Chris Perez busted for marijuana possession

Actually considering it's Perez, I'm mildly surprised it wasn't something stronger.

Dwight Gooden

So by now I am sure everybody has heard that Dwight Gooden was arrested Tuesday in New Jersey for driving under the influence of drugs after being involved in a two-car accident. Unfortunately, he apparently also had his 5-year old son in the car at the time.

It is noted that Gooden was charged with being under the influence of a controlled substance; driving under the influence of a controlled substance; endangering the welfare of a child; driving while intoxicated with a child passenger; leaving the scene of an accident; reckless driving; failure to keep right; and failure to change his address on his driver's license. All that stuff.

Obviously this is very serious and there is nothing funny about Gooden's struggles with substance abuse but I am struck by the "failure to change his address on his driver's license" charge.

As long as you have him, I guess you might as well throw the book at him.

I guess.

Were all his headlights and windshield wipers in good working order?

Just curious.

Gerald Laird - Suite fightin' man

According to Joe Frisaro of MLB.com, Tigers catcher, Gerald Laird and his younger brother, Brandon Laird, a prospect in the Yankees system were arrested on suspicion of assault and disorderly conduct on Wednesday in Phoenix.

The Laird brothers were attending a Phoenix Suns basketball game in an arena lounge/suite at the U.S. Airways Arena in Phoenix. Apparently, security guards had previously spoken to the brothers about their loud behavior. Later, according to Phoenix police Sgt. Andy Hill, "While security guards were trying to arrest the subject for disorderly conduct, the Laird Brothers interfered and assaulted the security guards".

Interesting.

I bet Gerald never made contact though.*

*Sorry, Gerald but when you hit .225, you open yourself up to this stuff. Nothing personal. I would have said the same thing if it was Neifi Perez or Mario Mendoza.