The Hyde Park Cafe in Tampa is not the place you want to find yourself if you're a C-list celebrity. Way back in April of last year, Jessica Sierra, who has something to do with American Idol, got arrested there for chunking a drink at another bar-goer. Now it's Al Reyes turn! It's apparently athlete birthday day here at the 'Haus, and Al is taking the cake. Guess what he's making news for. Is it: a) being drunk and disruptive, b) falling down everywhere, c) picking fights, d) spitting blood, e) getting tased by the police, or f) all of the above ...
Happy birthday, dude! (Yes, "f" was the answer). Pretty solid outing for Mr. Reyes, who will probably have to answer to this with the city of Tampa and his employer, the Rays. Especially if you look at what the Rays have been doing lately.Witnesses told police the incident started around 2:30 a.m. at the Hyde Park Cafe, 1806 W Platt St., when Reyes fell against a ceramic pot inside the bar. Thinking someone had pushed him, police said Reyes began exchanging words with patron Eduardo Mora.
Mora then punched Reyes in the face, getting the attention of the Hyde Park Cafe's bouncers. Meanwhile, police said in a news release, Reyes 'began to spit blood on the people in the area and began to swing his arms about.'
[...]Moments later, the officer Tased Reyes, knocking him to the bar floor. Ignoring police commands to stay down, authorities said Reyes got up and was Tased a second time.
The team has been pretty good about shipping out various troublemakers -- I wouldn't be surprised to see this dealt with pretty swiftly. Like, by sending Reyes to Milwaukee, where they actually need a guy who can close.
Besides, as shown by the signing of Troy Percival and the presence from Rays' spokesman Rick Vaughn ("We are looking into the situation as we are just learning of it."), Tampa doesn't necessarily need a ninth inning guy.
You know, Rick, I liked you so much better when you were just a ballplayer. If you want to be a spokesman now, it's none of my business. But some of us still need this team. Like Al, who will probably need the money. For court costs and stuff.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-11-2008 @ 10:52AM
C. Brahkowski said...
Wild Thing is Tampa's spokesman now?!
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4-11-2008 @ 1:59PM
JIM said...
HE SHOULD HAVE WORN A DONT TAZ ME BRO TSHIRT
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4-11-2008 @ 3:39PM
Bill said...
How about learning not to drink so much that you don't know if someone pushed you or not. Also, how about the bars not overserving alcohol.
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4-11-2008 @ 4:56PM
rob said...
spitting blood on patrons-classy
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4-11-2008 @ 6:05PM
nASTY bOIL said...
Adds new meaning to " tossing a spitter " . dickhead.This guy plays for the " Devil " rays ? nuff said . dickhead .
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4-13-2008 @ 9:14PM
Incasunrise44 said...
Wow--what a superstar he must be. let him take his purse & spend some time in jail
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4-13-2008 @ 9:45PM
warren garrison said...
wouldn't think much about it IF you knew that cops were really doing their job when they use their little toys, BUT, when you know they've tasered kids, people in wheel chairs, people handcuffed and already subdued, then you know how much they abuse their authourity. Would be great if the system and cops were completely fair and you could trust more than 2 or 3% of them, but exit from this page and you'll see the story of a man in prison some 26 years for a crime he didn't committ and like so often, the prosecutors from hell really know some of the people are innocent but hey, this makes no difference to them, they only want to get another notch on their belt and they don't give a crap how they do it, even if you spend half of your life in prison, all of your life in prison, or even if they fry you. THEY-DO-NOT-CARE!!!
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4-13-2008 @ 9:41PM
SNOWSTORM8888 said...
YOU PEOPLE HAVE ALOT OF NERVE POSTING A PICTURE OF MICHAEL JORDAN UNDER THAT TYPE OF HEADING HE'S A GREAT ROLE MODEL AND A SUPER ATHLETE .IT WAS DONE IN POOR TASTE..............
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4-13-2008 @ 9:49PM
Ralph Garcia said...
Do people know that Al Reyes has trouble putting a sentence of English together? He also seems like a good guy as he signs autographs freely and eagerly for fans. I'm a Yankee fan but I make a four hour drive to Tropicana Dome in St. Peterburg when the Yankees take on the Devil Rays. I asked Reyes where he was from and he politely said the Domincan Republic was happily signing autographs. He also wears too many gold chains, which is dangerous in today's society as you can target yourself for theft this way. Wearing that in a drinking establishment will also get gangstas all bent out of shape with envy and jealousy.
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4-13-2008 @ 9:58PM
whiteboy said...
another reason for border security!
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4-13-2008 @ 10:03PM
mike said...
ralp you obviously dont know what a good guy is he was spitting blood on people, fighting, and resisting arrest. and warren why dont you go get a badge and TRY and ii mean try because you wouldent survive one day as a police officer get over it u must be a lowlife who blames cops for arresting bad guys
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4-25-2008 @ 1:16PM
Not a Yankee fan said...
Aww Rats when I saw the article's title I was hoping it was a slime ball Yankee that got zapped.
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4-13-2008 @ 10:51PM
Grammarian said...
"Sentence of English?"
Do people realize that Ralph Garcia is a hypocrite?
Yes they do.
Reyes may have his problems, but at least he didn't advertise his own shortcomings in print.
I say Ralph owes Al a drink.
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4-13-2008 @ 11:13PM
Mike-ski said...
Shit man, that honky mus' be messin' my old lady...
got to be runnin' cold upside down his head. You know?
Hey home, I can dig it.
You know he ain't gonna lay no mo' big rap up on you man.
I say hey sky, s'other s'ay I wan say? Pray to J I get the
same ol' sameol'. Eh.
Yo knock yourself a pro slick, gray matter live performas
down now take TCB'in man.
Hey, you know what they say... See a broad, to get that booty yak 'em.
Leg 'er down 'n smack 'em yak 'em
Cold got to be! You know?
Shiiiiiiit.
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4-14-2008 @ 12:23AM
AshburnStadium said...
Oh, for the days when all you had to worry about is if your relief pitcher ever smoked AstroTurf! ;-)
(Rest in peace, Frank Edwin "Tug" McGraw, who once replied when asked if he preferred grass or turf, "I dunno - I never smoked AstroTurf!")
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