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Urbina sentenced to 14 years prison
Topic Started: Mar 28 2007, 01:02 PM (109 Views)
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Urbina sentenced to prison in Venezuela
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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.

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.

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.


http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2815590
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And he'll still wind up pitching again before Pavano does.
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Mar 28 2007, 07:04 PM
And he'll still wind up pitching again before Pavano does.

That joke would have been funny last year.
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Mar 28 2007, 07:04 PM
And he'll still wind up pitching again before Pavano does.

Strider, where the hell have you been? I thought you were going to be added to Rob’s scroll of the dear departed.

BTW what this about Jenna Jameson being Anorexic?
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Mar 28 2007, 09:55 PM
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Mar 28 2007, 07:04 PM
And he'll still wind up pitching again before Pavano does.

That joke would have been funny last year.

It's still apt. That bitch will come down with a yeast infection before opening day.

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Strider, where the hell have you been?


Busy with school, work and being cool. Plus this board is WACK. Thanks a lot, Rob!

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BTW what this about Jenna Jameson being Anorexic?


I hadn't heard about that. What I did see like a month ago was her new face. I think she got botox or some sh*t and it had her looking all bloated and f*cked up. Which is a mess, because she was always pretty and had the adorable factor. Add anorexia to it.... :no1: She was already petite, so I can't imagine how quickly she would've dwindled and how bad it must look.
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I saw the pics. She looks terrible.
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Mar 29 2007, 02:58 PM
I saw the pics. She looks terrible.

Saw that too..awful.
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What an anus. I hope he gets raped.


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Mar 29 2007, 02:58 PM
I saw the pics. She looks terrible.

Saw that too..awful.

Yeah, I saw 'em yesterday. Ew.
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