Dontrelle Willis and Friends Made It Rain in Spring Training

I really think Pacman Jones has given "making it rain" a bad rap. I mean, it's not always thugged-out troublemakers who like to throw fistfuls of dollar bills at strippers -- sometimes all-around good guys like Marlins ace Dontrelle Willis like to join the fun. From the Palm Beach Post:

For at least two nights a week in March, bar staff tells Page Two, star pitcher Dontrelle Willis, described as the ringleader, second baseman Dan Uggla and others were known to swing by the Riviera Beach joint and shower the gals with dollar bills until 3 a.m.

"There'd be, like, $3,000 in singles on the table," said waitress Nicole Spelling. "When they liked someone, a bunch of them would just go up and throw dollar bills in the air by the handful. There'd be so much money on the stage that the girls had to get champagne buckets to pick it up. And (pitcher) Randy Messenger is, like, so hot."

I'm sure Willis' PR people are loving the fact the Post used the word "ringleader," but if they're throwing around that much dough I have to imagine he was bankrolling these trips -- Uggla made close to the big-league minimum last year, and the Marlins rank second-to-last in payroll in the entire majors. (But Randy Messenger is hot? That confused me, too.) Before you question the intentions of these young men, realize that they were apparently taking part in a community outreach program to support single moms:

Spelling, 24, of WPB, was on the receiving end of the boys-of-summer's generosity ... . One night last week, the single mom kept hearing from her 2-year-old son's baby sitter that the little tyke was running a 102-degree fever and vomiting.

"I was going crazy because I couldn't leave. There weren't enough waitresses and, frankly, I needed the money just to pay my bills," she said. "Next thing I know, Dontrelle hands me $1,000 from them all and tells me to go home to my kid. They got permission from management for me."

Awww. What a guy!

(via Lieutenant Winslow and Deadspin)

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)

4-04-2007 @ 3:07PM

John said...

I don't think 'Making It Rain' is inherently a bad thing. It's when you insist on picking up the money, punch a stripper, and start a fight in which two people get shot that make it a bad thing.

4-04-2007 @ 7:52PM

atlantic city said...

Rain making is fun. PacMan can't ruin that.

4-05-2007 @ 7:20AM

Robert Emanuel said...

It's comments like number three's that keeps the country and the world in trorble

4-05-2007 @ 7:32AM

ignorance kills said...

One dog, you should keep your ignorant racist thoughts to your self! I hope you enjoy spending your life alone cause as long as you think like you do, nobody will ever like or care for you. I bet if you had the money you would do the same as D-train. Then again with your ignorance that may be a stretch! I bet you live in a trailer park too! LMAO

4-05-2007 @ 8:33AM

Sholbo said...

ONE DOG is a MF@@#$$$ idiot and a RN imbecile

4-05-2007 @ 9:05AM

halili said...

One doooog! How does that article show Dontrelle being an ignorant black person whatsoever? Sounds like he's having the kind of fun you wish you were having. (Only with male strippers... of course.)

4-05-2007 @ 9:09AM

Horus said...

One Dog (#3):You are the stir things up type. You could not have thought any one would have taken your comment for real! Please do explain your self.

4-05-2007 @ 9:30AM

KING said...

ANYONE WHO PAYS WHORES IS AN IGNORANT @$@!@ IDIOT. A WHORE IS A WHORE. WHORES AREN'T WORTH THE @$!& IN A TOILET

4-05-2007 @ 9:42AM

stallion said...

He should've wiped his butt with the money first before throwing it at the whores

4-05-2007 @ 9:41AM

joe said...

If that comment was meant to be racist, Last time i checked Dan Uggala was not black. One dog, if what you say is true then this must also be true:

You can take the cracker out of the trailer park but you cant take the trailer park out of the cracker!

White or black is not the issue. These guys have to be more carefull if they intend on being role models and receive all the endorsment money that comes with it.

4-05-2007 @ 10:40AM

george said...

and joe, what percent of white people live in trailer parks compared to black people living in the ghetto. its not even comparable.

4-05-2007 @ 11:22AM

gwd said...

Yes the difference is the people in trailer parks for the most part have jobs and pay for their trailers on the other hand I would bet most people in the ghetto dont work and are on wefare

4-05-2007 @ 11:47AM

dre said...

you never make it rain, like southern california...gyeeaaaa

4-05-2007 @ 2:55PM

Robert Mendenhall said...

PRO Atheletes spend too much time doing things they should not!!!!!!!!!! T and A is all the same. As Famous as these guys are why the hell do they have to pay for it because there are millions of Ladies and Gentlemen for that matter who would love to F**K for free!

4-05-2007 @ 4:27PM

brian said...

D-Train-You rule!

4-05-2007 @ 11:28PM

alexdc said...

He does seem like a nice guy. He gave the stripper $1000 and got permission from the manager for her to go hometo her sick kid. He could have made her "earn" the money, but he gave it to her straight up.

4-06-2007 @ 3:35PM

cliff said...

Ya'll's are some naive mo fo's if you be thinking that D-Train was just being "generous" by giving that ho a grand, with no alterior motives. Heck, he could have gone to an orphanage and distribute cash instead of a strip joint. Geez!!!

4-08-2007 @ 4:04PM

Bo said...

Going to strip club's is my version of " Therapy " maybe it's time for all you stripper hater's to "FKN CHILL"

4-08-2007 @ 8:25AM

AsAMatterOfFact said...

hey dumb ass you have to have a job and pay rent in the ghetto. haven't you seen the news welfare is non-exsistent now! last time i checked there were crackers there too. there's no difference between the trailer park (which is delapitated most times) and the ghetto...Get it right!