Submit a Story!
Get the BallHype iPhone App
Votes
topics:

dichalk posted by dichalk vote down flag
Elijah Dukes: Another Rush To Judgement?
bugsandcranks.com - 12/18/2007
Elijah Dukes: Another Rush To Judgement?
—
Former Devil Ray, current National Elijah Dukes is due in court Tuesday as another woman seeks a protection order against him. She claims he sent her threatening text messages on Oct 23. But Dukes was playing baseball that night in the Dominican Republic.... is he really crazy enough to be doing that? Plus reactions from his agent and Nationals President Stan Kasten.

Blog Reactions

Nats Triple Play:  The Smoking Gun

FanHouse:  Dukes' Restraining Order Was Dropped, Dawg

Comments
Blog Reactions

The Smoking Gun
Nats Triple Play — ... a little more each day. As always, Bugs & Cranks is good for a slightly more sympathetic take (though David, I'm pretty sure you can still send text messages from the DR to the good ol' US of A, particularly if you're on a family share plan. And Elijah has to be on a family share plan, right?) ...

Dukes' Restraining Order Was Dropped, Dawg
FanHouse — ... That's one way to beat a rap. Of course, maybe we were a bit quick to dump on Dukes when the news broke about the restraining order yesterday. As Bugs & Cranks points out, Dukes was actually in the Dominican Republic playing a game on the evening that he allegedly sent harassing text messages to Reese. That's not to say that he didn't do it, but if he did, it at least diminishes the idea that he posed an immediate threat. This chapter of Dukes' life is closed. With any luck, it'll be the last we hear of him until spring training. ...

Related Content
Elijah Dukes Is Texting Again, Dawg
sports.aol.com 12/18/2007 — It was just a couple weeks ago that Elijah Dukes was traded from Tampa to the Washington Nationals. Given Dukes' immense talent and incredibly troubled past, I think we all kind of hoped that a change of scenery would help Dukes straighten things out ...
Heck Of A Job There, Stanny
dcbb.blogspot.com 12/18/2007 — Which troubled Nationals outfielder (no, not that one, the other one) has yet another restraining order against him, this one for threatening yet another one of his girlfriends (though perhaps not one of his baby's mommas -- at least for a few more ...
Second Woman Seeks Injunction Against Angry Elijah Dukes
sportsbybrooks.com 12/18/2007 — 2ND WOMAN SEEKS INJUNCTION AGAINST ELIJAH DUKES: Elijah Dukes has a way with the ladies - a violent way : The ST. PETERSBURG TIMES reports that another woman has asked a judge to grant an injunction against the former Rays & current Nationals player. ...
Dukes: Another domestic case - Nationals Journal
blog.washingtonpost.com 12/18/2007 — Fire Jimbo now.....He is just to fast and loose with the facts. Go back and look at all the quotes from the Nats FO about how hard they looked into the background Dukes....this was going on the month before the trade! On Lo Duca, Jimbo must have been ...
Judge dismisses injunction against Nationals' Elijah Dukes
usatoday.com 12/18/2007 — Dukes, who was traded last month by the Tampa Bay Rays to the Nationals, appeared in court alone. He replied "No" when Judge Raul C. Palomino Jr. asked whether he had anything to do with Amanda Reese's absence. The judge then dismissed Reese's request ...
Kasten: Nats had no warning of names — FOXSports.com News for MLB 12/18/2007
The Washington Nationals broke their silence Monday on the Mitchell Report - without offering many details. "I know you want me to say something about Paul Lo Duca or Nook Logan," team president Stan Kasten said at a news conference to discuss the ...
Nats offer little on players implicated (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 12/18/2007
The Washington Nationals broke their silence Monday on the Mitchell Report -- without offering many details. "I know you want me to say something about Paul Lo Duca or Nook Logan," team president Stan Kasten said at a news conference to discuss the ...
Kasten talks about Mitchell Report — Major League Baseball News 12/18/2007
Nationals president Stan Kasten on Monday broke his silence about the Mitchell Report. However, he declined to mention newly acquired catcher Paul Lo Duca by name for legal reasons. Lo Duca was one of 89 current or former players named in the Report.
Report: Dukes due in court — Major League Baseball News 12/18/2007
Nationals outfielder Elijah Dukes appears to be in hot water again. According to the St. Petersburg Times, Amanda E. Reese of Tampa recently asked for protection from Dukes. Reese is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday, the paper said.
Nationals interested in Benson — Major League Baseball News 12/18/2007
Count the Nationals as one of the teams interested in right-hander Kris Benson, according to a baseball official. Washington had two scouts go to Arizona on Monday to watch Benson throw. The source said assistant GM Mike Rizzo was in attendance.