Former Cal State pitcher in trouble
Former Cal State San Bernardino pitcher Michael Rocco is in trouble with the law.
Rocco and another pitcher in the Angels organization, Matthew Oye, were arrrested early Tuesday morning after a fight outside a bar in Tempe, Ariz. The two have been at the Angels extended spring training complex in that city.
According to the Arizona Republic Rocco, who is from PalmDesert, is being charged with assault while Oye is being charged with aggravated assault. Witnesses saw the two men kicking and hitting a man who was lying on the ground and Oye allegedly struck the victim with a metal pipe. The two fled the scene on foot but were later apprehended.
Rocco, 23, spent two years in the White Sox organization, then toiled in independent ball before being signed by the Angels last month.
Indy pickups usually don't rank real high on the totem pole and a brush up like this will do nothing to help his standing with the club. Yes you're innocent until proven guilty, but he might be running out of chances.
About Michelle
Michelle Gardner has been a staff writer for The Sun and the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin since 2002 and has covered the local college sports scene since 2004. She ventured West after working at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale for eight years and is a graduate of the University of Florida.
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