Today Scott Spiezio was, thankfully, released by the Cardinals. For driving drunk, leaving the scene of an accident, throwing up at a friend’s house and then attacking that friend, Spiezio was paid a $2.4M buyout by the ballclub in a contract buyout schweet!.

More interesting is that Tony La Russa today said he knew about Spiezio’s “traffic accident” as early as January and that the Cardinals made absolutely no effort to investigate the severity of the situation.

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