Alber Belle is an idiot

[Pronk48]

PHOENIX (AP) -- Albert Belle tracked his ex-girlfriend with a GPS device and repeatedly threatened her, according to a police probable cause statement filed in support of stalking charges.

The 39-year-old former baseball star was arrested in Scottsdale on Thursday and charged with stalking. He made an initial court appearance late Thursday, and a judge set bail at $108,000, ordered him to be electronically monitored and to stay away from the victim.

Reached by The Associated Press on Friday morning, Belle declined to comment on the case.

"You didn't write a story about my Hall of Fame induction," said Belle, referring to joining the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame last year. "You guys never report the good stuff that I do."

Belle's next court appearance is set for Feb. 24.

Despite impressive statistics, Belle collected just 40 of the 390 votes needed to reach the Hall of Fame in voting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America in January. His prickly past was blamed by many for his low vote total.


The police probable cause statement said that Belle's former girlfriend discovered a Global Positioning System tracking device that had fallen off her car on Jan. 26. Believing that Belle was responsible, she called police, who began an investigation.

The unidentified woman told investigators that for several months Belle "had been showing up everywhere she went (the store, on dates, the gym, etc.)," the probable cause document stated. The woman asked Belle if he had placed the tracking device on her car, and he initially denied it.

But on Feb. 3, he left her a message apologizing for "doing all that tracking stuff," the statement said. A later recording had Belle threatening the woman, telling her she needed to hire a bodyguard for protection and that she "would never know what hit her," the statement said.

The volatile Belle often ran into trouble on and off the field during his playing days.

A five-time All-Star outfielder, Belle hit 381 career home runs in a 12-year career that began with the Cleveland Indians in 1989. He also played for the Chicago White Sox and Baltimore before retiring in 2000 after his second season with the Orioles.

He was fined in 1994 for using a corked bat and suspended after instigating a brawl by elbowing an opposing player. In 1991, he threw a baseball into the chest of a fan taunting him. Years later, he was fined $50,000 for berating a TV reporter and tossed a ball at a photographer.

Belle, who has lived in Arizona for several years, was arrested on a DUI charge in September 2002.

Belle is an idiot and a waste of oxygen.I never liked him when he was an Indian.I remember when he chased those kids down in his Jeep after they egged his house on Halloween.He's a complete ass,hopefuly he gets thrown in jail for a few years (like that'll happen with all the money he has) because he doens't belong in society.

[DirtyKash]

Maybe so. But he's a freaking great hitter.

[Fishercat]

http://www.progressiveboink.com/dugo...out2-17-06.htm

That's how I see it going down.

[RockSports17]

Maybe so. But he's a freaking great hitter.

tooks the words from my mouth.

The guys an idiot and I would never personally want to know him.

But he was a great baseball player....no denying that.

[Dry1313]

Umm hmm... if your looking for a steroid poster boy i picture Belle. His quick breakdown is apparent of some kind of drug addiction. But I would never classify him as GREAT

[RockSports17]

Well, I guess that just stems down to your opinion on the steroid issue and if history should be forgotten.....not to mention, it's not proven if or if not Belle took any steroids.

But baseball wise, Belle should be considered a great baseball player.

[Molina00]

Belle is definately not a great player in the terms of the all-time greats, but the buy was a completely awesome hitter up until his final year in 2000, and even then he had a 20 HR, 100 RBI season. I seem to remember reading something about him having a degenerative hip, or something along those lines, and retired because of it. Major problems in terms of character though. The guy needs to go live on a deserted island or something.

[General]

Belle was a masher, but also an idiot and highly suspected of steroids.

I liked him though.

[A'sDiehard]

The only time Baseball will remember this jaggoff is when stories like this surface.

He tracked her via GPS for gawd's sake!!! Dude is a lunatic.

[Dry1313]

He was good, but most teams had hitters like him in the 90's. I could never see him as great because i feel theres maybe 5 or 6 great players a decade. But thats just me.

[RockSports17]

Of course I'm not talking all time greats. But he was a great baseball player.

All time greats are great baseball players with a good head on their shoulders.

Which definitely wasn't Belle.