ELIJAH DUKES IS A LOVING HUSBAND

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Will History Repeat Itself?
Published 6/1/2007 by Simon at SimonOnSports
... . And finally Elijah Dukes and his whole saga with threatening to kill his wife. Not very difficult to find a pattern here, they all have superior talent, but my oh my the headaches that organizations must go through to put up with them being on their roster. Wouldn't it make more sense with a top pick, to go with someone who is less likely to be nut? Especially seeing as he has already had conversations with Doc, Sheff and Carl on what it takes to make it at the next level.

Very weird court proceedings for Elijah Dukes: Devil Rays refused to release drug testing results
Published 9/12/2007 by GRG51 at Steroid Nation
... , With Leather) Dukes, the Devil Ray rookie threatened his wife, sent nasty images to her cell phone, disrupted his children's school, and generally behaved not so nice. ...

Making intangibles tangible
Published 11/26/2007 by Ryan at The Victoria Times
... player, which should be all players, but often isn't, will spend extra time working out, taking batting practice or fielding grounders. While this won't necessarily make a player elite (look at Eckstein, for example) it puts a message in the heads of young people. Just because you have the raw talent to play in the majors it doesn't necessarily mean you can coast like you did to get to the major leagues doesn't mean you can anymore. It would do a world of good for someone like Elijah Dukes to get taught this lesson. 2. Affability: It isn't actually part of the player's job ...

WOMEN STILL TERRIFIED BY ELIJAH DUKES
Published 12/18/2007 at With Leather
Talented but beleaguered outfielder Elijah Dukes -- last seen getting dropped by the Rays and getting traded to the Nationals after intimidating his then-wife with threatening text messages and phone calls -- has had another injunction filed against him by a different woman, this time for, uh, intimidation through threatening text messages and phone calls. Amanda E. Reese, 23, was granted a temporary injunction for protection against domestic violence on Dec. 10. She is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday morning to seek extended protection... Reese says Dukes sent her a text message on Oct. 23 ...

Nats Kick Mets’ Ass Like ‘Softball Girls’
Published 5/13/2008 by Jamie Mottram at Mr. Irrelevant
Caron and DeShawn Toast the Good Life | Home Nats Kick Mets’ Ass Like ‘Softball Girls’ By Jamie Mottram | May 13, 2008 christian-l-millz-kearns.jpg Man, the Nats were tailspinning for a minute there, but then they went to Shea and straightened out with a spirited win. So spirited, in fact, that Mets starter Nelson Figueroa had this to say afterward: “[The Nats] were cheerleading in the dugout like a bunch of softball girls. I’m a professional, just like anybody else. I take huge offense to that. If that’s what a last-place team needs to do to fire themselves up, so be it. I think you need to show a ...