Yankees Killer
Spinning the wheel of bad karma
Former Yankees World Champion Jim Leyritz (backup catcher) killed Fredia Ann Veitch, who was an ordinary citizen like you and I, working night shift. He was DUI, and he drove his car fast and blew threw a red light down here in Broward County (she was driving home from Fort Lauderdale to Plantation.)
I’ve followed Leyritz’s career since he came up in 1990. I thought he was a great hitting catcher, pinch-hitter, and part-time designated hitter for the Yanks. But according to many baseball history books and autobiograpies I have read, he dubbed himself “King” and wanted to be a full-time player. Eventually, managers Buck Showalter and later Joe Torre grew to dislike Jim.
Jim is highly charismatic, cocky, arrogant, and a joker. Quite honestyly, if he was an African-American player, he would have been labeled a “clubhouse cancer” in 1990. Instead, the MEDIA always referred to him as “clutch”, a “New York Icon”, and “scrappy”. Nice double-standard. The MEDIA and announcers never told us the bad things about “The King”, so fans such as myself and my family couldn’t help but like him, and awe at his sheer “determination”.
After Jim finally retired after making a few failed comebacks (and bouncing from team to team) he got an announcing gig for MLB.com, and still continued to give quotes to radio shows and newspapers to run is mouth off. See, Jim was bitter and was opinionated about a lot of things. He’d like to say things against his former teammates and managers.
He also said he admitting taking HGH or steroids during his great 1995/1996 clutch pinch-hitting campaigns, in which he saved the Yankees’ post-season dreams. He also admitted being drunk a lot while playing.
Unfortunately, his wild baseball antics spilled over into real life. Frieda Ann Veitch was a mother of two, just trying to make ends meat, by working in a steakhouse in Broward County. Her friends told her to switch her shift or to get another job; she was all set to switch- starting in the new year. So here is Frieda, driving home after a rough week, having never achieved the fame and fortune as Jimmy “The King” Leyritz. She goes through the green light, like you’re supposed to, but here comes Jim blasting through the red light.
It’s a shame that there are questions about if Jim will serve any prison time. I guess because he is a millionaire he can afford an attorney-at-law who will somehow get his client off with probation or timed served, even though he is guilty as sin.
For those of you who do not know about Broward County, Florida- it is one of the worst places to drive in the world. People like Jim Leyritz have taken over the roads and highways. That’s why I’m at home bloggin’, folks.
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what a terrible mug shot!!! what the hell happened to him?
The Grim Reality continues….
Hmmm…and you fail to mention that
1) She wasn’t wearing her seatbelt.
2) He did not fail a Breathalyzer test.
3) She was a “bartender”.
Why wasn’t she wearing a seatbelt?
Why?tm
Ten years ago, I drove through a green light and was SLAMMED by a white GMC van that blew through a red light.
My car spun out of control (I felt like I was on an acceletron at a carnival) and careened into a concrete light pole.
I had my seat belt on, for the record.
Anyway, as a driver who was doing everything correctly at that moment, you feel completely helpless in a situation like that. The illusion of control evaporates. You don’t have time to think or react. Everything happens SO FAST.
You don’t even see it coming.
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Later on, the driver claimed his brakes failed. Of course, I heard tires squeal a split-second before impact. Bottom line: it was Saturday morning. The GMC van driver was bleary-eyed and driving on auto-pilot. He was probably joking around with his passenger/co-worker.
And I almost died while driving to work.
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I’m sure Leyritz will get off b/c Freida “Broke the law” and did not wear her seatbelt. I’m sure his lawyer will prove to a jury that Freida would still be alive if she just buckled up.
MEANWHILE — Leyritz blew through a light. MEANWHILE — Freida would be alive if Leyritz wasn’t a drunk driver.
MEANWHILE — a mother and her two kids died in California this week pulling out of their driveway, struck by a 2Fast/2Furious street racer. The mother died instantly, and the children burned alive. They were all strapped in.
I hope the prosecutor brings that up during closing arguments.
I just wanted to say, I was reviewing some blogs, and you really have a great one here. The posts are very varied and current, and touch on very deep topics. Keep up the good work!
Tony, what the heck are you doing driving through green lights in the first place?