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alexgordonbeckham
His sentence is pretty light to begin with. Don’t violate the terms in your agreement.
SamFuldsFive
He already knows he will drink and drive again in that time I guess.
Vedder80
Are you familiar with sentencing in South Korea?
AidanVega123
Is that like your catch phrase or something? It seems like you say it a lot lol
alexgordonbeckham
No. Please enlighten all of us.
A'sfaninUK
“goal is to be able to elevate the ball more often.”
So fascinating to keep seeing this line after reading the excellent JD Martinez interview on fangraphs, and Josh Donaldson’s very loud hatred of grounders and liners. There really is an pro-flyball offense revolution going down right now, I wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest if Piscotty got near 40 bombs this year, when his profile never previously showed that he would.
66TheNumberOfTheBest
That’s pretty wild. He’s appealing his own guilty plea because his special treatment ended up being insufficiently special.
pjmcnu
Exactly! Gets no jail time for a 3rd DUI, & his reaction is to say “but this makes getting a visa to go make millions overseas HARD. Change it!!” Ridiculous and pathetic. I’d love to see the appellate court reply “You’re right, the sentence is incorrect. Instead, you get 10 years. Report to prison on April 3rd.”
liamsfg
Foreign criminal justice systems can seem strangely unfair… oh wait… ours is just as bad.
stl_cards16 2
Not to get into politics here, but in a time where we are supposedly so worried about the people that get into the country, it’s baffling that someone with a history of Kang’s will undoubtedly be allowed because he can hit a baseball.
A'sfaninUK
I’ve always wondered how convicted felons like Matt Bush are allowed into Canada.
GeauxRangers
Yeah that’s good point I never thought about
liamsfg
He’s a big taxpayer for this country. If he wasn’t employed he would have been kicked to the curb a long time ago.
Don’t forget that the USA only speaks one language… money.
jbaker3170
Kang is a useless piece of trash. You get a reduced sentence, if you can even call it a sentence and then you want to appeal it?? Complete and utter garbage
JFactor
He appears to have a drinking problem. But he isn’t a piece of trash for taking advantage of the justice system afforded to him.
Would any of us behave any differently when millions are at stake and the opportunity is there to get back to baseball and earning income
Hannibal8us
Totally agree JFactor, so many people want to act like if they were in this position they wouldn’t be fighting for the most lenient sentence possible. Kang’s definitely got problems but let’s not pretend we’re some moral police that would accept the most brutal punishment just because it would better fit the crime. And that’s before you even add in the millions he could lose.
JFactor
Exactly
pjmcnu
So you think a suspended sentence is the most brutal penalty possible for a 3rd, repeat 3rd, DUI conviction? It’s not like he’s fighting to cut his jail time down, or even to avoid jail time. He’s fighting to make his visa paperwork easier, and to avoid losing some money (when there will be lots left) and a few games. I feel perfectly comfortable being the “moral police” in this situation.
Hannibal8us
And if you were in his shoes you’d be doing the same thing. My point was every single one of us if charged with a crime would fight for the most lenient sentence. I think he should have gotten a lot more for his 3rd DUI but acting like we wouldn’t be fighting like hell to get the charges reduced is just a lie. Cmon man.
liamsfg
Agreed, and if you’ve been unfortunate enough to have legal troubles yourself, then you would understand.
Don’t blame the player when its the game you have a problem with.
statmaster96
I’m guessing Aguilar will make the Brewers OD roster, won’t play much and then get DFA’d by the end of April.
Jim M.
why would they get rid of him that is just plain stupid as they can always send down to the minors This how you build a good ball club if him and Thames are both doing well one of them will get traded DUH
brewermayne
Jim, he is out of options, you can not send him down without exposing him to waivers DUH.
Jim M.
very good didnt know he was out of options my guess he makes the club if they had to expose to waivers then then they could put him to triple a correct
baseballdeez
He should make the opening day roster but won’t be DFA’d by the end of April. He’s 26 with potential to provide some good pop off the bench. He can easily get 200 AB in backing up Thames and filling in the DH spot during interleague.