Sidney Ponson went from jail to the St. Louis Cardinals starting rotation in less than day.
The former Baltimore Orioles pitcher has more baggage than Lambert Airport during the holidays, but the Cards are scheduled to announce he will join the team this afternoon.
Ponson just completed a five-day sentence in a Baltimore jail, the result of a drunk driving arrest in August.
It was not Ponson’s first run-in with the law.
Ponson was arrested twice last year for DWI and was mandated to complete a 30-day treatment program for alcoholism after the Orioles sent him packing in August.
He spent 11 days in jail in Aruba following an incident in which he punched a judge on a beach.
Before the Orioles released him, Ponson was scheduled to make $10 million in 2006.
Ponson, one of the decade’s biggest free-agent busts, is also prone to being overweight and has spent many a day on the disabled list throughout his career.
He career record is 76-91 and his lifetime 4.81 ERA is also far from outstanding.
