AP Jordan Schafer, who was traded from the Braves to the Astros in July as part of the Michael Bourn deal, was arrested last night in Florida and charged with felony possession of marijuana.
According to Greg Auman of the St. Petersburg Times the arrest took place shortly after midnight at The Cheesecake Factory, which some might consider the most embarrassing part of the story for Schafer.
He was released on $2,000 bond a few hours later and “declined to give police the name of his employer,” which while silly is probably better than pulling the oft-used “do you know who I am?” card.
As a minor leaguer Schafer was suspended 50 games in 2008 after testing positive for human growth hormone. He missed most of last season with injuries and the 25-year-old outfielder hit just .242 with a .624 OPS in 82 games split between the Braves and Astros this season.
UPDATE: Zachary Levine of the Houston Chronicle has a few more details, including the fact that Schafer was stopped “after pulling up next to an unmarked police vehicle” with the “passenger’s side windows partially down with a ‘strong odor of marijuana’ coming from the vehicle. Oh, and according to the police report he had a joint in his hand. So yeah, that’s a pretty good way to guarantee an arrest.
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- fivetoolmike - Oct 4, 2011 at 11:56 AM
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Also, he had marijuana peanut butter cups. http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/04/jordan-schafer-of-the-houston-astros-arrested-and-charged-with-felony-possession-of-marijuana/
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- bigxrob - Oct 4, 2011 at 11:58 AM
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Are they made by Reese’s?
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- fivetoolmike - Oct 4, 2011 at 11:58 AM
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Oops, this is the link with the bit about the peanut butter cups: http://blog.chron.com/ultimateastros/2011/10/04/astros-schafer-charged-with-felony-possession-of-cannibis/
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- 1943mrmojorisin1971 - Oct 4, 2011 at 12:06 PM
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Marijuana peanut butter cups sound like the best stoner invention ever
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- Jonny 5 - Oct 4, 2011 at 12:27 PM
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Where do you get them?? I must know….
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- bigleagues - Oct 4, 2011 at 1:46 PM
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Ask Dave . . .
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- halladaysbiceps - Oct 4, 2011 at 11:58 AM
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He was arrested shortly after midnight at the The Cheesecake Factory? I guess he had the munchies. I wonder if Lincecum was with him.
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- Old Gator - Oct 4, 2011 at 11:58 AM
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He was also charged with felony possession of an Alice B. Toklas cheesecake:
Alice B. Toklas Cappucino Salon Cheesecake
• 1 cup chocolate cookie crumbs
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2-1/2 ounces Panama Red or Gold, strained and sifted, seeds removed
• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 3 eggs
• 8 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate
• 2 tablespoons whipping cream
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons instant coffee granules dissolved in 1/4 cup hot water
• 1/4 cup coffee flavored liqueur
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar
• 2 tablespoons coffee-flavored liqueur
• 1 (1 ounce) square semisweet chocolate
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter one 9 or 10 inch springform pan.
2. Combine the chocolate wafer crumbs, softened butter, 2 tablespoons white sugar, and the cinnamon. Mix well and press mixture into the buttered springform pan, set aside.
3. In a medium sized bowl beat the softened cream cheese until smooth. Gradually add 1 cup white sugar mixing until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time. Add herbs, a little at a time, and while beating at low speed until very smooth.
4. Melt the 8 ounces semisweet chocolate with 2 tablespoons whipping cream in a pan or bowl set over boiling water, stir until smooth.
5. Add chocolate mixture to cream cheese mixture and blend well. Stir in sour cream, salt, coffee, 1/4 cup coffee liqueur, and vanilla; beat until smooth. Pour mixture into prepared pan.
6. Bake in the center of oven at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 minutes. Center will be soft but will firm up when chilled. Do not over bake. Leave cake in oven with the heat turned off and the door ajar for 45 minutes. Remove cake from oven and chill for 12 hours. Just before serving top cake with mounds of flavored whipped cream and garnish with chocolate leaves. Yields 16 servings.
7. To Make Flavored Whipped Cream: Beat whipping cream until soft peaks form, then beat in confectioner’s sugar and 2 tablespoons coffee liqueur.
8. To Make Chocolate Leaves: Melt 1 ounce semisweet chocolate in a pan or bowl set over boiling water, stir until smooth. Brush real non-toxic plant leaves (such as orange leaves) on one side with melted chocolate. Freeze until firm and then peel off leaves. Freeze chocolate leaves until needed
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- Old Gator - Oct 4, 2011 at 12:37 PM
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Anticipated reaction from the Baseball Moron: oh, so now you’re advocating putting illegal substances in your cheesecakes just because they don’t taste good enough on their own, huh? Why not jack up the full-fat cream content and feed it to all the old people you know and watch them all have heart attacks because of it?
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- The Baseball Idiot - Oct 4, 2011 at 1:32 PM
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You have some serious issues. Really, you do.
But it’s good to know that you’ve decided to become the replacement for halladaybicepts. Keep up the good work.
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- Old Gator - Oct 4, 2011 at 2:24 PM
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I do indeed have some serious issues. I have always been an armchair activist. I decry the hysterical attacks upon invasive species – Burmese pythons, Cuban treefrogs, iguanas, fire ants – the hatemongering that goes on is shameful. I am also deeply concerned about the crass traffic in mesozoic fossils, which is pushing the cost of a rockfull of trilobites out of the reach of the average American family; the skyrocketing cost of black market transplant organs, especially gall bladders; the decline of the watch and fob chain as an accessory of the well dressed oligarch, and all those cheap Chinese Ouija Scrabble™ board knockoffs that don’t pay fair royalties to Parker Brothers and Hasbro.
The number of idiots – especially self-described – on blogs these days concerns me as well, but in a little-noticed appendectomy to his codicil gratuitas to Justice Kennedy’s majority hallucination in the Citizens United decision, Justice Roberts wrote that not only are corporations people, but idiots are people too, so pending a reconvening of the Constitutional Convention, I guess we’re stuck with humorless nitwits like you.
But wait – what’s that? So now I’m advocating derision against imbeciles….?
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- The Baseball Idiot - Oct 4, 2011 at 2:55 PM
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Sorry, you lost me at Cuban tree frog. That’s about as many as I can usually get in anything you write.
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- Old Gator - Oct 4, 2011 at 3:16 PM
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Illiteracy is indeed a blight.
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- gogigantos - Oct 4, 2011 at 11:33 PM
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Gator, your issues are shared by many. Thank you for such a beautiful rant on the state of things in the U.S. today. Many still dream of equality for all reptiles, no matter where they are from.
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- bigleagues - Oct 4, 2011 at 11:59 AM
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Was he caught smoking it in the clubhouse during games?
If not I don’t care and neither should law enforcement.
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- drmonkeyarmy - Oct 4, 2011 at 12:00 PM
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He was driving though while smoking a joint.
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- bigxrob - Oct 4, 2011 at 12:02 PM
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It is against the law, so Law enforcement should be concerned with it.
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- obpedmypants - Oct 4, 2011 at 1:24 PM
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take it up with legislators. law enforcement just receives a list of laws that they either enforce, or else they get fired.
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- bigleagues - Oct 4, 2011 at 1:51 PM
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Actually the DA has a big say in what does or doesn’t get prosecuted. It’s called prioritizing resources appropriately. Considering 50% of our jails are occupied by non-violent drug offenders – the vast majority of which were marijuana arrests – I’d say we have a major problem with prosecutors prioritizing appropriately.
So ultimately I agree, State legislatures need to get on the ball. There is a lot of money and resources that can be freed up from the prison industry.
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- obpedmypants - Oct 4, 2011 at 2:04 PM
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for the most part, drug arrests like this one don’t happen at the expense of resources for some other more serious crimes. it’s usually an officer with nothing better to do than patrol, keep his eyes open, and enforce even the pettiest crime that he comes across.
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- bigleagues - Oct 4, 2011 at 2:08 PM
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I’m not so much concerned with an Officer “just enforcing the law” (although most people tend to fall prey to the officers line of questioning when they can just keep their mouths shut remain polite and usually drive off without incident) I’m more concerned with what happens to the accused after the arrest.
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- bigleagues - Oct 4, 2011 at 12:03 PM
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I commented without bothering to read the content of the article
Further comments below.
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- 1943mrmojorisin1971 - Oct 4, 2011 at 12:05 PM
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Legalize it. The fact it’s a felony (like assault, murder, that kinda stuff) is an unfunny joke
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- drmonkeyarmy - Oct 4, 2011 at 12:06 PM
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Whatever you think about marijuana, he deserved to be arrested. He was smoking a joint while driving. Even if marijuana is legalized, smoking while driving will always be a crime…and rightfully so.
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- 1943mrmojorisin1971 - Oct 4, 2011 at 12:08 PM
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Except he was arrested for possession, not because he was smoking and driving
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- Charles Gates - Oct 4, 2011 at 12:16 PM
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In order to be smoking while driving, you have to be in possession of it. The distinction will only be necessary when marijuana becomes legal.
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- APBA Guy - Oct 4, 2011 at 12:10 PM
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Felony possession of marijuana? That implies intent to sell. In quantity. Crazy.
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- 1943mrmojorisin1971 - Oct 4, 2011 at 12:12 PM
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It was less than an ounce. That’s not even punishable by law in Ontario (at the moment)
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- bigleagues - Oct 4, 2011 at 12:18 PM
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Yeah that he was charged with a felony seems a little out of whack. But the Chronicle article states that the cutoff between a felony and a misdemeanor is 20 Grams. He had 25.6 Grams.
Too bad he wasn’t in Massachusetts where the worst that could have happened is $100 Ticket. Even if he was pulled over for the expired license plate – and the cop saw a roach in the ashtray, it’s no longer probable cause to search the vehicle.
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- Francisco (FC) - Oct 4, 2011 at 12:30 PM
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Yeah that he was charged with a felony seems a little out of whack. But the Chronicle article states that the cutoff between a felony and a misdemeanor is 20 Grams. He had 25.6 Grams.
He should have swallowed one of those peanut butter cups…
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- bigleagues - Oct 5, 2011 at 12:09 AM
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Francisco – that would have been the logical thing to do!
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- bigleagues - Oct 4, 2011 at 12:11 PM
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1) Really really dumb to be smoking a joint on city streets while driving (even though several recent studies including one from the University of Connecticut found that the effect of THC had little if any impairment on driving) because the easiest way to get caught is to have that unmarked police car roll up next to you and observe what you are doing.
2) EVEN MORE DUMB to be driving with an out-of-State expired plate.
3) Perhaps the dumbest aspect of this, in light of his PED suspension, is putting himself in a position to be caught doing anything that would give a team pause about giving him a shot at the big league roster – especially at age 25.
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- Charles Gates - Oct 4, 2011 at 12:13 PM
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I hate HATE The Cheesecake Factory.
the arrest took place shortly after midnight at The Cheesecake Factory, which some might consider the most embarrassing part of the story for Schafer.
Aaron, I love you a little now.
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- Old Gator - Oct 4, 2011 at 12:35 PM
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The recipe I provided above is a lot better than anything at the Cheesecake Factory, even without the quarter teaspoon of salt.
Anticipated reaction from the Baseball Moron: Oh, so now you’re advocating leaving the salt out, huh? Why not just put a cup of salt in it and feed it to all the old people you know, and watch them all have strokes!
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- The Baseball Idiot - Oct 4, 2011 at 1:35 PM
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I guess that’s another example of ‘irony’ that doesn’t actually meet the definition of irony in any dictionary.
Stay classy, Old Fart.
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- Old Gator - Oct 4, 2011 at 2:28 PM
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I do that effortlessly. In any case, it’s good to know that there is a definition of irony in your dictionary. It must be this one:
Iron(y)
Symbol: Fe
Atomic number: 26
Atomic weight: 55.845 (2)
Standard state: solid at 298 K
CAS Registry ID: 7439-89-6
Group in periodic table: 8
Group name: (none)
Period in periodic table: 4
Block in periodic table: d-block
Colour: lustrous, metallic, greyish tinge
Classification: Metallic
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- sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo - Oct 4, 2011 at 12:26 PM
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So, he has a job making $414,000/year to be a mediocre CF in the big leagues. Somehow, the lure of smoking pot while driving around town seems like a good idea, even though he is a DFA away being a barista at Starbucks. Smart kid…
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- CJ - Oct 4, 2011 at 12:33 PM
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Clearly, Craig is still suffering from his depression Re: the Braves’ collapse and has begun going back through his bobblehead collection of current and former Braves and doing vile things to them. Last night was Schafer’s turn.
Rumor has it that Lowe’s is up tonight…I don’t even want to imagine what he’ll do to that one.
