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    • Thursday, May 30, 2013

    ESPN : Granderson Funds New Stadium For Alma Mater

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    posted 3 weeks ago by The Yankee Clapper to ballparks, charity, chicago, college baseball, new york yankees, stadiums  |  28 comment(s)

    University of Illinois trustees have agreed to a deal in which New York Yankees star Curtis Granderson will pay for most of a new baseball stadium at his alma mater, the University of Illinois-Chicago. Trustees voted Wednesday to name the new stadium after Granderson, who announced in February that he will donate $5 million to the project. The total cost is projected to be $7 million. The open-air, brick-and-stone stadium will seat 1,200 and is expected to open in 2015. The plan calls for using ...

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    1. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) posted on January 31, 2013 at 02:39 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Grace, a former Diamondbacks player and broadcaster, was charged with four counts of aggravated DUI that could have resulted in a three-year prison sentence.


    Is he gunning for most DUIs in a decade?
    2. What did Billy Ripken have against Elroy Face? posted on January 31, 2013 at 04:14 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Hm. Probably a good idea to plead it out, considering that his defense would probably have been along the lines of: "Your Honor, have you seen some of the slumpbuster chicks I bring home? Gotta have some beer goggles for that, and taxis just aren't around in Phoenix like they were in Chicago."
    3. Liver of blaspheming 'zop posted on January 31, 2013 at 04:15 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    If you google "slumpbuster", google gives you the response for Mark Grace.
    4. beer on a stick posted on January 31, 2013 at 07:49 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I just want to know how in the hell you get charged with FOUR counts of aggravated DUI in one traffic stop.

    5. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Griffin (Vlad) posted on January 31, 2013 at 08:21 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    An anonymous source told the court reporter that it was all Sammy Sosa's fault.
    6. Fred Lynn Nolan Ryan Sweeney Agonistes posted on January 31, 2013 at 08:32 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I just want to know how in the hell you get charged with FOUR counts of aggravated DUI in one traffic stop.

    Guessing here (I don't know AZ law, just CA law) -
    1. DUI with suspended license.
    2. DUI without court-ordered interlock device.
    3. DUI second / third / etc. offense within prescribed period.
    4. DUI with "endangerment" (maybe he had a kid in the car? In CA this is a DUI enhancement, but might be an independent charge in AZ)

    That's all I got.
    I suspect that, although you could be convicted of all four based on one incident, you could only be punished for one - because you only did one criminal act. For example, ordinary everyday non-Mark-Grace DUIs are typically charged as both being "under the influence" and "over .08 BAC." But even if convicted of both, you can only be sentenced for one, because the act (drinking + driving) was identical.
    Criminal law is weird sometimes.
    7. beer on a stick posted on January 31, 2013 at 08:52 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    So IOW, all but one charge is bogus, since they can't sentence you twice. All they are doing is upping their odds of getting a conviction with all the extra charges.
    8. Tripon posted on January 31, 2013 at 08:58 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Can you slump bust your way out of prison?
    9. Fred Lynn Nolan Ryan Sweeney Agonistes posted on January 31, 2013 at 08:59 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    So IOW, all but one charge is bogus, since they can't sentence you twice. All they are doing is upping their odds of getting a conviction with all the extra charges.

    And if you're going to fight them, you have to be ready to fight all of them.
    Welcome to my life.
    10. beer on a stick posted on January 31, 2013 at 10:18 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    It doesn't sound like they give you much of a chance at conducting a defense, so why bother?
    11. Fred Lynn Nolan Ryan Sweeney Agonistes posted on January 31, 2013 at 11:53 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Because sometimes they're wrong, and sometimes you gotta, and sometimes it's both.
    12. RMc and His Roster of Rubbish posted on February 01, 2013 at 09:22 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Fun fact: Mark Grace was the only heterosexual position player picked in the 24th round of the 1985 draft to make the major leagues.

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