miami15 Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Rogers jaws at another cameraman July 18, 2005 AP - Jul 6, 3:06 pm EDT More Photos ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers had another run-in with a cameraman Monday when he turned himself in on misdemeanor assault charges stemming from an earlier tirade against two cameramen. The three-time All-Star, appealing a 20-game suspension and $50,000 fine imposed by baseball commissioner Bud Selig, was released after posting $1,500 bond. Rogers jawed at a cameraman for Dallas-Fort Worth television station WFAA as he was booked into the county jail. Just as with the incident that led to the charges, the exchange was caught on tape. WFAA reported on its Web site Monday that photographer Mike Zukerman was videotaping the procedure when Rogers turned to him and said, ``You're getting really close; you know that? Do you hear me?'' A few seconds later, Rogers again turned to the camera, saying, ``You must be pretty proud of yourself, too.'' After Zukerman replied, ``It's just my job, Kenny,'' Rogers responded: ``Yeah. Your job. That's just your excuse.'' Rogers was not available for comment before Monday's game against the New York Yankee. He is scheduled to pitch Thursday at home against Oakland. and Rangers officials said they don't know if Rogers' appeal will be heard Thursday or Friday. ``We'll miss him in those three, four starts he'll miss,'' Rangers owner Tom Hicks said. ``He's our best pitcher.'' Texas lost three of four games in a weekend series at Oakland, and Rogers (11-4, 2.54 ERA) was the winning pitcher in the only victory. ``It's not a distraction as long as we can go out and do what we do on the field,'' Rangers shortstop Michael Young said. ``That's what we do best, and (Rogers' situation) doesn't translate onto the field.'' On June 29, Rogers lashed out at two cameramen as they taped him walking to the field for pregame stretching. The episode led to one of those cameramen, Admin Rodriguez of KDFW, being treated at a hospital after the camera was ripped from his hands and thrown to the ground. Rogers apologized a week later, saying the incident was out of character and would never happen again. Arlington police spokeswoman Christy Gilfour said Rogers faces a charge of assault with injury in the shoving of Rodriguez. She also said police will mail an assault citation to Rogers' lawyer for shoving Fox Sports Net Southwest cameraman David Mammeli. The assault charge involving Rodriguez is punishable by up to a year in jail and a fine of up to $4,000. The other charge is punishable by a fine of up to $500. Gilfour said Fox Sports -- which owns the camera Rogers damaged in the shoving of Rodriguez -- has declined to press criminal charges. Gosh that's awesome! :thumbup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 What an idiot and embarassment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accord Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 They showed the video on BBTN, everyone started laughing and thought he was just joking around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Tank Frenzy Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 LMAO I saw this and it was funny as hell. Did you see the people working in the Police Station laughing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iowa Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 More power to Kenny.. he's had to put up with those idiots for 20 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 More power to Kenny.. he's had to put up with those idiots for 20 years 862647[/snapback] :plain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iowa Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 More power to Kenny.. he's had to put up with those idiots for 20 years 862647[/snapback] :plain 862662[/snapback] :plain :plain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smith288 Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 So now athletes are forbidden to talk back to the all-mighty press. Dont you know you are supposed to bow to their cheap sneakers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Did anybody actually SEE this. It WAS an incident, Kenny was talking a bunch of s**t to a cameraman simply for doing his job. What a joke, somebody needs to run this guy over with a bus or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarlinGuru Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Did anybody actually SEE this. It WAS an incident, Kenny was talking a bunch of s**t to a cameraman simply for doing his job. What a joke, somebody needs to run this guy over with a bus or something. 864707[/snapback] I agree. The cameraman's family has to eat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Rogers just doesn't like cameramen. If he doesn't like them, stop making your way into the news by doing stupid stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iowa Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Anyone who is calling the thing that happened at his booking an "incident" are either morons or prone to overreactions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarlinsFan253 Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Go get 'em Kenny. I hate the press. I don't think people should have the right to follow us around with cameras if we don't want to be filmed and displayed on the news. Obviously, if you are playing in a baseball game that can't really be avoided, but at the time of the real incident, he was just walking around. He didn't want a camera in his face. I wouldn't either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiRi Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Yea, but you don't have to react that way either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 When your a millionaire baseball player, and then you BEAT DOWN A CAMERAMAN FOR NO REASON, you lose any right you have to privacy. If you are making millions and can't let some guy film you, your truly a jerk off, uncontrollable piece of crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarlinsFan253 Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 When your a millionaire baseball player, and then you BEAT DOWN A CAMERAMAN FOR NO REASON, you lose any right you have to privacy. If you are making millions and can't let some guy film you, your truly a jerk off, uncontrollable piece of crap. 864918[/snapback] If that was a beat down, then I am the king of England. That cameraman was just a whimp and he had no injuries. He just wants money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteyrave Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Did anybody actually SEE this. It WAS an incident, Kenny was talking a bunch of s**t to a cameraman simply for doing his job. What a joke, somebody needs to run this guy over with a bus or something. 864707[/snapback] Yeah but you don't have to do it inches from his face, just cause you know he isn't gonna do anything. Granted, grabbing the cameras of a couple of guys shooting B-Roll footage wasn't the most respectable thing in the world, but what else has Kenny Rogers done to really be demonized like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSand Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Dang, I thought this thread was about Kenny wetting his bed again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishFan24 Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 I would have put the camera as close to him as possible and said "What are you going to do, Kenny?" But thats just me. :whistle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accord Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 When your a millionaire baseball player, and then you BEAT DOWN A CAMERAMAN FOR NO REASON, you lose any right you have to privacy. If you are making millions and can't let some guy film you, your truly a jerk off, uncontrollable piece of crap. 864918[/snapback] He didn't beat down anyone, he shoved the camera out of his face, twice. He never actually layed a finger on the cameraman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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