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Judge Ends Elijah Dukes’ Probation Early, Cites Community Service At Zoo, Quotes Spiderman
Bugs & Cranks —
... (from the url, it appears The Trib story originally misidentified Dukes as a former Tampa Bay Buccaneer) and St. Petersburg Times. ...
Ex-Ray Elijah Dukes cleans zoo cages, shortens probation
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
Ex-Ray Elijah Dukes cleans zoo cages, shortens probation I used to go quite often to the Bronx Zoo when my former brother-in-law had the exciting elephant cannonscoop detail. Loads of fun! To get his misdemeanor probation cut short by five months, former Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Elijah Dukes spent 25 hours during the past week cleaning out cages and mopping at Lowry Park Zoo. Attorney Grady Irvin and a team official for the Nationals, who traded for Dukes in December, said the ballplayer also passed weekly drug tests for six months. ...Dukes, 23, removed large diamond stud ...
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
ShysterBall —
I'm confused: To get his misdemeanor probation cut short by five months, former Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Elijah Dukes spent 25 hours during the past week cleaning out cages and mopping at Lowry Park Zoo. Attorney Grady Irvin and a team official for the Nationals, who traded for Dukes in December, said the ballplayer also passed weekly drug tests for six months. And here I thought playing for the Nationals was punishment enough.
Elijah Dukes cleans out zoo cages: Whats that smell?
Hail Mary Jane —
... Elijah Dukes will probably do just about anything to get himself off of probation after being charged for Marijuana possession. He’s a major league ballplayer so he needs to be off of it help his squad as much as possible so in order to get his probation cut short by about 5 months he spent about 25 hours last weekend cleaning out zoo cages at the ...
Baseball Today: Friday, April 25
Projo Sox Blog —
... REPAYING HIS DEBT TO SOCIETY: Nationals outfielder Elijah Dukes spent 25 hours last week cleaning out cages and mopping at a Tampa zoo as way of getting his probation on a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge reduced by five months. (St. Petersburg Times) Dukes had the time because he's on the disabled list due to a hamstring pull. ...
Dukes Gets Into More Crap, Cleans Out Zoo Cages
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... The ST. PETERSBURG TIMES wipes up news that Dukes was able to reduce his current probation by completing some community service - namely, cleaning up cages at the local Tampa zoo . Elijah, who’s currently on the Nats’ DL list with a hamstring injury, spent 25 hours this past week “cleaning out cages and mopping at ...
Joba Chamberlain Makes Clumsy Pass At Erin Andrews, Becomes Mortal [MLB Closer]
Deadspin —
... • Things Looking Up In Washington. Felipe Lopez tied a career high with six RBI thanks to a homer and a two-run single, leading the Nationals past the Mets 10-5. Meanwhile, Elijah Dukes finished his probation by mopping out zoo cages, and should be back soon for Washington. ...
Joba Chamberlain Makes Clumsy Pass At Erin Andrews, Becomes Mortal (WITH UPDATE) [MLB Closer]
Deadspin —
... • Things Looking Up In Washington. Felipe Lopez tied a career high with six RBI thanks to a homer and a two-run single, leading the Nationals past the Mets 10-5. Meanwhile, Elijah Dukes finished his probation by mopping out zoo cages, and should be back soon for Washington. ...
Dukes & His Comeuppance
Bronx Liaison —
... The former Devil Ray and admitted crack-cocaine advocate himself is on poop scooper duty in order to get his probation reduced. You missed a spot, Eli: ...
PM Roundup: Elijah Dukes, Now Cleaning Zoos
The Big Lead —
Denise Richards, filming some show or the other, is now 37 and has two kids. Celebrating (almost) the 25th anniversary of Lee Elia’s tirade! Patrick Imig’s up this weekend to take you through the draft madness.
Elijah Dukes is cleaning zoo cages. Sensory. Joke. Overload. (St. Pete Times)
Awesome: Mel Kiper’s Myspace page. (Joe Sports Fan)
Driver with road rage accidentally shoots himself. (AZ Star)
Former MLBer Doug Glanville with a good read on young vs. old in MLB. (NYT)
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GadZOOks! So that explains it!
The Nationals Enquirer —
... Sure, the story broke hours ago, but here at the palatial offices of The Nationals Enquirer, we're still stunned at the real reason for the radio silence on Elijah Dukes' return to FLA this last week. How on earth were they able to keep this under wraps (via St. Petersburg Times, 4/25/2008)? To get his misdemeanor probation cut short by five months, former Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Elijah Dukes spent 25 hours during the past week cleaning out cages and mopping at Lowry Park Zoo. Incredible! We'd been ...
Elijah Dukes Cleans Zoo Cages, Dawg
Larry Brown Sports —
... oughta set you straight. Yes, Dukes is the same guy who got a foster kid pregnant and who texted his wife threatening messages, to refresh your memory. Anyway, Dukes happens to be a talented ballplayer whom you’d love to have on your team if you need a power hitting outfielder. Problem is he’s been hurt and on probation for his many transgressions off the field. But as is his want, Dukes did some community service to get out of the probation five months early. What did he have to do, you ask? Never would have guessed it. ...
Little Leaguers Come to the Defense of Elijah Dukes, Offer to Pay His Fine
The Big Lead —
... A year ago at this time, embattled outfielder Elijah Dukes was cleaning zoo cages in Tampa as part of his probation for misdemeanor drug possession. ...
