Lawyer says prison-bound pitching phenom 'optimistic' about future

Prison Ball!

GotWood

This is not a "joke" situation


One can only pray that this young man can get his life back on track with or without baseball

Now that he will have a criminal record he will find it very tough to get a college who will take him I would think.

Fair enough TR. I'll take a time-out for an hour over in the corner.

His priorities should be sobriety, a roof over his and Moms head, and money at the end of the month. Anything else is a bonus. Playing catch is no longer relevent.

This is a personal tragedy for many people, not only this young man. After such a promising start of over a million dollars signing bonus to find himself living with his mother in his car completely broke speaks volumes of how also broken this young man is in his spirit. To give up on himself has to be driven by the drugs.

Without some spiritual guidance and renewal of his spiritual direction it will be extremely difficult for him to overcome this addiction he has to wanting to kill himself.

My heart goes out to him and his family and I will hope all those that believe in divine intervention will pray for this young man that he be healed from the evilness that has befallen him.

Well said LLorton...well said.

Perhaps he is on his way...

From the article: "His spirits are good," Schlosser said. "He's exercising, and he's ready to get back into baseball. He's very, very optimistic about baseball, he truly is."

There has to be a basis for that optimism...and being where he is it can't be drugs...someone is picking him up!

I, too pray for this young man. He sounds like someone who needs a mentor, a male role-model in his life. Any team that gives him another chance needs to take control of his life 24-7 and keep him too busy to get into trouble!

Woodrow, are you still in the corner? I think it's time for reprieve.

Gee thanks Bum for the Aleve...I don't mind if I do. I was getting stiff sitting there for so long...these should help.

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Any team that gives him another chance needs to take control of his life 24-7 and keep him too busy to get into trouble!

I doubt a team is going to babysit him. He's not that important. If he's lucky some team will sign him for the bonus of the bus ticket to catch up to the team he's assigned. He'll get a warning if he screws up he's gone. Pro baseball is a business, not a social rehab center.

TG, yes but since he was a first-round draft choice the talent may justify a little extra effort. Anyway, good luck to the kid.

If Allison is giving another chance, he will likely go through the same as Josh Hamilton, 24 hour security watching him, and constant drug testing.

A simple question why should they waste the effort. Ever year there are many players with as good as talent as Jeff Allison, who don't do drugs.

That is a good question.

MORE IMPORTANT THAN GETTING ANOTHER CHANCE IN BASEBALL IS HIS GETTING HIS LIFE TOGETHER SO HE GETS ANOTHER CHANCE AT LIFE !@!!

This is such a sad story it breaks my heart. I don't know the details, but obviously this problem goes back to HS. Unless you have ever been involved with anyone who has a severe addiction problem, it's so hard to judge. You cannot do it alone.

I do agree he needs to get his life together, but obviously he only is trying to improve himself with the one thing he knows, baseball. The game is about ups and downs, failures and successes, he needs serious help in trying to deal with those issues without the help of drugs.

I do hope that someone comes to help this young man.

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This is such a sad story it breaks my heart

Sorry if this sounds cold, but my heart is not big enough for a 22 year old who continues to make headlines off the field. If in 5 years he still playing ball and/or is being a positive role model I would shake his hand and say "nice comeback". Until then, he is on his own to fix his problems and I don't want to read about it. There are too many "feel good" stories that are not publicized and IMHO putting his name in ink hurts him more than helps him.

while i agree with rz this doesn't help anyone but the tabloids and there are many storys more deserving.i don't feel sorry for him messy up baseball, but for messing up his life and every one around him.

the lesson here is for us all. this young man grew up about an hour south of me. i do not know him or any one else from his town.but they had a very bad drug problem namely occicodone, in their high school. many kids that were very talented in many different way's over dosed or lost part of their lives to this addiction. i realize every one of us could tell a story about your town and it's problems. but this hit close to home for me,and i wish the kid luck.we have struggled drug addiction with one of my sons, don't disregard the message.

Good luck to the kid kicking his addiction. He'll need all the help he can get. It's not easy. I've known people who died because they couldn't get past the addiction. Until the kid can manage the daily pressures of life he's not qualified to handle the daily pressures of being a baseball prospect. Baseball is not an outlet at the pro level. It's a job.

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many kids that were very talented in many different way's over dosed or lost part of their lives to this addiction.

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