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According to a report in the Daily News, Ambiorix Burgos was arrested this morning for beating up his girlfriend at a hotel near Shea Stadium.
According to the story, “he repeatedly punched her on the back, bit her and slapped her.”
Burgos will be arraigned today in Queens on assault and harassment charges.
…eek…not good…one wonders what he was doing near shea stadium in the first place…
…added to by Matthew Cerrone…
According to SNY’s Brendan Kuty, the Mets told reporters prior to today’s game that they are ‘very disturbed by the allegations charged against Ambiorix Burgos.
The team said he was not in New York for reasons related to the Mets, and they will continue to monitor the situation as it progresses.
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Wow……
What a quality individual. Send him to the moon.
“one wonders what he was doing near shea stadium in the first place… ”
You see what he did and that’s what you wonder?
lol thats what I was wondering.
Ever heard of sarcasm?
I was just wondering what Burgos was up to, if he could be another arm for the bullpen…. I guess now I know!
he heard dukes might be in town, trying to raise the bar.
seriously these guys should be out of baseball…
Send him to Philly. He’ll get along great with Myers.
Brian Bannister to the Royals for a Wife beater. I’m gonna go out on a limb and say this wasn’t a good trade by Minaya…..
*cue the Myers jokes*
Just heard a follow-up report that his girlfriend was actually Brett Myers’ wife.
ha
He and Brett Myers were having sapphire Martini’s at the Pines across from Shea right before the incident.
BY THE WAY
After the last regular season game at Shea we’re all going to the PIne for postgame!
He bit her?
He was hungry, I guess.
Or he was trying to impersonate Marv Albert?
You do have to wonder if this was a love making session that just went all wrong. LOL.
loll o yea..punches to the back…slapping…biting…she likes it rough…
reports say she drank the last presidente… i would be upset as well
lmao!!!
Quick trade him to Philly while he is at peak value.
LOL.
lmao good one
Hilarious
Was he the bling guy in training camp?
Citing a source close to both parties, Burgos was quoted as exclaiming “But Brett hit me first!” as he was cuffed by the police.
Starts the year with his $30K worth of jewelry stolen from the hotel at ST and now ends the year getting arrested for beating his girlfriend. Not the best of years. This guy has to grow up and make some better decisions.
Yup and at this point I hope it’s for someone else. There is no room on the Mets for anyone like this. Send him to the Phillies.
all thats left is for him to make a rap song…
well burgos was the only guy left that had a shot at being good out of all the garbage omar got in return for matt lidstrom, heath bell, and brian bannister. so much for that.
true.
Well the bullpen hadnt done that yet this year so theres a new low point…
Burgos is arbitration eligable this coming off season, should they even bother letting him come back after this?
reports also say the girlfriend was named Aaron Heilman…
Thats low.
haha
I don’t think this team (or any other for that matter) needs a guy like that around.
Concern for the (alleged?) victim aside for a moment, I lament the one less thing to chide Phillie fans about. Luckily so many other things remain.
yea, but this guy’s not on our active roster, nor will he be our #2 pitcher and one of the more visible members of the clubhouse. I say it’s still fine to deride Phillies fans for cheering on Brett Myers.
not the same thing…this punk will probably (hopefully) never see the mound while wearing a met uniform again…..philly is relying on Myers
I thought the same thing myself. Luckily, there is still hope in that regard; if the Mets just cut him rather than keep him like the Phillies kept Myers, we can still feel morally superior.
It’s the right thing to do.
but did he damage his surgically repaired elbow while biting her? dont think so…smart thinking Mr. Burgos
In all seriousness, if this is true cut him and lambaste him in public, no place in sports for a guy like this…or the one who shut out the Mets on friday…
David Justice however….
that was for the post above
Didn’t Ramon Castro get arrested for something similar a few years back?
I don’t think he was arrested; I think it there were rape allegations against him. Guess they turned out to be false.
they didnt turn out false, he pleaded no contest
Jesus. Can you imagine being raped by Shrek? That sounds scary as hell.
cut him. now.
at least bannister sucks.
Exactly, the only good thing about that trade is now we should not have to see either of them.
I heard a report that his girlfriend was telling him that Bannister is better.
In that case he had already beat her stupid.
of all people, Brett Myers is his role model
Boom Outta Here
OMG, i almost spit out my pop.
She called him a retard.
But could she spell it?
lmao
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Dammit fire omar..he should have known this was going to happen…
Dear Omar,
Dump this moron ASAP.
Sincerely,
Mets Fans
I don’t expect all athletes to be role models but this is just disgusting.
Hey- was wondering if anyone knows the process on how to get tickets to the bleachers? want to show up there once before they close down
And this is relevant how?
Sorry…”generic burgos is a no talent clown comment”…it’s not relevant to domestic abuse, but it was the most recent post…do you know or are you just poitning out the obvious
excellent!!!!
I heard he threw a 100 MPH fastball at her too but missed because he has no control
The comments on the Daily News link are absolutely disturbing as well:
From FlyRomeo3:
“In most cases you know how women get during arguments. Many times I’ve seen women yelling, screaming, degrading their “man” in public knowing that perhaps their boyfriend/husband wont hit them. Maybe he just needed to put his women in her place.”
You expected better? The people who post comments on Daily News articles have the approximate IQ of toenail fungus.
You have got to be kidding. Talk about being jaded…..
I don’t care what name calling she was doing in public. Unless he was defending himself from her beating at him, there is no excuse for not being able to hold your temper in that situation. Walk away, dude….
“…to put his women in her place.”
I wonder if FlyRomeo was implying that Burgos had many women (notice the plural usage up top). It is possible that Romeo is just a moron.
It is certain that Romeo is just a moron.
FIFY
Since he knew he wasn’t gonna be on the big league roster again this year, this was probably just his attempt to fit in with the rest of the relievers so they’d accept him back next year: he knew he had to give up some big hits…
Wow – if this is true – truly an idiot.
Release this piece of trash. The Wilpon’s should want none of this in their organization.
He’s not worth keeping. Cut him. Don’t disgrace the Mets name with people like that.
I agree what he did was disgusting, but it’s funny how perceptions change depending on how important the player is. Do any one of you for a second think that if Mike Pelfrey did this same thing last night that he would be released by the team? Let me help you: not a shot. It’s easy for an organization to take the ‘moral high ground’ when its a fringe player. I doubt the mets would have dumped Brett Myers if they were in the same situation as the Phils were.
You make a good point, but look at the case of Manny Ramirez. He pushed a 64-year-old team employee to the ground and was soon gone. Of course, he was traded, not released.
Manny was traded for several reasons. Sure he was/is a great hitter, but his age (36) combined with his apparent “dogging it” in order to get the team to drop his option in order to get one final payday (4 yrs-$100m) were the main culprits. I sincerely doubt that the Sox jettisoned Manny ‘mainly’ because he shoved a clubhouse employee.
The world’s not fair, but if you want to play hypotheticals, then imagine if this was you or me of any Joe Nobody who can’t throw a baseball 100 mph. Burgos is the guy who’ll be getting off relatively lightly by the criminal justice system and who’ll undoubtedly be getting future major league chances by any number of teams. No need to feel sorry for him in any way. In the whole scheme of things, he’s the gifted and favored one in this society and world.
Trust me, I feel no pity for Burgos. I’m just saying how all teams like to use the ‘moral high ground’ as a reason for releasing fringe players who commit off-the-field indiscretions, but somehow are able to look the other way when the player is an integral cog to the team’s success. Just more than a little bit hypocritical, IMO.
trade him to the 4th place yankees.
If for some reason I know he’d help us to a championship I’d keep him.
at least you’re honest.
Mets should trade him to the Phillies where he can form a 1-2 punch with Brett Myers.
Pun intended?
OMG
Best pun ever!
Done. Off the team. I don’t want to hear about him ever again. Period.
I bet she pronounced his name wrong and he went off.
I have a firm belief — and used to always rely on it in my anti-Benitez diatribes — that pitching is about control, and there is no real separation between what a person is in his life and what he is on the mound. If you can’t master yourself in life, you can’t master yourself on the mound. Cut him.
Hah, now I’m laughing at myself, a little, because that Myers performance was just a few days ago. So I guess there is redemption. Still, I absolutely believe it’s about self-mastery. He needs to man up about it, or be gone.
heh, heh . . . you said self-mast . . . awww forget it . . .
Seriously, what ever happened to innocent until proven guilty?
Well, the dental records haven’t come back yet, so I guess there is no proof that he bit her.
I can totally see this story taking on a life of its own. Can’t you see Peter Gammons reporting live from the Jackson Hole Diner, saying how Omar Minaya has fostered a culture of disrespect to women…pointing to L-Millz (of “Bend Ya Kneez” fame) as a prime example.
I would tend to agree, but I don’t think anyone cares about Burgos. If it was Beltran, sure, but Burgos – no way..
the media was created
THANK YOU! People are so quick to judge and execute. What would these same people be thinking if they were falsely accused?
It goes without saying that he should get a fair trial before serving any jail time, but hiring and firing decisions need not use that strict standard. The Mets don’t need full judicial process to jettison a guy for being an a-hole. They merely need to abide by what’s in the contract and the CBA, and that’s it.
If his punches were that hard, why can’t he pitch?
I agree Justin, wwould rather have him out there on the mound throwing punches then Pedro throwing pitches.
Where was this guy during the Miguel Olivo brawl last year?
The fact that the majority of comments are lamenting the loss of Burgos or making light of domestic violence against women is pathetic. Burgos should be cut immediately and hopefully his work visa revoked indefinetely.
The intellect of the comments on this blog are laughable.
oh come on…no one is serious, everyones just having some fun on this beautiful sunny day.
I dont think anyone would argue with your suggestion, I’m just saying lighten up.
Its hard to take you serious BTW when you’re user name is
“stephenhawkingsoundmachine” …is that nice on you’re part? lolol
That’s a funny user name
Let me ask you this- would you be lobbying for his outright release if the player was Mike Pelfrey instead of Amby Burgos?
yes
forgive me if i’m skeptical to believe that.
Yes, color me a skeptic on that as well.
Look chances are Burgos is guilty of something, but none of us was there, so right now the only thing that is offending any of us is the possibility of what we do not know.
Be as skeptical as you want to be. You don’t know me.
Again, what happened to innocent until proven guilty?
Again, it’s where it belongs: courts.
So does this mean we can cross him off the list of possible closers next year?
Not defending him at all, but for everyone that says they should cut him right away…have you heard of Ramon Castro?
You mean when he was charged with rape, and pleaded no contest to reduced charges? No, no one remembers that. Selective memory around here.
Brett Myers #2! And what did Castro do?