# Dodger James Loney **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 9, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dodger-james-loney/605651 "2011-12-09T18:54:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dodger-james-loney/605651/1 "2011-12-09T18:54:32Z")
> **[Archive blogs](https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/)** > > Los Angeles Times blogs that were published between 2006 and 2013. > [@](#): > > A woman allegedly struck by Los Angeles Dodger James Loney last month described the bizarre multi-car Maserati crash as terrifying. > > Loney was arrested Nov. 14 on suspicion of driving under the influence after hitting three cars on the 101 Freeway near the Sepulveda Boulevard exit. > > The first baseman was driving his 2009 Maserati westbound at about 6:12 p.m. when he sideswiped three cars, then came to an abrupt stop in the fast lane and apparently passed out, authorities said. > > When he woke up, he attempted to flee. He drove across all the westbound traffic lanes, collided with a fourth car and hit a sound wall on the right shoulder, said California Highway Patrol Spokesman Leland Tang. I was listening to the TV News this morning whehn I heard the woman being interviewed. The LA Times story says this was a month ago but I never heard anything about it. This is my favorite part: > [@](#): > > He also apparently thought the date was July 15. And when an officer tried to check his alcohol level, Loney bit off the mouthpiece and spit it at him. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dodger-james-loney/605651/2 "2011-12-09T18:56:29Z")
Can I get Mod help? Please move to Game Room and adjust title to ‘Dodger James Loney DWI arrest’. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dodger-james-loney/605651/3 "2011-12-09T18:59:32Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > Can I get Mod help? Please move to Game Room and adjust title to ‘Dodger James Loney DWI arrest’. > > Thanks. I reported it for you. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dodger-james-loney/605651/4 "2011-12-09T19:01:44Z")
♫…I lost my license, now I don’t drive…♫ ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dodger-james-loney/605651/5 "2011-12-09T19:09:31Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > ♫..I lost my license, now I don’t drive..♫ Beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dodger-james-loney/605651/6 "2011-12-09T19:27:23Z")
Nothing really to add here, I’m just finding it hard to believe a professional reporter would write this sentence: “A woman allegedly struck by Los Angeles Dodger James Loney last month described the bizarre multi-car Maserati crash as terrifying.” Did James Loney allegedly strike her? Did he allegedly run into her with his car? Or did he allegedly run into her car with his car? Was she involved in the accident in some way? What the hell is a “bizarre multi-car Maserati crash”? ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dodger-james-loney/605651/7 "2011-12-09T20:10:50Z")
> [@MrSquishy](#): > > Nothing really to add here, I’m just finding it hard to believe a professional reporter would write this sentence: > > “A woman allegedly struck by Los Angeles Dodger James Loney last month described the bizarre multi-car Maserati crash as terrifying.” > > Did James Loney allegedly strike her? Did he allegedly run into her with his car? Or did he allegedly run into her car with his car? Was she involved in the accident in some way? > > What the hell is a “bizarre multi-car Maserati crash”? I noted that as well. The most terrifying thing here is the complete lack of ability to put together a coherant sentence. Well, that an the biting off part. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dodger-james-loney/605651/8 "2011-12-09T20:22:24Z")
So Loney was acting looney? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dodger-james-loney/605651/9 "2011-12-09T21:14:05Z")
> [@MrSquishy](#): > > What the hell is a “bizarre multi-car Maserati crash”? It’s one where you hit a car, pass out, get revived, then speed off and hit another car. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dodger-james-loney/605651/10 "2011-12-09T21:23:45Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > It’s one where you hit a car, pass out, get revived, then speed off and hit another car. …in a Maserati" See, in the crazy world of sports stars, you can use “in a Maserati” just like we used to use the expression “in bed” as an add-on to any statement. Old: “I would really like to have tacos” becomes “I would really like to have tacos…in bed” Add the knowing leer, and you’ve got it. Now: “I would really like to have tacos” becomes “I would really like to have tacos…in a Maserati”. See, whole new meaning.