A news story recently caught my attention, telling of a San Francisco Giants baseball prospect, Angel Villalona, being charged with murder in the Dominican Republic. Villalona, who is 19 years old, was arrested and charged with the killing a 25 year old man in a bar. The reason why he was in DR was to play fall league baseball with a local team after the Giants single A minor league baseball team's season came to a close.
Yahoo Sports says that Villalona signed a $2.1 million dollar contract when he was 16 years old. In certain countries, if word that you have money like that gets out, that could be trouble for you and your family. Villonalona probably had a weapon on his for self protection, but having that weapon on him gives him the means to kill if he gets too mad. Since this happened in a bar, there was alcohol involved which blurs his decision making to not use the gun even more.
It's unfortunate that a young ball player with a lot potential and promise ends up committing this crime and possibly ruining the rest of his life. It seems that this is a case of wrong time, wrong place, and wrong situation. But so goes with anyone's life, not just that of an athletes, that your life can go sour in a heartbeat.
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