Tony LaRussa arrested

by Adam J. Morris on Mar 22, 2007 10:11 AM CDT in News

Cards manager Tony LaRussa has been arrested on a DUI, after being found passed out at the wheel of his SUV at a red light in Jupiter, Florida.

He blew a .093, which is above the legal limit.

So he's in trouble now.

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Passed out at .093??

Must have been asleep for a while!

"I feel like I have an idea about what we can do to keep the A's from beating us so much." Ron Washington

by hubcityraider on Mar 22, 2007 10:14 AM CDT reply actions

That was my first thought.

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by Wes Cox on Mar 22, 2007 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions

.093

ain't all that much. Back in the old days, wasn't the law .1?

"I think that Donald Rumsfeld will go down in history as one of the worst secretaries of defense in history" -- John McCain

by DJCahill on Mar 22, 2007 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions

Yep

In Texas, it dropped to .08 just a few years ago.

by Adam J. Morris on Mar 22, 2007 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions

"Passed out at the wheel"

Always funny in news reports...

by JBImaknee on Mar 22, 2007 10:14 AM CDT reply actions

where was Parcells?

Shouldn't have let Tony drive himself back.

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by jtts on Mar 22, 2007 10:20 AM CDT reply actions

He is drinking off

his depression at not re-signing Jason Marquis...

by t ball on Mar 22, 2007 10:25 AM CDT reply actions

LaRussa

I can't wait to see the mugshot on thesmokinggun

Pimps be damned, it's harder out here for a Rangers fan!

by rentz on Mar 22, 2007 10:28 AM CDT reply actions

I saw the picture

on the news earlier today, it didn't look that bad....

Troy I.

by tdi1985 on Mar 22, 2007 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions

picture

i'll look for it when i get off work, i was hoping it would be a nick nolte type mug shot

Pimps be damned, it's harder out here for a Rangers fan!

by rentz on Mar 22, 2007 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions

Here you go...

Troy I.

by tdi1985 on Mar 22, 2007 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions

see

another case of the bad mug shot. he looks fairly sober (well rested at least) in that picture. If only he had decided to beam a smile. No reason not to.

"I want him focused on figuring out a way to beat that lefty's ass." - RW

by ab03 on Mar 22, 2007 2:18 PM CDT up reply actions

lol...

well rested indeed.

Troy I.

by tdi1985 on Mar 22, 2007 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions

Is there a MLB rule

that will cause him to be automatically suspended for something like this or will it be up to the team or league to make a decision?

by cgolden on Mar 22, 2007 11:32 AM CDT reply actions

LaRussa...

FSU alum.
Just in case anyone was curious.
(Jim Morrison was an FSU student too!)

Troy I.

by tdi1985 on Mar 22, 2007 12:15 PM CDT reply actions

They should check him for Lyme Disease

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by jtts on Mar 22, 2007 1:37 PM CDT up reply actions

haha...

At least he didn't claim to be God.

Troy I.

by tdi1985 on Mar 22, 2007 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions

that familiar with drunkenness, but couldn't a person make the mistake of not realizing they were too drunk to drive at 0.09. Not that he should have been driving once he drank anything. I mean how drunk is 0.09?

Also, I think saying he was "passed out" is a serious exaggeration. Maybe he was technically but I have heard of people falling asleep at stop lights when they were driving home from a midnight shift. It doesn't take that much to fall asleep at the wheel.

He was also very apologetic and took full responsibility and admitted how much he had embarrassed his family and organization.

Ephesians 1:3-10

by kwellborn on Mar 23, 2007 12:10 AM CDT reply actions

a lot

Without knowing how long he was at the bar, how much he's weighing these days, or what he was drinking, its hard to know exactly, but just for the sake of example:

TheSmokingGun says he was picked up around midnight, so lets say he was at the bar from 9-11:30, 2 1/2 hours. He's 6'1" and weighed about 190 back in his playing days. Lets just guess that he weighs in somewhere around 230. And he's an MLB manager so he's probably not drinking Old Milwaukee, he seems like the kind of guy that might do shots of black label.

With those assumptions, Tony could do between 5 and 6 single shots of 80 proof liquor in 2 1/2 hours and get a BAC over the legal limit. About 6 pints of beer would have the same effect.

You have to be pretty drunk to get to .093. You'd pretty well know that you'd been drinking.

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by jtts on Mar 23, 2007 1:26 AM CDT up reply actions