It hasn't been a good week or 10 days for pitcher Denny Neagle. I'm sure you're well aware of Denny getting busted for getting a $40 smoker from a hooker that looked like a cross between Alice Cooper and Michael Bolton. He also was released from the Rockies and they terminated the remainder of his contract which had $19 million left. And now there is some added humiliation. It’s getting worse. Well, that might not be right.
I don’t know if it can get any worse than losing $19 million because you had to get your freak on with a street hooker. Anyway, the Broomfield City Council has decided to rip his name off of one of their little league fields in Colorado. Mayor Karen Stuart says that the city council members are not down with having ol’ Den-ster’s name on a field for kids.
"It sounds like we have a preponderance of the council who would like to retire that name," said Mayor Karen Stuart. Neagle had donated $50,000 to the project. But when the deal was done, it had a provision that stated the city could change the name if, ‘Denny Neagle shall fall into any situation that may cause harm to the project.”
Well, I guess getting oral sex from a skank qualifies as, ‘falling into a situation that may cause harm’. And really, did they have any choice? Think about it. You take your kids to little league practice and one day your young son or daughter says, “Hey Dad, why is this Denny Neagle field? Who is he?” If you are an honest parent, you need to give them full disclosure. ‘Well, Denny was a ball player with the Rockies who got a huge contract. Then he went nuts, and got a DUI. Then about a year later, he got picked up with a prostitute and was arrested. Then he got fired. Now go out there and keep your eye on the ball and have fun!”
I don’t think any parent wants to have that conversation. Tough break. And another field in Brighton, which was to have Neagle’s name on it as well, has dropped him and will choose another name. Uh, yeah, pretty much…either that or you go all the way and develop an entire entertainment complex. Neagle Baseball Field. The Eugene Robinson Football Stadium. The Hugh Grant and Eddie Murphy Cinemas. That might be another way to go.
I don’t know if it can get any worse than losing $19 million because you had to get your freak on with a street hooker. Anyway, the Broomfield City Council has decided to rip his name off of one of their little league fields in Colorado. Mayor Karen Stuart says that the city council members are not down with having ol’ Den-ster’s name on a field for kids.
"It sounds like we have a preponderance of the council who would like to retire that name," said Mayor Karen Stuart. Neagle had donated $50,000 to the project. But when the deal was done, it had a provision that stated the city could change the name if, ‘Denny Neagle shall fall into any situation that may cause harm to the project.”
Well, I guess getting oral sex from a skank qualifies as, ‘falling into a situation that may cause harm’. And really, did they have any choice? Think about it. You take your kids to little league practice and one day your young son or daughter says, “Hey Dad, why is this Denny Neagle field? Who is he?” If you are an honest parent, you need to give them full disclosure. ‘Well, Denny was a ball player with the Rockies who got a huge contract. Then he went nuts, and got a DUI. Then about a year later, he got picked up with a prostitute and was arrested. Then he got fired. Now go out there and keep your eye on the ball and have fun!”
I don’t think any parent wants to have that conversation. Tough break. And another field in Brighton, which was to have Neagle’s name on it as well, has dropped him and will choose another name. Uh, yeah, pretty much…either that or you go all the way and develop an entire entertainment complex. Neagle Baseball Field. The Eugene Robinson Football Stadium. The Hugh Grant and Eddie Murphy Cinemas. That might be another way to go.
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