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Thursday, January 31, 2013

AZ Republic: Mark Grace pleads guilty to Scottsdale DUI

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posted on January 31, 2013 at 01:36 PM by Gold Star - just Gold Star to arizona, chicago, crime, cubs, diamondbacks | 12 comment(s)

Mark Grace, in court Thursday, pleaded guilty to endangerment and DUI, avoiding what could have been a lengthy prison sentence.

Instead, a judge imposed a sentence that includes work-release jail time as well as three years of supervised probation. Additionally, an Interlock device must be installed in his vehicle for six months and he will need permission to travel out of state.

His work-release sentence begins Feb. 10.

Grace, a former Diamondbacks player and broadcaster, was charged with ...

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1. Walt Davis posted on January 25, 2013 at 09:40 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

ANTI-SWAGGER ALERT

2. snapper (history's 42nd greatest monster) posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:35 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Is Towers trying to get fired? He's actually admitting they'll accept less talented players if they're "gritty"?

What an ass.

3. ShoeGrit posted on January 26, 2013 at 12:22 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Chris yhoung was gritty...ran into walls...that worked oujt well

Justin hurt his thumb prett bad....played thru it..... true grit....that worked out well too.

I bet you end up with an entire roster full of grinders and tbhey all end up grinding on each other

4. Dan posted on January 26, 2013 at 02:58 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Is Towers trying to get fired? He's actually admitting they'll accept less talented players if they're "gritty"?

What an ass.

I don't see how his admission of this changes anything. It's a readily apparent fact to anyone who looks at the transaction history since he took over as GM in Arizona.

5. Tripon posted on January 26, 2013 at 03:03 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

The funny thing is that before the D'backs picked Towers as their GM, the owner gave a quote saying that the next GM will have to focus on creating a strong farm system. So they pick Towers, and he proceeds to trade most of the farm system and talent for 'Grinders'. Just weird.

6. KT's Pot Arb posted on January 26, 2013 at 04:10 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

The funny thing was that ownership claimed Josh Byrnes left a barren farm system according to ownership, but the amount of talent Towers has been able to find in it or trade away has been ridiculous (Goldschmidt, Parker, Collmentor, Skaggs, Eaton, Ryan Cook, Matt Davidson, Cowgill, Holmberg, Chris Owings, Pollock). Even today the DBacks top prospects are mostly Byrnes/Dipoto guys.

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

AZ Republic: Mark Grace pleads guilty to Scottsdale DUI

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