I saw fromer MLB player Matt Lawton at the Beau in Biloxi

[TheKinz]

what a complete boob. It was Tuesday night this week around midnight when there was this commotion around the roulette table. I asked what the hub bub was from and he said Matt Lawton was at the table betting big. I had to go look more for the curiosity of the big bet. This boob was beeting $200 on every number and $200 splitting 0's..wtf is that.. What was weird was on his next roll he put all 10K he had on everything lower than 21. Now this was exciting BUT all of a sudden he said..."Hold on I need more cash and he scoots to the ATM machine and pulls out a credit card. I leaned over to a guy next to me and said that is weird. He told me his wife/girl friend was at the cage trying to cash a check. I told this guy that getting a cash advance is not a 30 second transaction and I left. 2 minutes later the pit boss pulled down his bet. He came back but I never heard any screams as people said he went back to betting every number.

So my question..is this a guy just burning through some money or desperate trying to get out of a jam? Regardless thought this was something to share. Also saw this nugget on wikipedia...

When registering at hotels, Lawton used the alias Eleven Fifty to avoid unwanted fan attention

:cripwalk:

 

[steaktartar]

hard to believe lawton would have to worry about unwanted fan attention

 

[ParanoidAndroid]

Who?

 

[TheKinz]

LOL

Matthew Lawton III (born November 3, 1971 in Gulfport, Mississippi) is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Minnesota Twins (1995-2001), New York Mets (2001), Cleveland Indians (2002-04), Pittsburgh Pirates (2005), Chicago Cubs (2005), New York Yankees (2005) and Seattle Mariners (2006). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
In a 10-season career, Lawton was a .267 hitter with 138 home runs and 631 runs batted in in 1182 games.
Lawton blossomed in 1998, when he posted career-highs in home runs (21), doubles (36) and triples (6), hitting .278 with 91 runs. In 2000 he made the American League All-Star team, and finished the season with .305, 88 RBI and a .406 on base percentage, all career-highs. During this time, Lawton exhibited ideal offensive abilities usually associated with Moneyball and Billy Beane. However, Lawton was frequently criticized for his poor defensive effort, often failing to execute the fundamentals of baseball.
After two injury-filled years, in 2004 Lawton played so well in the first half that he made the All-Star team for the second time in his career. After hitting .305 with 15 home runs and 49 RBI at the break, he cooled in the second half but still finished with 20 home runs, 70 RBI, a .277 average and a career-high 109 runs in 150 games.
The Indians traded Lawton to the Pirates before the 2005 season for relief pitcher Arthur Rhodes. On July 31, Lawton was traded to the Chicago Cubs for fellow outfielder (and former teammate) Jody Gerut. On August 27 of the same year, Lawton was traded to the New York Yankees for minor league pitcher Justin Berg. However, after only hitting .125 (6 for 48) with 2 home runs, he was left off the Yankees playoff roster. His combined season batting average was .254 with 13 homers and 53 RBIs in 141 games for Pittsburgh, the Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees.
On December 22, 2005, Lawton signed a one-year, $400,000 contract with the Seattle Mariners that could have been worth as much as $1.25 million with incentives. As part of the deal, he also had a limited no trade clause. On May 20, after batting .259 in only 27 at-bats and slugging a career-low .259, Lawton was designated for assignment by the Mariners, giving the club 10 days to release, trade, or send Lawton to the minor leagues. On May 30, 2006 he was released.

 

[FairWarning]

Probably worried about stalking Cub fans who want to tell him his Cub stint sucked. Or he was worried about the Feds catching him. He was suspended for 'roids.

 

[mamatried]

How much of the $400K do you think is left?

 

[TheKinz]

the way he was dressed..maybe $2,500

 

[thegambler711]

1995 Minnesota Twins $109,000
1996 Minnesota Twins $115,000
1997 Minnesota Twins $150,000
1998 Minnesota Twins $215,000
1999 Minnesota Twins $1,700,000
2000 Minnesota Twins $2,000,000
2001 Minnesota Twins $3,900,000
2002 Cleveland Indians $5,250,000
2003 Cleveland Indians $6,750,000
2004 Cleveland Indians $7,250,000
2005 Pittsburgh Pirates $7,750,000
2006 Seattle Mariners $400,000
Career (may be incomplete) $35,589,000

I would say he has made 0ver 40 million when you factor in incentatives and endorsement deals. 10k is chump change to him. Plus he gets a nice pension check of about 180k a year.

 

[GreenDoberman]

Was he with Laurent Robinson?

 

[Gravy]

2002 Cleveland Indians $5,250,000
2003 Cleveland Indians $6,750,000
2004 Cleveland Indians $7,250,000


Why in the hell did the Indians pay him all this cash is beyond me.This is why he was going big at the tables and dont worry Matt nobody is looking for your autograph except the IRS maybe you fricken stiff.

 

[ThePig+]

He was pure crap as a player and my guess is he'll be broke within the next few yrs.

 

[whormoan]

Was he still on the juice?

 

[TTinCO]

This boob was beeting $200 on every number and $200 splitting 0's..wtf is that

About the stupidest thing I've ever heard of in my life.