Friday, March 31, 2006
Kris Benson Must Face Distraction of Divorce
Already suffering through a rocky exhibition season, Baltimore SP Kris Benson must now deal with the additional distraction of divorce. Benson's ex-stripper wife of seven years, Anna Benson, filed papers in Atlanta describing her marriage as "irretrievably broken." Anna Benson, who had been seen watching her husband during Grapefruit League games this spring, has been widely, although not necessarily fairly, blamed for causing her husband to be traded by the Mets to the Orioles, a charge the Mets have denied. She has repeatedly drawn attention to herself with risque behavior thought to have been regarded by the Mets as unwholesome.
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Doctor X -- the 'Baseball Medic' -- is an anonymous U.S. government trauma specialist with a Duke University sports medicine background and more than 20 years experience in emergency medicine. From time to time he considers MLB rumors, events and news reports as they pertain to baseball players' injuries, illnesses and various other disabilities, both on the field and off.
MLB Rumors editor Greg Fieg is a former sports news editor and award-winning writer whose bylines have appeared on the wires of the Associated Press and in numerous publications, including San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio Light, Houston Chronicle and Philadelphia Bulletin. He formerly was posted in various positions on the U.S.-Mexican border with Freedom Newspapers, and was a regular, independent contributor to United Press International.