I'm sure most of you have run across this story by now, but it seems that last week, rehabbing Tigers' reliever Roman Colon punched a Toledo teammate in the face and caused enough damage to require four hours of reconstructive surgery.
Jason Karnuth, the punchee, has filed a police report over the incident. The two players were locked in an argument over what should be playing over the clubhouse iPod. That's right- Colon broke a guy's face over some damn music. Did anyone alert Dave Dombrowski and Tigers' management that this guy was completely insane when they traded for him? Or was that just an added bonus?
Colon has since been reassigned to Double-A Erie to continue his rehabbing assignment. Which is probably a good idea, considering he already conquered Toledo. All he needs to do now is kick someone on Erie in the shins hard enough to require surgery and then he will have complete ownership over the top two teams in the Tigers' minor league system.
In all seriousness though, the Tigers have seen what can happen when the show Relievers Gone Wrong comes to town. After Ugie Urbina fought someone on the charter plane a few years ago, Dombrowski rightly dumped his ass. The Tigers only gave Colon a seven day suspension for the incident, when in reality, they should have straight up cut him loose. Imagine if he got back to the bigs and Pudge called a pitch that he didn't like and it went for a home run? He might murder the entire team! How long would that get him, two weeks? Colon's gotta go.
In a related story, all players that wish to listen to music in the Tigers' minor league system must listen to it through headphones. Yeah, probably a good idea. Or else Roman Colon punch you in the face.
In other news from Double-A Erie, Nate Robertson made his first rehab start and it was a beauty. Nate no-hit Altoona (Texas Rangers' system) through six innings and struck out six before leaving after the sixth. Hopefully, this means he's fully recovered from that tired arm and he can be the pitcher he was back in April and early May.
Let's just get Nate out of Erie before he's the next victim of Roman Colon.
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