Cape Cod Baseball League pitcher faces DUI charges

The young 2008 Cape Cod Baseball League season was marred late Sunday night when a 20-year-old pitcher with the Brewster Whitecaps sustained major injuries when he was pinned beneath a truck driven by a teammate.

The condition of Barrett Dail, a University of North Carolina student, was upgraded from critical to serious last night at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, a hospital spokeswoman said. He suffered injuries to his legs and head.

...In Orleans District Court yesterday morning, his shaken Whitecaps teammate, Ryan Woolley, 20, a sophomore pitcher on the University of Georgia baseball team, pleaded not guilty to operating under the influence of alcohol resulting in serious bodily injury, negligent operation of a motor vehicle and minor in possession of alcohol.

Police say Woolley failed field sobriety tests, and alcohol breath tests he took at the scene and again at the Brewster Police Station registered twice the legal limit. An 18-pack of beer was found in his black 2000 Ford Ranger pickup truck, the police said.

“I’m done with college ... I’m done with the Cape Cod League ... my baseball career is over,” Woolley said over and over at the Brewster station following his arrest…