Spiezio and female companion v cabdriver
Former Mariner Scott Spiezio (who, you may remember from way back, was brought in to provide clubhouse leadership, grit, and character) was charged with assaulting a cabdriver in Chicago.
Spiezio […] argued with the driver, Gani Musabar Hasan, over the credit card fare, [police spokesman] Bayless said. During the argument, Jennifer Pankratz, 27, reached through the cab’s partition for the credit card, grabbed it and broke Hasan’s glasses, authorities said.
The result:
Pankratz was charged with battery and criminal damage to property, and Spiezio was charged with theft, criminal damage to property and simple assault. Bail for each was set at $1,000.
A quick search reveals Ms. Pankratz has done some modeling and that she is likely the same Jenn who is, reputedly, Spiezio’s girlfriend. Spiezio and Ms. Pankratz can be seen together in this photo.
You can purchase a Pankrantz 2003 “Benchwarmer” collector’s card on a signed (maybe) Ebay right now for $1.34 if you act within the next few days or an unsigned for $3.00 in the next day.
While bidding for those items is not hot, remember for contrast that a Scott Spiezio 1997 rookie card is worth (based on recent sales) under $1.
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51 Responses to “Spiezio and female companion v cabdriver”
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Yikes,
talk about whipped.
I jus thought that Sandfrog had tatooed the name of his girlfriend on his arm. That is sad. How do you explain that to the next girl you want to date. I suppose that Spiezio could keep dating replacement level blond models, and Spiezio could keep telling them that the picture on his arm is actually them.
yet again a tattoo is made that will keep a dude away from any kind of “striaght” job.
Oh yeah, and the millions he made off the M’s.
Again, what a horrible tat. What, you didn’t have a camera? D-V-D recorder?
I’m assuming this is more likely to be the Jennifer Pankratz who “starred” in a celebrity party video than the one from the Culinary Institute of Las Vegas who won an award for Almond-Crusted Apple-Stuffed Chicken Breast (which however, if not for its length, would be a fine sobriquet for Spiezio).
According to the old adage: “Any publicity is good publicity.”
Therefore, if nothing else, Scott “The Spaz” Spiezio should be happy that he still has his name in the news.
What an idiot. I’m glad we released him. Tattooing his girlfriend on his arm? Corcoromance is anti tattooing of disposable models.
“You might be an unemployed baseball player if:
The only photo you have of your girlfriend is tattooed on your left arm.”
Are we kicking Spiezio when he’s down? Seems a little petty to me.
Criticizing a guy who assaulted a cab drive is not kicking a guy when he’s down if he’s just consciously pulling himself further down. We don’t know if he could have not played as bad as he did, but we do know that he didn’t have to assault a cab driver and he should be criticized for that.
Any person who has made roughly 20M over 8 years playing a game is not allowed to be “down”.
I guess this means Spiezio’s girlfriend is the better hitter after all. Maybe we should have signed her.
At under $1, Scott Spiezio almost fits into the Tampa Bay Devil Ray’s 2006 budget.
Jeremy – That’s awesome. Rarely do I laugh out loud while reading blogs by myself. Great comment.
can you have mid-life crisis at 33?
14: For a baseball player, I don’t see why not. Like a typical person in their midlife crisis, he’s already reached the peak of his career and are going through some natural changes, so why not? The curve is probably just different for him.
i remember him getting the tattoo, but for some reason i dont remember her being a playboy model
I guess that depends on what you want to define that as. I’m not sure that appearing a playmate search issue counts.
Really … what does Spiezio do with the rest of his life at this point?
18: I hear the McDonald’s on Fairview in Boise is looking for a new burgerflipper.
#19: Spiezio would likely foul-flip the burgers into the french-fry oil vat.
Good point. And at a McDonald’s with a gas station (or is it a gas station with a McDonald’s?), that wouldn’t be good. Too much fire potential.
I hear the Burger King that Bobby Ayala is working at is hiring.
Hey now. He could be dating the Jennifer Pankratz who’s a lawyer in Canada.
Well, probably not.
Ahh, Google. Without you, well, ’nuff said.
Speaking of former Mariners in the “where are they now” category, though perhaps remembered with slightly more affection, did anyone catch “Super Charles” Gipson bouncing around in the Astros dugout when they were racking up all those runs in the 7th? I knew they’d picked him up late in the season but I didn’t realize they were carrying him on the postseason roster. Hope he gets to pinch run or something…
Gipper isn’t on the postseason roster, but he is allowed to be in the dugout.
Gippy!!!!!! speaking of Burger King, how freaky are those BK King commercials?
so, is this the postseason with the most ball-playing brothers?
hahahahahahaha! …tattoo… hahahahaha! benchwarmer….hahahahahaha!
ooohhhh, c’mon you guys…
he’s just trying to jumpstart his career as a rock star!
I like this part best:
“Spiezio threw several punches that missed”.
Fill in your own gag here…
http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_280185856.html
Yeah, the taxi driver must have been disguised as a baseball or something.
14, I’m fairly sure you can have a midlife crisis at 33. Too bloody sure.
Interestingly enough, an LA Times interview this week has him claiming that people tell him he’s changed, but he doesn’t think so.
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The rumor in Chicago is that he’s out on the town getting drunk almost every night. At least he’s divorced now and free to drink himself to oblivion. When he got the tattoo of his girlfriend he was still married with 3 kids– classy.
#32 “When he got the tattoo of his girlfriend he was still married with 3 kids – classy”. Just curious. Do you have any knowledge if Kazu also bothered with a tattoo?
Ironic we hear now more about Speizio’s and Kazu’s messed up personal lives than Garcia or Guillen’s.
Sandfrog is beginning to sound more and more like a candidate for a “Behind the Music” episode.
#32– just to be accurate, he was divorced in 2004. Remember, that was one of the excuses this spring, for his crap year last year, that his marriage had fallen apart. FWIW, according to the original Jim Moore piece, he got the tattoo mid-season this year. When he got the girl-friend I don’t know.
Her name is Jennifer Packratz? Oops, nevermind.. it’s Pankratz. For a second there I thought maybe Speiz was just some shiny trinket to her to be later abandoned in her attic.
boy, the headline on most of the reports has to just add to his collapse…. “Former MLB Player Accused Of Assaulting Cabbie”
OT, but found while looking this stuff up, Bill Madden in the Daily News discusses veteran managers unable to deal with those “whiz kid” GMs
Married with three kids, but fooled around with Jenn all of 2004 season while on the road. Wife files for divorce and kicks him out of the house after 2004 season. Divorce finalized after 2005 season. Now disowned by his own family, plans to marry Jenn in near future.
I wonder if his collapse in 2004 had to do with him having a mistress?
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41: I think my Google is defective. I don’t see her. Just two pictures of old guys and a race car?
#39 & #40 What about him leaving Sandfrog? Won’t this make Jenn the Yoko Ono of Sandfrog?
For those searching for a recent photo of the couple– just request a copy of the Chicago Police report….
Re. Corco
I don’t think chasing women around ever did Babe Ruth much harm.
Forget Scott Spiezo’s girlfriend. If you really want to drool over someone, how about ESPN’s Erin Andrews? She looked even hotter than usual during her interviews following that 18 inning Astros/Braves game. The game chatterers at Baseball Think Factory were commenting on her and helpfully provided a pic…
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7263/erinandrews2jo.jpg
Who is tougher — Jenn Pankratz or Tawny Kitaen?
Erin Andrews! So much more fun to look at than those pinheads in the pressbox.
Hmmm, that’s all I see now too.
Oh well, Google must’ve updated as the photo wasn’t found on the page when I tried looking at the particular image they had.
And in other Scott Spiezio news, Baseball-Reference 2005 stats are now up, and Spiezio is listed with 2 other guys who also have only 45-48 ABs for the season (everyone else has much more, or much less): Rene Rivera and Wiki Gonzalez.
Their OPS+:
Rene Rivera 147
Wiki Gonzalez 80
Scott Spiezio -23
How could any MLB team front office be soooooo wrong about a player’s value?