VOSJ: Brewers Ace Gallardo Robbed at Gunpoint

In the "things that make us go, 'hmmm'" category, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported this morning that Brewers starting pitcher Yovani Gallardo and a clubhouse attendant were robbed at gunpoint at 2:35 a.m. (CDT) Friday. A team spokesman told the newspaper that Gallardo was not injured, but that attendant Alex Sanchez was struck in the head with the butt of handgun. Thankfully, according to another member of the organization, both men were “doing fine.”

Gallardo had pitched in a loss to the Dodgers Thursday night, a game that began around 7 p.m. local time and ended just after 10. What was Gallardo was doing hanging out with a clubhouse attendant more than four hours after the game, you ask? According to the article, Gallardo said that he and Sanchez were "just going out and getting a bite to eat before heading home and trying to stay out of trouble ... Unfortunately trouble finds us.” Hmmm...

Now at first, I figured the context of the reporters' questions (perhaps something akin to my inquiry, above) would explain the pitcher's defensive explanation of the attack. But according to The Green Bay Press Gazette, which reported the story yesterday, Gallardo did not take any questions after briefly discussing the incident outside the team clubhouse. Without any information about a potentially provocative question from reporters, methinks Yovani doth protest too much. Then again, maybe he’s just a tad crabby at being pistol whipped worse than the clubhouse boy lately. In eight starts since coming off the DL (strained oblique muscle) in mid-July, Gallardo has tossed just 37 1/3 innings and posted an ERA of 6.27 with a WHIP ratio of 1.61. Gallardo was selected to his first All-Star game earlier this season.