CARACAS, Venezuela -- Former major league pitcher Ugueth Urbina was sentenced to 14 years in prison for the attempted murder of five workers on his family's ranch, a local newspaper reported Wednesday.

 

Urbina, a former pitcher with the Philadelphia Phillies, was also found guilty of illegal deprivation of liberty and violating a prohibition against taking justice into his own hands during a dispute over a gun on Oct. 16, 2005, El Universal reported.

 

The 31-year-old free agent was accused of joining a group of men in attacking and injuring workers with machetes and pouring gasoline on them at his family's ranch, located about 25 miles south of Caracas.

 

Urbina repeatedly has denied involvement with the violence, saying he was sleeping at the time of the attack.

 

The pitcher's lawyer, Jose Luis Tamayo, has said that Urbina surprised the workers by showing up at his ranch that night while they were bathing in the pool without permission. Urbina spoke sharply to them, but later left and went to sleep, according to Tamayo.

 

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you beat me to it by about 10 seconds

Wow.

OMG, WOW

Enjoy the loose anus you are soon to have a**hole.

Enjoy the loose anus you are soon to have a**hole.

 

"loose like a thirsty dogs mouth" - borat

 

 

after a year there it will be like feeding a carrot to a pony

Enjoy the loose anus you are soon to have a**hole.

 

"loose like a thirsty dogs mouth" borat

:lol

 

Well one good thing for him that has come out of this, he can continue pitching.

Damn

 

sucks for him

Cross him off the potential closers list.

He is only 31?

Enjoy the loose anus you are soon to have a**hole.

 

"loose like a thirsty dogs mouth" borat

:lol

 

Well one good thing for him that has come out of this, he can continue pitching.

:lol

 

Did noone else get this? Ziiiing!!!!

Glad some of you are enjoying the fact that Uggie is headed to prison. :thumbup

Glad some of you are enjoying the fact that Uggie is headed to prison. :thumbup

Attemped murder of 5 people. He doesn't rank up high on my list of quality people, professional baseball player or not.

Adios amigo.

 

I hope Pudgeee doesn't get jealous when Urbina finds another lover in the pen.

Glad some of you are enjoying the fact that Uggie is headed to prison. :thumbup

Should we mourn he's getting punished for attempting to murder people?

Glad some of you are enjoying the fact that Uggie is headed to prison. :thumbup

 

Glad you want to pity a would be murderer. :thumbup

i somehow dont think this is the end of this story by far...and i feel bad for him...i feel bad because its quite the fall from grace to go from a world series closer to jail house in venezuela

i somehow dont think this is the end of this story by far...and i feel bad for him...i feel bad because its quite the fall from grace to go from a world series closer to jail house in venezuela

 

maybe next time he wont attack a worker on his farm with a machete

i somehow dont think this is the end of this story by far...and i feel bad for him...i feel bad because its quite the fall from grace to go from a world series closer to jail house in venezuela

 

maybe next time he wont attack a worker on his farm with a machete

but come on...there has to be more to it than that...there has to be...i know its a wild hunch...but attacking men with a machete who still outnumber you doesnt seem like an idea that comes out of nowhere or because they were swimming without permission...unless uggy was mad messed up on some bad tequila...then i suppose anything could happen

There has to be more to it?

 

Of course there is, that is why they have those things called trials.

 

I understand loyalty to former players, etc. but there are some situations where loyalty needs to be checked at the door. This is one of them.

i somehow dont think this is the end of this story by far...and i feel bad for him...i feel bad because its quite the fall from grace to go from a world series closer to jail house in venezuela

 

maybe next time he wont attack a worker on his farm with a machete

but come on...there has to be more to it than that...there has to be...i know its a wild hunch...but attacking men with a machete who still outnumber you doesnt seem like an idea that comes out of nowhere or because they were swimming without permission...unless uggy was mad messed up on some bad tequila...then i suppose anything could happen

 

 

The 32-year-old free agent was accused of joining a group of men in attacking and injuring workers with machetes and pouring gasoline on them at his family's ranch, located about 25 miles south of Caracas.

 

Poor guy, lets feel sorry for him for trying to KILL his workers

There has to be more to it?

 

Of course there is, that is why they have those things called trials.

 

I understand loyalty to former players, etc. but there are some situations where loyalty needs to be checked at the door. This is one of them.

right...but also remember the rash of baseball related kidnappings and such...some strange things have gone on to ball players in latin america...and this isnt a matter of loyalty of uggie...i just have always thought there was alot more to this story than is being said at this point...

LMAO!!! @ Ramp

i somehow dont think this is the end of this story by far...and i feel bad for him...i feel bad because its quite the fall from grace to go from a world series closer to jail house in venezuela

 

maybe next time he wont attack a worker on his farm with a machete

but come on...there has to be more to it than that...there has to be...i know its a wild hunch...but attacking men with a machete who still outnumber you doesnt seem like an idea that comes out of nowhere or because they were swimming without permission...unless uggy was mad messed up on some bad tequila...then i suppose anything could happen

 

 

The 32-year-old free agent was accused of joining a group of men in attacking and injuring workers with machetes and pouring gasoline on them at his family's ranch, located about 25 miles south of Caracas.

 

Poor guy, lets feel sorry for him for trying to KILL his workers

ok...i didnt realize it was a group of men and i still believe there is more to the story...

LMAO!!! @ Ramp

 

LOL !! same here.. I could barely get through the rest of the posts after seeing that picture... :lol