Officers said he was going 71 mph in a 45 mph zone early Monday. Police said Vizcaino’s eyes were glassy and bloodshot and he smelled of alcohol, with his blood alcohol level just over the limit.

Police say that 100% of the time when someone is brought in for DUI. If his blood alcohol level was "just over the limit", his eyes were probably not glassy and bloodshot and he probably didn't smell of alcohol. But he was still being a reckless idiot, most likely.

Does anybody know if his children have been taken away yet?

AO

Expect an announcement shortly from Hank Steinbrenner that Vizcaino will be in the starting rotation, not the bullpen.

Police say that 100% of the time when someone is brought in for DUI. If his blood alcohol level was "just over the limit", his eyes were probably not glassy and bloodshot and he probably didn't smell of alcohol. But he was still being a reckless idiot, most likely.

This is completely unscientific, but a cop friend of mine (who I once bailed out of jail for DUI) said that the alcohol smell is usually overpowering and the simplest clue to the fact that it just became a less-than-routine traffic stop.

Of course, he may have been talking about people driving a lot drunker than what's implied with Vizcaino.

Rockies pitcher in trouble? At least it wasn't a hooker this time.

Police say that 100% of the time when someone is brought in for DUI. If his blood alcohol level was "just over the limit", his eyes were probably not glassy and bloodshot and he probably didn't smell of alcohol. But he was still being a reckless idiot, most likely.

Unless someone actively tries to conceal it, they often smell of alcohol after a long time drinking. Heck, I don't drink at all and I've gone to bars for long enough periods of time that I come home smelling of alcohol (from spillage or making out with drunk women, etc.).

And whose eyes AREN'T bloodshot and glassy in the wee hours of most mornings (regardless of alcohol intake)? In fact, it's one of the worst things about drunk driving... it's often done at times when your reflexes are already impaired by fatigue (i.e. around bar closing times at 2/3/4 in the morning).

from spillage or making out with drunk women, etc.

Quit bragging.

just ballplayers being ballplayers

Back in my driving while intoxicated days - I am not proud of it, but it happened from time to time - I would have been more likely to be stopped for going 21 in a 45, not 71.