A $983,607 Screwup

Shawn Chacon is an idiot. And apparently a poor idiot. Why else would someone, allegedly, pass $50,000 worth in bad checks at a Las Vegas hotel? Because their poor and they're idiots.
Chacon's problems stem from his 2008 assault on Astros General Manager Ed Wade, the same GM who gave him a one-year, 2-million dollar contract that spring.
Chacon was unhappy and decided to throw Wade to the ground and beat on him before teammates intervened. Shockingly, Chacon was released the next day and hasn't pitched in the Majors since. The assault on Wade cost Chacon $983,607, money that would have come in handy in Las Vegas. Also, maybe had he not gone Mike Tyson on Wade, he would have been able to continue his career and make more money. He was only 30-years old at the time of the attack and was a former All-Star as well.
In his career, Chacon has made more than 14-million dollars. Seems as if Mr. Hothead has squandered it. An athlete blowing his fortune? Get in line Chacon.
I remember speaking a few times to Chacon when he was with the Rockies. He's from Greeley, Colorado and you would have liked to pull for the guy for the local angle alone. But he always had a kind of "gangsta" attitude. He just seemed like he was too cool for the room.
Anyway, the players union filed a grievance and several month's after the grievance was heard, the decision was that Chacon, for his attack on Wade, would not be entitled to the money remaining on his contract. Good. Justice for once was done.