Posted on 10/07/2004 5:30:26 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
ATLANTA (AP) -- With plenty of incentive, Rafael Furcal made sure the Atlanta Braves' season lasts at least two more games.
Set to report to jail once the postseason ends, Furcal hit a two-out, two-run homer in the 11th inning that sent the Braves over the Houston Astros 4-2 Thursday and tied their NL playoff series at one game each.
With Houston on the verge of a commanding lead, the Braves rallied from a late two-run deficit to force extra innings. Both teams went to extraordinary means -- the Astros looking to go two-up in the best-of-five series, the Braves realizing they needed a split before heading to Minute Maid Park, where Houston has won 18 straight games.
With one out in the 11th, rookie Charles Thomas singled to right off Dan Miceli and stole second. Eli Marrero popped out to the catcher, but Furcal golfed a 1-2 pitch deep into the right-field seats, flipping his bat in the air about halfway down to celebrate his first postseason homer.
Furcal was in court just hours before Game 1, where he was sentenced to 21 days in jail and 28 days in a treatment center for violating probation with his second drunken-driving arrest in four years.
The sentence doesn't begin until the Braves' season ends. Furcal ensured that it will last at least one day longer.
Just win baby.
Why was this removed from the 'crime' and 'Georgia' topics?
The article is primarily about lax sentencing of an athlete by a local judge in Georgia, not a game. As noted in the comments, there have been multiple instances of pro athletes getting preferential treatment by GA courts.
Perhaps you should read the article, not just the headline?
Hey now, we did just get Jamal Lewis for drug conspiracy. Four months. Go us.
With that kind of money he couldn't call a cab, heck, he couldn't have a full-time driver and car? (especially after his FIRST offense?)
I won't even bother to read the details of the DUI's. What if he'd killed a family?
Deport the BLEEP! Send him back to his turd world hellhole and let him appreciate that he has to obey the laws in this country.
Don't get down on DUI's
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