Tyson Gillies, a prospect in the Phillies farm system, has been arrested in Pinellas County, Florida for cocaine possession. Gillies was part of the Cliff Lee deal with the Mariners; file this as yet another reason there was no good reason for Ruben Amaro to make that trade.
Gillies was released on $2,000 bail and now faces the shame of never having listened to Mike Schmidt:
Joke stolen from the inimitable ArkansasFred
Canadian Corner OF Clobberer Carries Coke, Caught Chillin' by Constable
Gillies was passin out turkeys like Nino Brown baby
I can't believe I was too busy to write this post. Or maybe Rob was just worried I'd turn it into a novel on cocaine's performance-enhancing attributes.