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Zack Scott DWI Charge

G-Fafif Sep 01 2021 01:28 PM

Acting General Manager Zack Scott is facing driving while intoxicated charges after he was busted dozing in his car in White Plains, The Post has learned. Scott, 44, was nabbed at 4:17 a.m. Tuesday when cops caught him snoozing in a 2018 Toyota on South Lexington Avenue near the federal courthouse, White Plains Police Capt. James Spencer said Wednesday. The embattled GM refused to give blood or submit to a breathalyzer but underwent a field sobriety test and failed, Spencer said. He was charged and released and is due back in White Plains City Court on Thursday. Scott's arrest is the latest hit for the Metropolitans, who have been struggling on the field and reeling from a series of controversies off the diamond in recent months. The team did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday. https://nypost.com/2021/09/01/mets-gm-zack-scott-busted-for-drunk-driving-in-white-plains/

kcmets Sep 01 2021 01:31 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

Ruh roh!

G-Fafif Sep 01 2021 01:33 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

[tweet]https://twitter.com/timbhealey/status/1433150755008045058[/tweet]

Chad ochoseis Sep 01 2021 01:38 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

So, he was dozing in his car? Parked, I assume? I've read that, legally, sleeping off a drunk inside a parked car is considered DUI, but it's always struck me as ridiculous.

MFS62 Sep 01 2021 01:38 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 01 2021 01:43 PM

If we find out he was working under the influence in the weeks prior to the trading deadline, can we get a do-over on some of the players he passed on? As I've posted before, I believe drunk driving is a serious crime that should be punished to the fullest extent of the law. There is no excuse for it. But sleeping it off in a parked vehicle means to me that he was aware of his situation and didn't want to endanger anyone (including himself). I need more details to know if that was the case. Later

A Boy Named Seo Sep 01 2021 01:39 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

Jeez, Sandy sure can pick 'em. Time for a complete overhaul of the upper rungs.

Edgy MD Sep 01 2021 01:41 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

No. But thumbs down to Scott.

seawolf17 Sep 01 2021 01:46 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

Load him into a cannon and fire him into Flushing Bay.

Ceetar Sep 01 2021 01:48 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

Chad ochoseis wrote: So, he was dozing in his car? Parked, I assume? I've read that, legally, sleeping off a drunk inside a parked car is considered DUI, but it's always struck me as ridiculous. I think if you're not in the driver's seat and don't have the keys, it's fine. But like yeah, if a cop arrests you for dozing in the bar parking lot, that's not cool. But if you're just on some random street (didn't even say if he was parked or not) , the idea that you were just sleeping it off doesn't really fly. he loses his license for 6 months, but that's probably all that happens.

Ceetar Sep 01 2021 01:50 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1433152703748886530[/TWEET] of course, I'm sure that ended before 4am. Also, we're only assuming this was booze. It could've been anything.

G-Fafif Sep 01 2021 01:50 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

Jeff Passan: The fundraiser at Mets owner Steve Cohen's house before the arrest was Monday night, sources told ESPN.

kcmets Sep 01 2021 01:53 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

Chad ochoseis wrote: So, he was dozing in his car? Parked, I assume? I've read that, legally, sleeping off a drunk inside a parked car is considered DUI, but it's always struck me as ridiculous. I think depends on if the keys are in the ignition or if the engine is running or other dumb shit. (in addition to the obvious dumb shit) If you're sleeping in a car and have half a bottle of whiskey sitting on the passenger seat one could argue it down to an open container and/or public drunkenness I suppose. He was toast Mets wise anyways, he just popped up early before done.

Edgy MD Sep 01 2021 02:02 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

It strikes me for the first time that Cohen lives in Stamford, so Bobby Valentine is running to be his mayor.

nymr83 Sep 01 2021 02:36 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

its going to vary from state to state, but even if the keys arent in the ignition they can still make reasonable inferences. for example, in the bar's parking lot? maybe just sleeping it off. on the side of the high way? obviously drunk driving.

G-Fafif Sep 01 2021 02:37 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

[tweet]https://twitter.com/joelsherman1/status/1433156238808915971[/tweet]

Lefty Specialist Sep 01 2021 02:46 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

=seawolf17 post_id=76184 time=1630525600 user_id=91] Load him into a cannon and fire him into Flushing Bay.

Hey, if I was responsible for this team I'd be drinking, too. But safe to say he's a goner.

Ceetar Sep 01 2021 02:55 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

i dunno about 'safe to say' he's gonna lose his license for 6 months, and that's probably it, legally. I mean, he might've been gone anyway, but baseball doesn't typically care about this stuff.

nymr83 Sep 01 2021 03:00 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

=Ceetar post_id=76197 time=1630529731 user_id=102] i dunno about 'safe to say' he's gonna lose his license for 6 months, and that's probably it, legally. I mean, he might've been gone anyway, but baseball doesn't typically care about this stuff.

Baseball cares deeply when your title includes 'acting' and the team you are running is circling the toilet. This is all Cohen needed to axe him sooner.

batmagadanleadoff Sep 01 2021 03:01 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

Maybe he wasnt dozing it off. Maybe he fell asleep at a red light. With the motor running.

Ceetar Sep 01 2021 03:08 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

The Tony La Russa special. Who's managing the White Sox.

Edgy MD Sep 01 2021 03:56 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

It's something that it was a party at Cohen's hoose and all these players and team personnel were there and nobody noticed the GM in no shape to drive.

batmagadanleadoff Sep 01 2021 04:04 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

If Cohen's party ended at 9PM and Scott was arrested at 4AM, Scott made some lengthy pit stops in between.

Ceetar Sep 01 2021 04:13 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

I guess it depends how long he was asleep. also where he lives, if that's even "on the way" home seems unlikely.

Edgy MD Sep 01 2021 04:21 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=76208 time=1630533850 user_id=68] If Cohen's party ended at 9PM and Scott was arrested at 4AM, Scott made some lengthy pit stops in between.

That can certainly be inferred, but we lack more information.

nymr83 Sep 01 2021 04:38 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

=Ceetar post_id=76202 time=1630530501 user_id=102] The Tony La Russa special. Who's managing the White Sox.

The 77-56 White Sox. He also did it at a previous job and i'm sure has repented yadayada - if he did it now... well, they are 77-56.

nymr83 Sep 01 2021 04:39 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=76200 time=1630530109 user_id=68] Maybe he wasnt dozing it off. Maybe he fell asleep at a red light. With the motor running.

The story did not say it was a RED light...

batmagadanleadoff Sep 01 2021 04:41 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

Maybe he wasnt dozing it off. Maybe he fell asleep at a red light. With the motor running. The story did not say it was a RED light... That's why I wrote "Maybe". It didn't say that Scott's car was parked on the side of the road or street either.

Ceetar Sep 01 2021 05:02 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

previous job? It hasn't even been a year!

A Boy Named Seo Sep 01 2021 08:16 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

Maybe he wasnt dozing it off. Maybe he fell asleep at a red light. With the motor running. The story did not say it was a RED light... Good guess anyway. Per The Athletic: Scott, 44, was discovered asleep at the wheel of his Toyota Highlander by a White Plains police officer at approximately 4:17 a.m., according to a statement from Capt. James Spencer of the White Plains police department. Scott's car was observed sitting at an intersection. He failed a field sobriety test at the scene and refused a chemical breath test, according to Spencer. https://theathletic.com/2803648/2021/09/01/with-mets-acting-gm-zack-scott-facing-dwi-charge-where-does-the-organization-go-from-here/?source=user_shared_article

MFS62 Sep 01 2021 08:25 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

Well, there goes the theory that he was safely sleeping it off. Later

kcmets Sep 01 2021 08:39 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

Almost sounds like batmags knew he fell asleep at a red light before reported.

batmagadanleadoff Sep 01 2021 09:30 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

=kcmets post_id=76240 time=1630550350 user_id=53] Almost sounds like batmags knew he fell asleep at a red light before reported.

Nah. I just took a sensible (to me) guess. I didn't think he'd be arrested if he'd pulled over, parked his car, shut the engine off and slept it off like that. In fact, if he did that, I figured the inquiring cop would've commended him for being cautious.

ashie62 Sep 02 2021 02:39 AM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

=nymr83 post_id=76193 time=1630528572 user_id=54] its going to vary from state to state, but even if the keys arent in the ignition they can still make reasonable inferences. for example, in the bar's parking lot? maybe just sleeping it off. on the side of the high way? obviously drunk driving.

If you are in your car it is considered intent to drive.



The arrest keeps drunk drivers from waking up and making another bad decision.

ashie62 Sep 02 2021 02:41 AM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

Interim GM to unemployed.

Fman99 Sep 02 2021 04:37 AM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

=Ceetar post_id=76202 time=1630530501 user_id=102] The Tony La Russa special. Who's managing the White Sox.

Right, I mean, give him credit at least for having his DUI in a traditional way for baseball management. Ah, the classics!

Johnny Lunchbucket Sep 02 2021 04:49 AM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

What an idiot. Has the story of the missing 7 hours been told yet?

nymr83 Sep 02 2021 07:41 AM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: What an idiot. Has the story of the missing 7 hours been told yet? Strip club?

batmagadanleadoff Sep 02 2021 07:46 AM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

From The Athletic's scathing article on the Mers culture: Callaway, Porter, Scott – that's three strikes for Alderson, who, lest anyone forget, also tried hard to sign free-agent pitcher Trevor Bauer, who instead went to the Dodgers and is under investigation for allegations of sexual assault in California. What exactly is the Mets' definition of due diligence when pursuing players and executives? Seeing whether they can spell their names correctly?

Benjamin Grimm Sep 02 2021 07:53 AM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

I don't see that Zack Scott is in the same category as Callaway and Porter, unless he has a documented history of DUI or DWI. Even if there's a record of him being an alcoholic (and I have no idea if he is or isn't) are we saying that alcoholics are ineligible for employment?

ashie62 Sep 02 2021 08:06 AM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

Mets will likely offer Rehab. They can help him with this issue be it minimal or chronic. If he does not accept he is likely finished in this organization. It must have been a helluva fundraiser.

Edgy MD Sep 02 2021 08:10 AM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

Yeah, I'm not sure due diligence is going to pick up on a likelihood to get picked up on a DUI. In retrospect, it would seem the the clues were there with Calloway and Porter, if you were willing to pursue it. Maybe, however, we'll find out more about Scott's background that the Mets might have missed, as we go forward.

Edgy MD Sep 02 2021 08:11 AM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

Mets will likely offer Rehab. Which means that the Mets might end up with a GM who is both "interim" and "acting." Wild guess: Todd Zeile.

Ceetar Sep 02 2021 08:22 AM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: What an idiot. Has the story of the missing 7 hours been told yet? Unless he WAS actually still with Cohen and partying and other players/people saw him there, we probably won't hear about where he decided to spend that time. Asleep at an actual intersection probably means he wasn't asleep for hours or anything. I don't see any strip clubs in the area (anyone know where he lives? was this like, the last 5 blocks? because otherwise seems unlikely he'd be on that street without having been local.) There's a "speakeasy" real close to where he was snoozing. open until 4. Pretty sweet cocktail list, with fun names like purple panties(gin, butterfly pea blossom, elderflower, lemon, prosecco), well slapped arse, daddy issues, grounds for divorce, filthy animal.. Of course, it could've easily been something more illicit and underground. Booze is the Occam's Razor answer, but we only know he failed the field sobriety test.

Edgy MD Sep 02 2021 08:49 AM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

While I'm joking about Todd Zeile, I think we will learn more about the night and the unacccounted-for hours.

A Boy Named Seo Sep 02 2021 09:13 AM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I don't see that Zack Scott is in the same category as Callaway and Porter, unless he has a documented history of DUI or DWI. Even if there's a record of him being an alcoholic (and I have no idea if he is or isn't) are we saying that alcoholics are ineligible for employment? Nah, I think he absolutely should be eligible for employment here or elsewhere, but this demonstrates some lousy judgement and will be the #1 reason he's not retained.

kcmets Sep 02 2021 09:26 AM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

"I'd like to try a 'daddy issues' please, make it a double. Do you serve go-cups?"

Ceetar Sep 02 2021 09:36 AM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

Daddy issues is Gin, Italicus (bergamot liquor), Basil and Citrus. it's described as 'bright, snappy" and will run you $34 for two, plus tip.

Johnny Lunchbucket Sep 02 2021 09:46 AM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: What an idiot. Has the story of the missing 7 hours been told yet? Unless he WAS actually still with Cohen and partying and other players/people saw him there, we probably won't hear about where he decided to spend that time. Sure we will. Those reporters whose work you so often devalue will be on it, he's got to appear in court, and at some point the org will know the debts, even though they will attempt to keep them under wraps. My question was only had it come out yet, not will it come out.

Ceetar Sep 02 2021 09:59 AM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

It's not a criminal trial. He may never actually see a courtroom. It's not like they're going to piece together his day and put up evidence. His whereabouts or how he got to that intersection are not even relevant. At best, you'd get a "were you under the influence?" "no" "Cop, was he under the influence?" "he failed the sobriety test, could not walk a straight line, etc" Court finds in favor of the city of white plains. $1000, license revoked for 6 months. NEXT. Any nobody really knows who the hell this guy is, so while it's possible, it's unlikely some random bartender is gonna be like "yeah, Scott was here, drinking heavily!" And even if he did, so what? he was drinking, we already kind of suspect that. If it's anything illicit, even less likely they're gonna come out and be like "yeah, that dude was doing meth with me!" (seems unlikely it was a simulant of course) If it happened with the Mets/Cohen, we'll probably find out something more eventually though.

Edgy MD Sep 02 2021 10:12 AM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

I think we need money on this. Will further details of Zack Scott's lost hours and activities on the night in question be revealed publicly?

Johnny Lunchbucket Sep 02 2021 10:21 AM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

I got 50 Cranebucks that Joel Sherman, whom some of us have so little regard for, will enlighten us further. And credit to Ceetar, I hadn't even considered asking bartenders along the route between Stamford and White Plains. But there couldn't be too many for a gumshoe to get to.. finally, I'd suspect he probably wasn't alone,, some Met guests we know traveled by bus; but did all of them?

Edgy MD Sep 02 2021 10:24 AM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

ceetar has already uncovered the nearest watering salon, with drinks and prices.

kcmets Sep 02 2021 10:25 AM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

"Why the hell were you out at 4 am and snoozing at the wheel?" "Was doing a lot of blow, and then I ran out..."

Ceetar Sep 02 2021 10:30 AM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

someone find out where he lives, and we can get a google map search of "along the route"

duan Sep 02 2021 11:20 AM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

the drink driving thing ... I'm sure people still do it here but it really has become socially unacceptable to have more then the smallest drink and get in the car. It's a bit more prevalent down the country but there's no way anyone in Dublin would drive to a party and have 3/4 drinks (let alone enough to make you fall asleep) and drive on home. Don't get me wrong it USED to be very common (my grandfather for example, back in the 70s when he went to the golf club nobody would have batted an eyelid at them having best part of a bottle of wine or a few whiskeys). Is there ever any random testing done on the roads there? We get it a lot particularly around Christmas. I also don't understand why someone who can clearly afford it doesn't just get a fucking cab/driver.

duan Sep 02 2021 11:23 AM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

=duan post_id=76304 time=1630603244 user_id=99] the drink driving thing ... I'm sure people still do it here but it really has become socially unacceptable to have more then the smallest drink and get in the car. It's a bit more prevalent down the country but there's no way anyone in Dublin would drive to a party and have 3/4 drinks (let alone enough to make you fall asleep) and drive on home.

sorry by 'no way anyone' - clearly people do this but people would know they are taking a real risk and there'd be no sympathy from anyone.

A Boy Named Seo Sep 02 2021 11:28 AM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

Scott pleads not guilty. Assuming the 3 other charges were all things related to being asleep in a running car at an intersection? [TWEET]https://twitter.com/timbhealey/status/1433467217010647046[/TWEET]

Benjamin Grimm Sep 02 2021 11:33 AM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

Dennis Young, New York Daily News wrote: On Thursday, he also pleaded not guilty to charges of failing to obey a traffic device, failing to change his address, and a “stop/stand/park” violation, according to the court website. Uh oh... I haven't changed my address in over 21 years!

Ceetar Sep 02 2021 11:38 AM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

does "Tacked on traffic violations so the city can get some $$$$" count as new details? Those are merely traffic violations, he'll just pay 'em off unless the prosecutor wants to punish him.

kcmets Sep 02 2021 11:39 AM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

=duan post_id=76304 time=1630603244 user_id=99]Is there ever any random testing done on the roads there?

Sobriety checkpoints are quite common here in Westchester (county north

of NYC) and they bag a lot of dumb dumbs regularly at them.

Ceetar Sep 02 2021 11:47 AM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

Only time I've seen a check in the last like 10 years is leaving the wineries on Long Island at closing time. And that's more NIMBY stuff anyway. Sometimes outside like, Jones Beach concerns or things like that.

G-Fafif Sep 02 2021 12:40 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

Another Alderson steps to the fore… Acting Mets general manager Zack Scott pleaded not guilty to a drunk driving charge in Westchester County, according to court filings. Scott, who was charged with driving while intoxicated in the early hours on Tuesday morning, also pleaded not guilty to three other traffic violations. He was arrested in White Plains after police found him asleep in his car at 4:15 a.m., cops say. Hours after Scott's court appearance, the GM was placed on administrative leave, the team said. Team president Sandy Alderson will replace him. Alderson interviewed Scott and Jared Porter for the team's vacant GM job before hiring Porter in December. Porter was fired a month later after news broke that he had sexually harassed a reporter while a Cubs executive in 2016. The team elevated Scott from assistant GM but left “acting” in his title. Sources with knowledge of the situation said Alderson's son, Bryn Alderson, will also be more involved in the day-to-day responsibilities, while chiefly answering to his dad. Bryn Alderson was promoted to assistant GM in July alongside Ian Levin. The younger Alderson joined the Mets as a pro scout in 2011 and was promoted to assistant director of pro scouting in 2017 under then-GM Brodie Van Wagenen. One source familiar with the new front-office hierarchy told the Daily News it will be an “all-hands on deck” situation and a “group responsibility.” Sources said Sandy Alderson has been advised to focus on baseball, shifting from his previous team president duties, for the remainder of the 2021 season. https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-zack-scott-dwi-not-guilty-20210902-awls6m2v2nb77egxk5dtycyshu-story.html

Edgy MD Sep 02 2021 01:01 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

Four GMs in one year! Gonna take a lot of math figuring out how to split that championship bonus.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 02 2021 01:04 PM Re: Zack Scott DWI Charge

At least Sandy's son isn't named Jeff. Or Eric. Or Don Jr.