I demand that mugshot be put somewhere on the front page forever.
It could be the best mugshot ever. He is telling the dude taking the picture to go fuck himself. He’s been in the majors! And now it’s all over for Jimmy Gobble I mean Darrel May I mean Kyle Davies. What a way to go!!
I need to go take a Davies and wipe my Elarton. Excuse me.
how has there not been
an Eastbound & Down reference yet?
b/c eastbound and down sucks
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by billybeingbilly on Aug 12, 2011 2:09 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Everything about "Smokey and the Bandit"
kicks ass.
"When asked who was responsible for his going down in flames
He pointed to the offices and said 'You all know their names'
So hurry home early, hurry, let's go
Boom Boom Mazzaro's facing Robby Canó" --Not Warren Zevon
"Innocent until proven guilty"
is only true in a legal sense. Based on the evidence of the mugshot alone, he’s guilty.
He’ll pitch in the bullpen in the NL for a couple of years and then go into business with his dad putting up fast-food joints. They’ll be fine.
"When asked who was responsible for his going down in flames
He pointed to the offices and said 'You all know their names'
So hurry home early, hurry, let's go
Boom Boom Mazzaro's facing Robby Canó" --Not Warren Zevon
we cant tell he was disorderly...
i look like that frequently when i dont get disorderly…maybe the cop was a rays fan and saw a drunk davies and said…hmm…maybe he’s supposed to pitch tomorrow? who knows…grasping for straws for no reason…its a minor thing…might as well have been a speeding ticket
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by billybeingbilly on Aug 12, 2011 2:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Depends on how disorderly he was
Since they let him go, and the word “felony” doesn’t appear in the writeup, I’m assuming it was “being an asshole and getting kicked out of a bar” disorderly rather than “full-on London riot” disorderly. That’s worth a slap on the wrist, something like a $200 fine or twenty hours’ community service.
Even if he wasn’t disorderly, being drunk in public is illegal in most places, though they generally don’t bother you if you’re not causing trouble, or stumbling around so you might hurt yourself.
If I were the club I’d be pissed off at him for getting that wasted during the season. That can’t be good for his pitching. Obviously the boys will pound the ol’ Budweiser every now and then, but there’s a big difference between that and D&D.
I wouldn’t cut him just for that, though. It was obviously his lousy pitching that did him in.
"When asked who was responsible for his going down in flames
He pointed to the offices and said 'You all know their names'
So hurry home early, hurry, let's go
Boom Boom Mazzaro's facing Robby Canó" --Not Warren Zevon
ehh...if they're cutting guys for getting drunk during the season...
then they wouldnt have much of a team left…nor would other teams.
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by billybeingbilly on Aug 12, 2011 3:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Plus, the players union gets pissed if players are cut for that alone.
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by KeepItCopacetic on Aug 12, 2011 3:47 AM EDT up reply actions
I'd get rid of a guy who repeatedly got shit-faced drunk
during the season. Barça had to do that with Ronaldinho. He got so wasted every night that he couldn’t make practice in the morning. (That’s general soccer-team procedure: you play on the weekend and have about a three-hour practice session on weekday mornings, followed by the official team dietitian-prepared lunch, followed by film.)
His on-field performance, naturally, dropped precipitously, from best player in the world to sitting on the bench in two years. Not only that, he corrupted a younger player into going out partying with him every night. They had to get rid of both of them, and the coach, Frank Rijkaard, for allowing it to go on.
The only guy who can get away with that crap is Romario, and that’s because he doesn’t drink. He insists on partying in discos every night until 5 AM and going home with three girls. He doesn’t feel relaxed if he doesn’t dance all night and get laid, he says, but he only drinks fruit juice and Red Bull and doesn’t do drugs, and shows up every morning at 9 AM ready to go. That’s why he’s still playing somewhere at age 46 or however old he is.
"When asked who was responsible for his going down in flames
He pointed to the offices and said 'You all know their names'
So hurry home early, hurry, let's go
Boom Boom Mazzaro's facing Robby Canó" --Not Warren Zevon
There was this other guy in the '80s named Julio Alberto
After he “retired” he was into gambling and cocaine and had to flee Barcelona because the mob was after him. He turned up a few years later in the Maldive Islands.
"When asked who was responsible for his going down in flames
He pointed to the offices and said 'You all know their names'
So hurry home early, hurry, let's go
Boom Boom Mazzaro's facing Robby Canó" --Not Warren Zevon
baseball's a different beast though...
they dont have morning practices…they generally dont have to be at work until 3 or 4…i can party it up like crazy and be 100% by 3 without any problem…and its even easier for pitchers.
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by billybeingbilly on Aug 12, 2011 4:56 AM EDT up reply actions
The Topeka Police
Beat the shit out of me and charged me with battery of a LEO. It happens.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Aug 12, 2011 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
We’re seeing a bunch of cases of kids getting in a fight, getting pushed into a teacher, and getting a felony charge for battery on a public servant.
by BlueEyes_Austin on Aug 12, 2011 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Yep, Mine Was
A felony. I don’t remember anything, I think mostly from the concussion. Mag lights to the head will do that. It cost me $300.00 to get a lawyer and get it reduced to Disorderly Conduct. Bear in mind, I was 21 and making less than $500.00 a month. The lawyer thought I had a good case for a lawsuit, but something about the Kansas Bar kept him from doing it on contingency and I didn’t have the money.
One of the cops who beat me pulled me over months later and told me if he ever saw me out alone, he’d kill me. I told him to drop his weapons and see who kills who right now; he just laughed and drove away. I moved out of Topeka a few months later.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Aug 12, 2011 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions
As much as i disliked the guy on the Royals, it’s a pretty tough situation for him to be in. Never want anyone to have that happen to them. At least he owned it and can hopefully move on.
Do these effectively hide my thunder?
by splitty on Aug 12, 2011 3:31 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
yeah...he allegedly made a mistake...
dutton called him…he called him right back and owned it.
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by billybeingbilly on Aug 12, 2011 3:50 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
When you look at players we've had who have been arrested for domestic violence
like Callaspo and Chico Lind.. this really doesn’t look as serious.
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by KeepItCopacetic on Aug 12, 2011 3:54 AM EDT reply actions
It isn't.
D&D (unlike DUI) is a victimless crime, as long as you don’t get in a fight, which Hiram apparently didn’t, because he didn’t get charged with assault and battery. It’s still not a good idea, but you don’t DFA a guy over that if it’s a first offense.
"When asked who was responsible for his going down in flames
He pointed to the offices and said 'You all know their names'
So hurry home early, hurry, let's go
Boom Boom Mazzaro's facing Robby Canó" --Not Warren Zevon
he got bailed out at like $100
so where does that rank for bail totals?
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I dunno, I've never been bailed out
Sounds pretty cheap.
"When asked who was responsible for his going down in flames
He pointed to the offices and said 'You all know their names'
So hurry home early, hurry, let's go
Boom Boom Mazzaro's facing Robby Canó" --Not Warren Zevon
it cost me more to get out when i went to jail for 5 outstanding parking tickets
and $250 for forgetting to pay a speeding ticket
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by billybeingbilly on Aug 12, 2011 4:57 AM EDT up reply actions
l-o-l
And here I thought Hiram was some kind of inside joke here that i wasn’t privy too. Nope, his given name is Hiram. Yikes.
Nick Swisher is handsome.
Wikipedia is awesome
In Georgia,
In general, one may not be drunk in public. Though there is no state law prohibiting drinking in public, most municipal corporations and political subdivisions limit the possession of open containers of alcohol to private property, with one notable exception being Savannah. A charge of public drunkenness is only warranted when one is drunk in public and his acts are either loud or disorderly.
"When asked who was responsible for his going down in flames
He pointed to the offices and said 'You all know their names'
So hurry home early, hurry, let's go
Boom Boom Mazzaro's facing Robby Canó" --Not Warren Zevon
You're also not allowed to ride a horse and eat ice cream at the same time
Trust me I’ve tried.
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by RoyalsRetro on Aug 12, 2011 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Common sense should have kicked in....
Never do anything stupid if your real first name is “Hiram”.
End of Line.
seriously that is a scary picture...
that’s what I see when I imagine a player or GM coming to beat me up for being a blogger
Mugshot?
I just love the name “Hiram Davies”
Glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long.
Rock Chalk Talk
Is it bad to that I actually like him more now for his exploits on telling a cop to f'off?
Resign him now.
- .-. ..- … – / – …. . / .—. .-. - .. . … …
Another drunken, unemployed millionaire
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by Scott McKinney on Aug 12, 2011 9:32 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
This is why we don't allow Sunday liquor sales in god-fearing Kansas!
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Depends on the county now.
- .-. ..- … – / – …. . / .—. .-. - .. . … …
by Jeff Zimmerman on Aug 12, 2011 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions
And if I seem to be confused..
…I didn’t mean to be with you
And when you said I scared you
Well, I guess you scared me too.
But we got lucky once before,
and I don’t want to close the door.
And if you’re somewhere out there
passed out on the floor.
Oh, Hiram I’m not angry anymore!
by Skillet13 on Aug 12, 2011 10:25 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Tsk tsk
Shit happens.. But Hiram has a new born- priorities are definetley not in order
"Stay Classy Kansas City"
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