More drama in Miami: Ozzie Guillen responds to Heath Bell, clubhouse drama ensues

This is getting kinda nuts. After Heath Bell’s radio two-step yesterday and today, Ozzie Guillen went on the radio in Miami to respond to Bell. Meanwhile, in the Marlins clubhouse:

Media just kicked out of #marlins clubhouse by greg dobbs.

— clarkspencer (@clarkspencer) September 25, 2012

#marlins players, including heath bell, were listening to ozzie talk about bell on dan lebatard’s radio show on 790 the ticket

— clarkspencer (@clarkspencer) September 25, 2012

Very surreal scene inside #marlins clubhouse as players listening to ozzie discuss bell situation #teamturmoil

— clarkspencer (@clarkspencer) September 25, 2012

Ozzie asked if he respected heath bell: “as a player, yes. As a guy, i dont know #marlins

— clarkspencer (@clarkspencer) September 25, 2012

How in the hell are Ozzie Guillen and Heath Bell supposed to share a clubhouse in 2013? Indeed, how will they do it for the last week and a half of this season?

Yesterday’s news about the arrest of Pirates closer Felipe Vázquez was pretty disturbing. Today’s update from Jeff Passan of ESPN is even worse.

Vázquez has been charged with solicitation of a child and providing obscene material to minors, and yesterday’s report said that he texted a 15-year-old girl that he would meet up with her after the season for sex. According to police, however, Vázquez had already met with a minor in an attempt to have sex. When she was 13:

Police said Pirates closer Felipe Vazquez admitted that he drove nearly an hour in 2017 to meet a 13-year-old girl and tried to have sex with her, according to a criminal complaint released today. After a failed attempt, Vazquez, then 26, left to go to a game, per the complaint.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) September 18, 2019

Yesterday Vázquez’s attorney, Jay Reisinger, issued a statement saying “We are in the process of reviewing both the Pennsylvania and Florida charging documents, as well as the underlying facts of the matter. At this time, any comment would be premature.”

The Pennsylvania charges referenced involve an alleged statutory sexual assault of a victim who is at least 16 years old by a person who is at least 11 years older than the victim; unlawful contact with a minor; corruption of a minor by a defendant who is 18 years old or older; and indecent assault of a person less than 16 years old. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported last night that the offenses allegedly occurred on Aug. 1, 2018.

Vázquez is still in Pennsylvania, where he was arrested, and is awaiting extradition to Florida. He was denied bail and was characterized by the arraigning judge as a flight risk. Likely because he is a native and citizen of a foreign country with substantial financial resources.

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