Remember that little incident where Metta World Peace smashed James Harden in the head with his elbow and got suspended seven games for it? And then when Metta World Peace said Harden was a flopper? And then hit on the women of Oklahoma City? Well, in the first quarter of Game 2, a little bit of karma finally arrived.

Of course, true karma would be World Peace sustaining a concussion, getting insulted, and then maybe having somebody bring up his horrible rap album again. But the universe will take what it can get.

Payback’s a bitch. Or, at least, a painful annoyance.

Video by CJ Fogler

As noted by Reggie Nobles of BroBible, there’s nothing wrong with being a homer for the local broadcast. Why pretend like you don’t have a vested emotional interest in the outcome of the game, when most of the people watching feel the same way? But there’s wanting the White Sox to win, and there’s being really, really upset that the White Sox didn’t win. See below:

“Stretch!” is apparently Harrelson’s trademark. But something tells us that “Gad-Dammit!” and “No!” followed by angry, stunned silence is not a part of the usual broadcast vernacular. “Mercy!” at the end there is a nice touch, though.

Photo via

Follow @ericgoldschein

I kid the Celtics fans, of course. They are passionate people, which makes them worthy of respect across the sports spectrum. But you know that in a few years, thanks to Dad, she’ll be something akin to Rachel Dratch’s “Denise” character from SNL.

Also, OH MY GOD, SHE’S SO CUTE. SO, SO CUTE:

Mom is loving it. As are we all.

h/t Reddit

Follow @ericgoldschein

Reportedly, though, that’s exactly what happened at Saturday’s Astros-Pirates game at PNC, when 21-year-old Rachel George and her father, Christopher, got into a violent altercation with guard James Risher. Risher was trying to escort Rachel George from her seat for smoking. According to a criminal complaint, all hell quickly broke loose from there:

As Pirates security supervisor Joseph Risher was escorting her out of the right field gate, Ms. George’s unidentified boyfriend assaulted him and ran off. Ms. George jumped on the guard’s back and started to pull him backward, the complaint says.

Her father joined in the attack, pushing him up against a fence.

Either Risher was doing something way, way out of line that wasn’t reported and spurred on the rest of the fight (for the record, the Georges’ lawyer said Rachel George looked like “she had gone nine rounds with Mike Tyson,” in an apparent attempt to question the amount of force Risher used), or this is the least-heartwarming family ballpark experience since the Ligues. And it gets worse. A lot worse. Like, “stop reading right now if you’re squeamish” worse. Seriously, you’ve been warned. OK, here goes:

“While defending himself, Mr. Risher got his left hand caught on the fence, and when he was pulled by both (defendants) his left middle finger was ripped off at the second knuckle and was hanging by a piece of skin,” Detective Rende wrote in the complaint.

When you’re done vomiting, you’ll be able to feel a little better knowing Risher’s finger was reportedly later reattached. You will not feel better knowing the fighting didn’t even end when a man’s finger came off:

Ms. George cursed and spit on him. As Sgt. Sean Duffy, who intervened, was placing her in a holding cell at the ballpark she kicked him, prompting him to use a “palm strike” to the left side of her face. He said he felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder while doing this, requiring care at UPMC Mercy.

Good Lord. Even if Risher was hypothetically too forceful in making Rachel George leave her seat… how insane did these people go? Insane enough to get hit with aggravated assault, conspiracy, harassment, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness charges. Having a drink at the game? Fine. Hell, it’s tradition – a tradition that made this magical moment possible. Enough drinks to make you get like that, though? Not good. Not good at all. In fact, if you’re the type of person who risks getting like that after enough drinks, you should probably not do anything in public, ever. Clearly it’s destined to end poorly.

[Big League Stew]

The web roundup for Wednesday, May 16th. Be sure to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. See anything that should be on SportsGrid? Send it to tips@sportsgrid.com. Now, our starting five.

1. YUP. HOME RUN DERBY ON AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER. [Larry Brown Sports]

2. RUSSELL WESTBROOK EXPLAINS HIS NERDY WARDROBE. [YouTube]

3. CURT SCHILLING’S VIDEO GAME COMPANY IS IN TROUBLE. [Boston Herald]

4. 11 BASEBALL FEATS THAT HAVE ONLY HAPPENED ONCE. [11 Points]

5. NOT SPORTS RELATED, STILL IMPORTANT: YOUR NEW FAVORITE NAKED RED CARPET NOBODY (NSFW FOR NIPPLES). [Styleite]

WHAT’S ON TV TONIGHT: NBA: Playoffs, Eastern Conference semifinals, Game 3, Boston at Philadelphia (TNT, 7 p.m.); Western Conference semifinals, Game 2, Los Angeles Lakers at Oklahoma City (TNT, 9:30 p.m.); NHL: Playoffs, Eastern Conference finals, Game 2, New Jersey at New York Rangers (NBCSN, 8 p.m.).

AND, FINALLY TONIGHT: WATCH THIS MAN RAP REMARKABLY FAST TO GOTYE.

Follow @danfoges

I… can’t figure out if Metta World Peace is trying to engage an entire city in a fight, or pay them a compliment, or both. Either way, we come away from his interview during today’s shootaround with a better understanding of what he thinks of Oklahoma City’s women.

In short: they’re fine. Really fine.

[Black Sports Online]

[Reddit]

Yet even with that harsh penalty and seemingly-impossible avoidance of said penalty, people willingly do it – and the latest to sign up for the potential pain was Jets center Nick Mangold, who played last night. He seemed to have a bit of a “What the hell did I get myself into?” look as he was rolled out. Understandable, considering he was basically signing up to experience pain in front of a TV audience. And experience pain he did:

In fairness to the process of chest-waxing, based on Mangold’s facial expression, the anticipation might be worse than the actual act. And Mangold became very, very familiar with the actual act:

There you have it – even gigantic NFL players are far from immune to the pain of getting one’s chest waxed. (Also, uh, maybe the anticipation isn’t actually worse than the waxing.) Nick Mangold is one hell of a good sport, and Steve Carell’s acting has never looked more courageous. At least the penalties for wrong answers weren’t this severe.

This is Ann Lux, a former Cowboys cheerleader and soon-to-be-wife of Red Sox upstart Will Middlebrooks. Middlebrooks is filling in at third base for an injured Kevin Youkilis, and he’s done an admirable job: he’s batting .304 with four homers, 13 RBI, nine runs and five doubles since he was called up.

Unfortunately, in a move that will surely raise a few eyebrows in Boston, the young gunner will be demoted back down to Triple A once Youkilis (who hasn’t had the best start to his season) returns. It’s not all bad for the 23-year-old, though.

Exhibit A: Lux, who he’ll be marrying in December, and who he’s known since he was 12. According to the team at Busted Coverage, Lux gave up her career as a Cowboys cheerleader to be with Middlebrooks, which, off the bat, screams “loyalty.” And even though he’s going back to the minors, we have a feeling these crazy kids will be just fine. Sidebar: BC has more photos of Lux, if you’re so inclined.

Generally unbleeped footage is ideal, but when the bleeps have to extend for so long that an entire string of words just becomes one long bleep – gold. Sure, being in the heat of competition – and especially frustrated in the heat of competition, as Busch clearly was here – makes one much more prone to curse. But this – like most of Busch’s angry displays – was on a different level.

[From The Marbles]

So there are Tiger Mothers, and there are stage mothers, and now it appears there are mothers with an unhealthy level of investment in their children’s Little League careers. For one such mom, her son’s failure to make a travel team roster was apparently more than she could bear. She dealt with this disappointment by accusing her son’s Little League coach of child abuse, and sending threatening letters to his family. As you do.

Newsday reports:

“Janet Chiauzzi, 45, was arrested in June after she sent a letter to the principal of the official’s children’s school, accusing John DeMasi, 42, of child abuse. A Nassau Child Protective Services probe deemed the claims unfounded, police said…

Authorities said Chiauzzi, who has sons ages 15 and 12, sent threatening letters to DeMasi’s wife and then-10-year-old son Dominick after her own son was not selected for the summer travel team in the East Meadow Baseball/Softball Association.

Judge Jerald Carter read excerpts from those letters, one of which noted “if something terrible happens” to DeMasi’s family, the boy could blame his father.”

Good grief. Although Chiauzzi expressed remorse when she addressed the court, saying “I wish I could take it back,” even her lawyer seems to think she’s nuts. Her legal counsel elected to go with the “Nice people sometimes do bad things/Sometimes our emotions get the better of us” defense, which is so lukewarm it might as well be “Whoops!” (Although, who among us has always been able to resist the overpowering urge to send death threats to 10-year-old children with no control over the situation that made us so angry in the first place? Everyone. The answer is “everyone.”)

On the bright side: Janet Chiauzzi will probably never be called upon to provide snacks for her son’s Little League team for the rest of her life. So there’s that.

[Photo via ABCNews.com]

Their current Western Conference Playoff opponents, the Los Angeles Clippers, are a different story. Known more for their flash than their brains, the Clippers are led by coach Vinny Del Negro, who openly concedes that he’s no Gregg Popovich. Second in command is Chris Paul, LA’s brilliant floor general and the guy who you kind of think should be coaching the team sometimes. Throw in high-flying youngsters Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan, and you’ve got the opposite of the plodding Spurs.

We’ll let illustrator J.O. Applegate sum up the difference. Check out more of his stuff at Bounce Bounce Bounce.

Remember the Bernie Fine story? We wouldn’t blame you if you’d blocked it from your memory, but in case you haven’t, big new development: Fine’s wife, Laurie, is suing ESPN for libel. ESPN, of course, led the way in reporting on the allegations of molestation against Fine – including the release of this tape consisting of a conversation between Bernie Fine accuser Bobby Davis and Laurie Fine (Fine was fired the day the tape was released). You can see video of Laurie Fine’s lawyers talking about the suit here, while the suit itself is here.

Now, if you don’t remember the details of the Fine case, a refresher. Not terribly long after the Jerry Sandusky awfulness began dominating the news cycle, ESPN began reporting molestation allegations against another longtime assistant to a legendary college coach: Syracuse basketball assistant Bernie Fine, who’d served under Jim Boeheim for over three decades. And though this was a different animal from the Sandusky case – ESPN first heard of the allegations years before and never ran with the story because of a lack of supporting evidence – when its show Outside the Lines released the tape, it seemed like game over.

That, though, wasn’t the end of the scandal. One of Fine’s accusers, Zach Tomaselli, went back and forth on his story with metronome-like frequency until the inescapable conclusion was that he was completely batshit crazy. And some in the media, even in the wake of the tape’s release, continued to cast doubt on the story. And now, if this suit isn’t settled out of court (and ESPN says it still stands by its reporting*, so don’t bet on that), it’ll be up to a jury to decide whether that doubt is justified.

So (again, if the case goes to court), does Laurie Fine stand any chance of winning? It won’t be easy.

This story about the declining number of libel suits in recent years mentions “a track record of limited success for plaintiffs.” Libel cases are tough to win for Laurie Fine’s side, period. It’ll be a bit easier, though, if Fine isn’t judged to be a public figure – and that might be why Bernie Fine, much more of a public figure than his wife, isn’t listed as a plaintiff. Why is it more difficult for a public plaintiff to win a libel suit? We’ll let an actual law firm explain:

The “public” plaintiff has additional hurdles to overcome to recover for libel or slander. An example of a public figure is a politician. Along with establishing all of the regular elements of the tort, a plaintiff who is a public figure must also show that the defendant knew the false statement was false, or at least acted with reckless disregard as to its truthfulness. Newspapers may escape liability for libel when they merely report false statements as long as the paper had no particular reason to doubt the statement at the time it was printed.

Still, Laurie Fine faces a tough road ahead even if she’s not found to be a public figure. We imagine there will need to be some serious issues with that recorded conversation for her to have a chance of winning. But this process won’t be fun for ESPN either. Even if the case never goes to court, and even if ESPN wins if the case does go to court, the company’s name will be dragged through the mud. Those who have been critical of the way ESPN handled the Fine story will only be more critical now. For a while, it looked like the Bernie Fine story had pretty much gone away. Today’s news signaled it’s done anything but – and it’s no longer Bernie Fine himself with the most to lose.

Photos via here and here

*Additionally, an ESPN statement said the suit is “without merit.”

It looks like NBA fans aren’t the only ones who are displeased with the recent outbreak of flopping in the Association.

Yes, NBA elder statesman Kobe Bryant has weighed in on the hot-button issue. And the Mamba is confused as to where your testicles are located, you cowardly floppers.

Via ESPN:

“There’s a difference [between taking a charge and flopping]. We all know what flopping is when we see it,” Bryant said. “The stuff that you see is where guys aren’t really getting hit at all and are just flailing around like a fish out of water. That’s kind of like, where are your balls at?”

Kobe also maintained that he doesn’t flop (a YouTube search of “Kobe Bryant Flop” would seem to support this, for the most part). I assume this is because he knows where his balls are at.

[ESPN]

Junior Seau’s oceanfront home in California was burglarized just a few days after the legendary linebacker fatally shot himself in the chest, according to Oceanside, CA police.

On May 2nd, Seau’s girlfriend discovered his body in one of the home’s spare bedrooms. On May 7th, someone broke into the home, rummaged through cabinets in the garage, and stole a bike that belonged to a friend of Seau’s. The garage was the only part of the home that was touched.

The bike is a cruiser valued at $500, and is gray with chrome fenders and a black seat. (So if you see someone riding around on a gray cruiser in Oceanside, punch them in the back of the head and call police.)*

*Don’t actually punch them, just call police… well, maybe just spit on them or something, because, seriously, who does this?

[NC Times]

… Us. LOL FUR BUSH

[h/t Uni Watch]

For the past few weeks, TNT’s Emmy-Award-winning studio show Inside the NBA has been building towards a “Shirt-Off” between analysts Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley. It was a relentlessly teased social media stunt and an obvious ploy for attention, but in the end, like most stunts and ploys Inside tries, it ended up being pretty entertaining. Look, Shaq painted on some abs!

While watching a sheepish Chuck and a nervous Shaq get on stage for the big reveal had some questioning why on earth they were up at 1AM Eastern waiting to see two dudes take their clothes off, most loved the countless shit-talking opportunities two shirtless, retired NBA players provided. The topic ended up trending on Twitter, Shaq was declared the victor (even though he did paint on his abs), and Chuck got a word in on the country’s growing obesity epidemic. So everyone won. Except Ernie Johnson.

(Fast forward to the 5-minute mark, where the shirtlessness and humiliation begins.)

Image via CJ Fogler.

Follow @danfoges

This trip down Montserrate, a mountain outside of Bogotá, lets riders descend over 6,500 feet in a matter of minutes — which is totally nuts. But it’s interesting to note that this ride, for certain stretches, seems almost serene. More than a few moments are spent in near silence, with just the wind whipping past Gutierrez’s ears. Very cool.

Just a side note, for people who don’t like the camera bouncing up and down a lot in their videos: the camera bounces up and down a lot. This version is better than the first place video because it doesn’t have an annoying soundtrack:

h/t BroBible

Shane Doan was thrown out of tonight’s Coyotes-Kings game for a boarding call that made a bloody mess out of Trevor Lewis’ face. But was he the victim of what the NHL would consider a “flop”? The NBA knows all about flopping, but hockey players wouldn’t know how to fake an injury if they tried. Unfortunately, this looks to be the exception.

Normally, a violent hit in a hockey game that results in blood being spilled would be called “hockey.” But it looks like Lewis saw Doan coming, turned his face towards the boards, and intentionally took a brutal hit in order to get a call against Doan.

Doan is the Coyotes captain and big hitter — losing him for rest of the game was a big gain for the Kings. Indeed: as of this writing, the Kings are up 3-0 midway through the third period. It will be interesting to see if Doan gets suspended at all for a hit that was made worse by the victim’s actions, not his own.

What do you think, America? A worthy toss, or a hockey flop?

It ain’t easy being an umpire. No matter what you do, somebody is going to hate you. But even when you make bad calls (as umpires inevitably do), you don’t normally have to put up with getting a spiked batting helmet thrown your way. Or a fan’s beer, for that matter.

As we’ll see in the video, Brett Lawrie thought he got walked not just once, but twice. So on that called third strike — which, to Lawrie’s credit, looks to be a bit high — all the emotions of thinking he’d gotten walked — twice — spilled out, and he reacted rather poorly. And, in case Bill Miller wasn’t feeling hated enough, a Blue Jays fan threw a beer at him afterwards. Here’s a look at the most unpopular authority figure in Toronto at the moment (apologies for the Mets bit at the beginning — because it’s unrelated to the topic, and it’s the Mets):

Lawrie can absolutely expect to miss some games for that outburst, and that fan can expect to not be let back in to the Rogers Centre anytime soon. However, if that fan turns out to be this kid, then we plead leniency for him. He knows not what he does, Toronto security.

Things are getting chippy in Miami. A tight fourth quarter game between the Pacers and Heat has seen some iffy non-calls, physical play under the basket and a confrontation or two. And when Dwayne Wade turns into a football player and levels Darren Collison en route to (what should have been) an easy bucket, you know he wants this game pretty badly.

After picking off Mario Chalmers, Danny Granger threw an ill-advised pass to Collison, who had Wade a step behind him. And Wade, rather than another one of those spectacular come-from-behind blocks, opted for the violent shove, elbow first:

A flagrant-1 was called on Wade, which looks about right. Though you never want to see a player go after another violently and intentionally, you know this is all about passion, and not wanting to drop a game at home. This one should have a hell of a finish. [UPDATE: Indeed, it did, and the Pacers held on 78-75. Does freaked out Miami fan now have a point?]

ACL injuries are never a quick fix. But most of us probably expected Rose to be back on the court for the 2012-13 season — give or take a month (or two). But according to ESPN, Rose will be lucky if it makes it back for next year at all.

Dr. Brian Cole, who performed Rose’s ACL surgery, had this to say about the star point’s recovery time:

“We’re at this point very optimistic. … We think of recovery as the long process that’s in stages. But the short answer is the time frame we believe an athlete of this caliber generally requires is about 8-12 months. Sometimes shorter, sometimes longer.

While he will be at hopefully a very high level at 12 months, it still may take slightly longer for him to be at his pre-injury level. That’s not uncommon for athletes of this caliber.”

So, make that a potential 12 months-plus until we see the old Derrick Rose again, if ever. If that’s the case, then is Chicago is in serious trouble. They could only muster one win out of the next five games against the Sixers after Rose went down, and — though they played well enough without Rose during the regular season — they are certainly not an elite team without the former MVP.

Of course, Rose was not the only point guard to injure his knee in the playoffs and get such a dire prognosis. But for some reason, being out a year made sense for Baron Davis — that dude is like, old. Rose is young and fresh and full of vigor. And he rocks. Players who rock should not be on the sidelines for that long.

And we thought this shit was depressing? Things are getting worse and worse for the Windy City. Best wishes to Derrick Rose for a speedy, but complete, recovery. See you when we see you, dude.

via ESPN, photo via

Yes, apparently, some of the stuff wound up in a spot you really don’t want that stuff to wind up in, and it contributed to Strasburg’s discomfort. How do we know? Strasburg’s manager, Davey Johnson, brought it up after the game. He said he didn’t “know all the details” – something for which he should probably be grateful – but said enough to suggest that Strasburg took some ointment to the groin. (For the record, Strasburg apparently wanted no part of using that as an excuse.) As you can imagine, one of the weirder manager press conference moments you’ll come across:

And they’re probably right about pranking – i.e. it wasn’t one. No one would do that unless they hated their own team and wanted them to lose, or really, really hated Strasburg. So we’ll chalk this one up to an unfortunate accident and prepare for a night of thinking about this nonstop.

The web roundup for Tuesday, May 15th. Be sure to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. See anything that should be on SportsGrid? Send it to tips@sportsgrid.com. Now, our starting five.

1. SON THROWS DAD UNDER BUS WITH TERRIFIC SIGN. [Guyism]

2. WHY DON’T YOU FELLAS JUST KISS AND GET IT OVER WITH? [Crossing Broad]

3. TODAY IN ACCIDENTALLY SUGGESTIVE PHOTOS. [Huff Post]

4. TODAY IN PURPOSELY SUGGESTIVE NFL BLITZ PLAYBOOKS. [edsbs]

5. NOT SPORTS RELATED, STILL IMPORTANT: THE VIDEO GAME OF THE MOMENT IS DIABLO III. [Geekosystem]

WHAT’S ON TV TONIGHT: NBA: Eastern Conference semifinals, Game 2, Indiana at Miami (TNT, 7 p.m.); Western Conference semifinals, Game 1, Los Angeles Clippers at San Antonio (TNT, 9:30 p.m.); NHL: Western Conference finals, Game 2, Los Angeles at Phoenix (NBCSN, 9 p.m.).

AND, FINALLY TONIGHT: WHEN SHOWING OFF IN YOUR LAMBO GOES WRONG (FAST FORWARD TO 0:44).

Follow @danfoges

It’s just too bad Obama clarified that the “half his teammates could be his kids” line was due to Beckham’s advancing age. otherwise, we could have gone forward with our preferred interpretation: that over the course of his life, David Beckham has probably had the chance to have enough sex to father an entire soccer team about 500 times over. Also of note re: Beckham – that carpool line at 2:15. Was it true? Was it meant to be a joke? Either way, it felt like it was being played for laughs… and instead, near-silence. America – where you have the freedom not to laugh at the president.

We also couldn’t help but note the president’s comparison of the Galaxy to the Miami Heat. When, near the end of the clip above, he says, “You lived up to the hype. You combined star power [and] hard work, [and] it paid off” – it’s not hard to imagine that being a practice run for when he’s giving a similar speech to the Heat one day, is it? And if you thought Beckham got it bad from the president, just wait until you hear an Obama LeBron hairline joke. You know it’s coming.

[BuzzFeed]

Russell Westbrook caused a bit of an internet stir last night when he showed up to his postgame press conference looking like the love child of Steve Urkel and Sally Jessy Raphael. But while some decried his sartorial compass as having gone off the deep end, others applauded Westbrook’s willingness to take the nerd-chic look popularized by NBA superstars to its awkward apex.

The polo itself has been tracked down, so now you too can look like a basketball backpacker, if you so desire. We can’t help you with the glasses, although we recommend you start at whatever thrift store is frequented most by the insane cat ladies in your neighborhood.

Follow @danfoges

Cute… but it was a joke.

Yes, as it turns out, the photo is almost three years old and no actual platypuses were held. McGee got everyone – and he really rubbed it in, too. Much like McGee himself, this development is simultaneously disappointing and amazing. And really, it was time for a JaVale-McGee-related joke to be on everybody else, for once.

[H/t Buzzfeed]

[Photo via Getty]

New York City broadcasting legend (and noted fan of stealthy afternoon treats) Mike Francesa is, in many respects, a curmudgeonly uncle to the tri-state area’s drive-time sports audience, and ever since the departure of his onetime running partner and one true love Chris Russo, the saltier aspects of Francesa’s personality have had time to marinate in an endless void of heavy breathing and dead air. (This is what happens when you have no one to talk to but yourself.)

Not to say that watching Mike Francesa get angry about things isn’t enjoyable. Indeed, like some sausage and peppers that have been grilled just long enough at a Suffolk County barbecue, his grouchy act has been charbroiled to perfection. And at no time is that dour soapboxing more fun to listen to than when ol’ Mike talks about emerging technologies.

Via Jimmy Traina, and the magic toaster oven of moving pictures Jimmy Traina has in his Sports Illustrated office, comes this clip of The Diet Coke Kid decrying the evils of Twitter.

In short: it should be outlawred.

This, despite the fact that Mike doesn’t entirely grasp how Twitter works.

Mike Francesa on WFAN/YES: “Do you have to pay to tweet?”

— Jimmy Traina (@JimmyTraina) May 15, 2012

But you know what? New York still loves him. He is so deeply ingrained in the area’s sports media landscape, that no matter how cranky his monologues get (or how often he flips out on Jets fans) New York will continue to love him, until WFAN’s producers pry his cold, dead fingers away from the can of soda perennially parked next to his studio’s microphone. He is, after all, part of the family.

UPDATE: @WFANAudio has the full audio here.

Follow @danfoges

…maybe those weren’t jokes.

On Monday, 17-year-old Darius McClinton-Hunter was arrested in the town of Prosper, Texas, on charges of sexual assault of a child. Hunter was one of five students at Prosper High arrested in connection with the alleged assault.

In addition to being the son of four-time MLB All-Star Torii Hunter, Darius McClinton-Hunter is a Division 1 football prospect. He’s one Hunter’s three sons that played for the Prosper High football team last season — all of them have D1 aspirations. Hunter’s son Torii Jr. is considering Stanford, and Darius has his sights set on Oregon, Torii Sr. has said in previous interviews.

According to Yahoo Prep Rally, the charges against Darius seem to clash pretty heavily with the perceived character of the Hunter brothers.

As of now, many details about the charges — including how old the alleged victim is — have not been provided by Prosper police. What we do know is that Darius McClinton-Hunter is 17, and is being charged as an adult.

The AP was unable to confirm whether or not one of the teenagers arrested on Monday was in fact the son of the famous Angels’ outfielder, but Hunter left the team several hours before Monday’s game against the Oakland A’s.

After leaving Angels Stadium, he left this message on his Twitter account, all but confirming that his son was one of those charged.

“This is very tough for a father,” Hunter tweeted. “Thanks for ur prayers and support. Be Blessed everyone!”

Hunter was placed on the Angels’ restricted list Monday, and there’s no timetable set for his return.

The investigation itself has been going on for the last month. Hunter had two hits in 31 at-bats over LA’s previous nine games before Sunday, and that included an 0-for-20 skid.

[AP, Yahoo Prep Rally]