Lightning strikes in Florida

Troubled pitcher Scott Olsen of the Florida Marlins was arrested early Saturday after refusing to pull over and getting into a fight with police officers. Olsen was booked into the Miami-Dade county jail on charges of driving under the influence, resisting an officer with violence and fleeing and eluding a police officer. He was released Saturday afternoon on $11,000 bond. Police Lt. Michael Bentolila said Olsen was arrested in the Miami suburb of Aventura, where an officer clocked him driving 48 mph in a 35 mph zone and attempted to pull him over at about 3:40 a.m. Olsen continued to drive about one mile, running a stop sign before stopping at his Aventura home, Bentolila said. The pitcher got out of his car and sat down on a plastic chair in front of his home. When backup officers arrived and tried to arrest him, Bentolila said Olsen kicked at the officers, who used a stun gun on the 6-foot-5 pitcher. Olsen then failed a field sobriety test and refused an alcohol breath test, Bentolila said. A booking photo showed Olsen had two scrapes on his forehead over his right eye.

It was the latest in a string of problems for the 23-year-old left-hander, who returned to the Marlins on Friday night following a two-game suspension without pay after a confrontation with teammate and fellow pitcher Sergio Mitre. Olsen received a black eye last season from his friend and former teammate, reliever Randy Messenger, in an off-the-field confrontation in St. Petersburg. Olsen also got into dugout disputes with teammate Miguel Cabrera and then-manager Joe Girardi, who grabbed him by the jersey during a discussion. This year, Olsen was fined an unspecified amount in June for making an obscene gesture toward fans in Milwaukee.

Apparently Olsen isn't a soccer fan or he would have realized that the cops seem to be in a 'stun'ningly good mood of late. And regardless, when you are drunk and the size of a redwood, you should expect Miami cops to bring you down with a bolt of lightening. That is unless it is Shaq patrolling the streets. In which case the weapon of choice would be sodomy with a size 22EEE shoe.