ELIJAH DUKES RUMORS & GOSSIP

How do I text gun? Sometimes I try to be charming and literate in The Dugout. I’ve made references to everything from Fyodor Dostoyevsky to “Excel Saga” in an effort to broaden the strip’s audience and present a unique voice in sports blogging humor. And then sometimes Elijah Dukes texts a picture of a bayonet to a pregnant woman and shoves her off a cliff...

Elijah Dukes was no stranger to running afoul of the law during his brief tenure in baseball, and now that his playing days are over, it seems as if not much has changed.

According to our friends at The Big Lead, Dukes has been arrested at least two dozen times since 2001.  His decade of arrests have been much more successful than his play on the baseball field. The latest arrest, just shows that he needs some help with his anger issues. Former major league outfielder Elijah Dukes was being held in a Florida jail on Thursday after his pregnant ex...

Former MLB player Elijah Dukes, whose most notable feat is being arrested nearly two dozen times since 2001, has been arrested again. Surprise! This go round in the pokey is on charges that he assaulted his pregnant girlfriend.Dukes' latest brush with the law came Wednesday after an ex-girlfriend said he hit her after a dispute over money, deputies said. The woman, 20, said she...

It’s been about four months since Elijah Dukes got into any trouble, so apparently he was due. From ESPN.com: Former major league outfielder Elijah Dukes was being held in a Florida jail on Thursday after his pregnant ex-girlfriend accused him of slapping her in the face during an argument, authorities said. Hillsborough County Jail records show Dukes, 26, was arrested Wednesday...

 (Elijah Dukes is at it again. Screengrab via TampaBay Online.) So much for expressing his anger through music. Elijah Dukes writes the latest chapter in his tragic life (via Associated Press): Former major league outfielder Elijah Dukes was being held in a Florida jail on Thursday after his pregnant ex-girlfriend accused him of slapping...

Former top prospect Elijah Dukes' baseball career is all but over but his career as the hip-hop MC Fly Eli has only just begun.

Former Major League outfielder Elijah Dukes recently broke down crying in front of a Hillsborough, Florida judge. He told the judge that he has no home of his own and “I live where I lay my head.” The Boston Globe’s Nick Cafardo says tha

A few years ago, Elijah Dukes was one of the most heralded prospects in baseball but now he's completely broke and under arrest for failure to pay child support.

(Photo of TV/MASN by Nationals Enqurier Staff. It took a wall-crashing, game-saving catch by Elijah Dukes on a David Wright liner with 2 on and 2 out in the 9th to seal the deal.) "That's definitely a Web Gem. Definitely." (Elijah Dukes, via Nationals Journal, 9/29/2009) var entrycat...