MLB Outfielder Stabbed to Death — Brother a Suspect
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Greg Halman (Photo: Ap)
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Seattle Mariners outfielder Greg Halman was stabbed to death early Monday and his brother was arrested as a suspect, Dutch police said.
Rotterdam Police spokeswoman Patricia Wessels said police were called to a home in the port city in the early hours of the morning and found the 24-year-old Dutch player bleeding from a stab wound.
The officers and ambulance paramedics were unable to resuscitate Halman.
Wessels said the officers arrested Halman’s 22-year-old brother. She declined to give his name, in line with Dutch privacy rules.
“He is under arrest and right now he is being questioned,” Wessels told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. “It will take some time to figure out what exactly happened.”
No charges have been filed in the case.
Halman hit .230 in 35 games and made starts at all three outfield positions for the Mariners in 2011 before being optioned to Triple-A Tacoma.
Because he played professionally in the United States, Halman was not part of the Netherlands team that won the Baseball World Cup in Panama last month. The Dutch beat Cuba 2-1 in the final to become the first European team to win the title.
Born in the city of Haarlem, Halman played in the Dutch Pro League and was part of the gold-medal winning Dutch squad at the 2007 European Championship.
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garbagecanlogic
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 9:23pmWho is surprised? Black on Black, they grow up seeing it and learn from it. So many single parent households (mother only) that it is bound to happen.
The U.S. Out Of The U.N.
Report Post »The U.N. Out Of The U.S.
neocon1
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 7:10pmThugs all
Report Post »stay as far away from them as you can.
Bronco II
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 6:03pmThoughts and prayers to the family.Every life is preciouse and the vile and hate from some here we know your here to stir up trouble but we won’t bite but will pray for you too.GOD loves you too he may not like what your doing or saying and he will correct in his own way as any good parent would.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 4:43pmYou know…all of this brow beating I am recieving from a few of the fake conservatives is making me think I should reconsider my attitude on this subject. Let me think and reconsider….hmmm….hmmmmm…uh-huh,…hmmmmm…uhummm….OK…
Report Post »I have reconsidered and have come to the decision that…
I was and am right…and all of you berating me are just little guilt-filled, pu**ies and stupid.
thegreatcarnac
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 4:06pmlol….I see the liberal ‘castrati’ are on our site again…….trying to pass for conservatives…lol
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 4:03pmI read the government crime statistics and percentages. I am right and have every right to believe what I believed when I read the first story. The “lol” I added in my first comment was meant to do what it did. It rooted out some guilt-filled liberals trying to pass as conservatives.
Report Post »Rick300
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 2:01pmMy prayers go out to Halman’s family, friends, and fans. God rest his soul.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 1:43pmWell considering they were in the Netherlands, NO it did not occur to me that the victim was black. I don’t think you would find too many black families living in that country. I would assume the victim was Dutch and white, but that is just me. I was surprised when the victim turned out black. However, we do not know the skin color of his brother and Carnac you are assuming he is also black because the victim is black. I call that making assumptions for which you know nothing about, as well as prejudice on your part. It is possible the brother is white and once again you are complete WRONG, as usual. However, I don’t know either so I am making a SWAG.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 4:37pmHad to be an American..the dutch do not play much baseball. IF he was involved in a killing, victim or killer, most likely he would be black…statistics say so.So..he is black…and YOU think his brother could be WHITE????? lol…..are you ‘special’ or something.?
Report Post »ALLEGIANCE
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 12:45pmWhy is anyone paying any attention to this MORON thegreatcarnac He is an obvious Plant/Troll Liberal jerk trying to make people think that conservatives are really like that. Take your Racist remarks to anhother site Troll. We see through you!
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 1:50pmHis bro? Now, you can believe what ever you like to, but IMHBLO, this is likely the result of petty sibling (in this case) jealousy.
But, also IMHBLO, the entire OWS protests are rooted in the same exact cause. Childish jealousy.
Report Post »ALLEGIANCE
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 12:41pm@thegreatcarnac
Report Post »You are not fooling anyone. You are a Liberal Troll. Conservatives are not as ignorant and racist as you are. Try harder next time fooling the bright minds on this website. We are not heinous and non fearing like you want people to think. My heart goes out to the family. And I pray that the brother was not the one who murdered this young man.
thegreatcarnac
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 3:59pmAllegiance…..you seem upset. Calm down. Look at the statistics and percentages. They agree with me. I am right and you are playing at being ‘really really sorry’. LOL ALSO…I am not a Liberal troll….I am playing the odds. When the news said a baseball player..in the Netherlands….I knew he had to be American because the Dutch play very little baseball. In my original post I added “lol” on purpose just to get the reaction I got from you fake, guilt-filled, liberals masqerading as conservatives.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 12:28pmMarvin Gaye?
Report Post »SDmom
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:45amWhen I read the headline, I did NOT think of ANY race; I thought, two things: how sad for that family, and are drugs or alcohol involved. Murders happen in every race, and every economic class. In my opinion, all murders are hate crimes.
Report Post »toomanysecrets
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:22amI guess people are still getting murdered in countries that have strict gun control. Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:59amIt was in Haarlem,yo what did you expect?
Report Post »neocon1
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 7:13pmGuns don’t kill people, people kill people.
and BRO’s with guns and knives kill the most.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:09amWell ‘our’ much worshiped athletes are human. The ONLY reason this is a national story is because the victim is a MLB player.
Case in point: Did those of you outside of the Cincinnati region hear about the son that murdered his father and then proceeded to kidnap a young woman he knew so as to confess his actions?
Report Post »The-Real-Enrico
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:04amYour comments are indeed racist sir. I most certainly did not think of any race(black or not). And no black culture does not promote hate and violence. I’ll agree that urban and hip-hop culture does promote hate violence. But it is not exclusive to blacks or any race sir.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:08amLook at the statistics…..wormbreath.
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:53amThere are cultural differences. In America blacks are far more violent. They are far more likely to kill. They are far more likely to drop out of school, and more likely to be born into a single parent household. A white woman is far more likely to be raped by a black man, than a black lady being raped by a white man.
Report Post »The statistics are overwhelming. To say otherwise is ignorance.
TexasHunter
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:56amJust watch the First 48 and report back. They run marathons all the time. Case closed.
Report Post »chesta
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 12:35pmYou’re a classy guy, Enrico for not getting down to his level. Blessings.
Report Post »neocon1
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 7:14pmstats dont lie but liberal kneepadder apologists do.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 10:55amKLEVALT………enough with the fake sorrow…..go away
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 10:55amTo be killed your your own brother is really sad. I pray for this family.
Report Post »The-Real-Enrico
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 10:54amKeep you hate filled liberal racist comments self please. You can not justify hate. ALL men are created equall. I’ll be praying for you.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:09amTell me…are you the REAL REAL Enrico? Really??
Report Post »scruffycat
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 10:53amyou knew he was black before you read the story because you are the Great Carnac and you can see the future and not because you figured if two brothers were so stupid that one knifes the other they must be dumb dumb blacks, right? :)
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:07amTake it the way you wish.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 10:50am.
Report Post »Jealousy is a Terrible thing……….
Annette
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 10:45amwhat a tragedy.
Report Post »klevalt
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 10:42amYour comment makes my stomach turn on all levels. YOU are reason why conservatives are viewed as racist… OH… I get it… You are just a plant. OK, I’m not worried. But you are sick.
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