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Baseball. Blogging. Whenever.Wednesday, February 11, 2009Brian Giles is an IdiotBrian Giles has now countersued his former girlfriend -- the one who claims he battered her -- alleging that she abused him.Look, there is absolutely nothing funny about domestic violence, so I'm going to break form here and eschew my usual snark. Thank God, then, that there is something else of note in the story besides the ugly abuse allegations: He also seeks the return of a diamond engagement ring he said he gave to her on Christmas Eve 2005 that is valued at $107,952. Brian, according to the clearly unbiased people at DeBeers, the guidelines for an engagement ring is two months salary. You made $8.33 million in 2005, which means that you should have laid out something on the order of $694,000 for that ring, you miserable cheapskate. Am I right ladies? Posted by Craig Calcaterra at 12:07pm Comments
Ron said...
I’m not in domestic abuse either, but how easy is it for these women to do this? Especially after the fact, when there is no physical evidence. Just like in the Alomar case, I’m sure some kind of ‘settlement’ was discussed, then rejected because it was baseless. So, in order not to look like a money-grubbing golddigger, the girl goes ahead and sues in order to justify her original actions. If Giles is guilty, he deserves to be punished. Severely. But if the case is found to have no merit (which happens more often than not), when are the women doing this going to be publicy condemned and prosecuted. It’s easy to say it happened. Especially when the guy’s got a big bank account. Posted 02/11 at 01:26 PM
Rob said...
Craig, I’m no math major… but I think 2 months salary (assuming he is paid year round, which baseball players aren’t since they are seasonal employees, but we’ll make that assumption for simplicity’s sake) for someone making $8.33 million is more on the order of $1.39 million. That’s about halfway to the ridiculous rock Kobe bought his wife after the “incident” in Colorado… Posted 02/11 at 02:06 PM
Craig Calcaterra said...
Rob—8.33M divided by 12 is 694K. At least that’s what my calculator says. But you are right, if you go by when they’re actually paid—during the season—it would be more. Posted 02/11 at 02:13 PM
Rob said...
Um, isn’t it two months salary though… $694k * 2 = $1.388 million Posted 02/11 at 02:21 PM
Ralph said...
Craig, that should be divided by 6 for 2 months salary. Rob is right. Posted 02/11 at 02:22 PM
Craig Calcaterra said...
Um, sorry. I’m a moron. Posted 02/11 at 02:42 PM
Rob said...
As we seem to be learning about a new professional athlete on a daily basis, none of us are perfect… Posted 02/11 at 02:55 PM
Matt S said...
I am thinking it should after tax. What you net over two months not what you gross. Posted 02/11 at 03:14 PM
Aaron Moreno said...
Craig has shown us exactly why we go to law school. Because we suck at math. Posted 02/11 at 03:16 PM
Matt S said...
Guys, I am thinking it should be what you net in two months not what you gross. You should not, in effect, have to pay taxes on the engagement ring, no? Posted 02/11 at 03:21 PM
Name withheld to protect the guilty said...
I suspect an engagement ring may be the most heavily taxed purchase many men will ever make. Posted 02/11 at 04:05 PM
Beanster said...
Still waiting for all of the Shyster “ladies” to comment. Not to assume anything but all the posts so far seem rather masculine… Posted 02/11 at 04:05 PM
smsetnor said...
I’m currently unemployed after relocating. Can I get away with 2 months salary and get a ring now? Posted 02/11 at 04:08 PM
Don Z said...
Rob, that should be “none of us IS perfect”. Posted 02/11 at 04:09 PM
MooseinOhio said...
Lawyers may not be great with math but I suspect most are smart enough to reserve the necessary brain cells to calculate their billable hours. Of course, they could hire folks to do the calculations for them but then most are smart enough to charge a higher hourly fee to pay for the bean counters. Either way - not a lot of sympathy here unless you’re a public defender or a crusader that fights the good, but not always prosperous, fight. Posted 02/11 at 04:20 PM
Craig Calcaterra said...
Moose: this is why I flamed out of private practice. My calculation had Giles paying only half of what he should have for the ring. In law fims, you’re supposed to *double* bill. I just never fit in there, ya know? Posted 02/11 at 04:24 PM
Tony Antonielli said...
I think the real idiots are the ones that fall for the line of crap that DeBeers is putting out. Posted 02/11 at 04:30 PM
MooseinOhio said...
Craig: If Orza or Fehr step down, as one definately should given our previous blogs, there may a position opening for a lawyer who love baseball. Of course loving baseball may not be a good thing for the position as trying to crush MLB’s balls all the time may require one to loathe the sport. Posted 02/11 at 04:46 PM
Karl Schmidtmann said...
I am with Tony, you don’t ask Ford how much you are supposed to spend on a car ... Posted 02/11 at 04:51 PM
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