Main Menu

Home	About
Features	Submit
Facebook	MySpace
Friends	NSR
Contact	Mad-Libs
Archives	Gallery
Sponsors	Advertise
Subscribe	Jobs
SCNN	Twitter!
Free picks!

Go to Vividseats.com to get all hard-to-find Sports Tickets, including all NCAA Football Tickets , Basketball Tickets , Baseball Tickets , College Basketball Tickets , Tennis Tickets , PGA Tickets, NASCAR Tickets, NFL Tickets , and Super Bowl Tickets.

Get free NFL picks from PicksNFL.com
Wunderdog Sports is your source for football picks Get free football picks at TopTenCappers.com

Check out EnglishHarbour Network, the best and trusted online casino providing the online slots, table games and other casino games. Visit us for the best online gambling experience and great casino bonuses.

Cheap Sports Tickets
14 major suppliers
mega major $$$ deals
... Sports Ticket Depot.

TOUTHOUSE.COM
NFL Betting Predictions, Free NFL Picks and Current Football Odds

Brett Favre |New Curse

Ticket Solutions
Sports Tickets
NFL
Baseball
Super Bowl
World Series
NCAA Tournament

See the DC United Playoffs with MLS tickets. All your other favorite sports events tickets are also at RazorGator.

Cheap Premium Tickets.com
Get tickets to your favorite sporting events including New York Giants tickets, Pittsburgh Steelers tickets, Detroit Red Wings tickets, Los Angeles Lakers tickets, San Francisco Giants tickets and more.

News Item

Astros put down El Caballo

HOUSTON, TX — Astros Owner Drayton McLane and General Manager Ed Wade hung their heads in collective sorrow at a news conference this morning from the Astros Press Room.

“Carlos ‘El Caballo’ Lee was officially euthanized at 3:17 AM today,” McLane somberly announced. “Our thoughts and prayers are with his trainer and his family. He had a lot of heart. He will be missed.”

This was just another incident in a disturbing trend that has plagued horses in recent months. It was a scene vaguely reminiscent of the Preakness – El Caballo (Spanish for the horse) was hit on his hand by a Bronson Arroyo pitch, breaking it in six places.

“He immediately went down in obvious agony,” Wade recounted. “I felt so bad for the big guy. He’s been a real spark to the team, and he plays every game with such enthusiasm. But it was pretty obvious what we were going to have to do.

“I credit the training staff for at least getting him off the field. We had a whole contingent of Boy Scouts in the stands, and little kids really don’t need to see that. I called down to Cecil [Cooper, Astros manager] and told him what I thought we had to do. He begged to at least wait until we could get him X-rayed.”

Cooper, clearly struggling to come to grips with the reality of the situation, commented on what happened next.

“I knew in the back of my head it was over for the poor guy, but I had to hope maybe it wasn’t as bad as it looked,” a still-saddened Cooper explained. “I had the trainers take him back to the locker room area and get him x-rayed. I cried for an hour when I found out he had broken his hand in six places. We had a lot of time and money invested in him, and now that’s gone. Poor El Caballo – we will truly miss him.”

El Caballo was then taken from the trainer’s table to a small room in the back of the clubhouse.

“We tried to make him as comfortable as possible,” Astros head athletic trainer Dave Labossiere said. “He was in a lot of pain, but being the fighter he is he wouldn’t admit it. It made my job so much harder having to listen to him yell and scream about him being a person and not a horse. Poor, poor El Caballo. Such pain, such denial. Oh, why couldn’t he just go quietly into the night!”

The Astros plan to have a public ceremony to honor their fallen left fielder next Saturday before their game against the division rival St. Louis Cardinals. Anyone with an El Caballo jersey will be given free admission. He will be buried in a private ceremony on his ranch just outside of Houston. He was 32 years old.

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our newsletter or RSS feed and get hilarious sports news every day. Thanks for visiting!

Labels: baseball, Bronson Arroyo, Carlos Lee, Cecil Cooper, Dave Labossiere, death, Drayton McLane, Ed Wade, euthanasia, horse racing, Houston Astros, injury, MLB, St. Louis Cardinals

Posted on August 13th, 2008

Got a headline idea? Click here to submit it... and be sure to visit our Facebook page!

Other Related News Items

• Tejada admits he’s actually 70-year-old former Dodger Manny Mota (April 18, 2008)
• Parents furious over Astros’ syringe giveaway promotion (April 10, 2008)
• Bourn takes “green light” too literally, steals from teammates (April 7, 2008)
• Chacon gets contract with UFC (June 27, 2008)

Link To This Post

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.serioussportsnewsnetwork.com/2008/08/astros-put-down-el-caballo.html" title="Astros put down El Caballo">Astros put down El Caballo</a>

Comments

Be the first to leave a comment on this story below...

Leave A Comment

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Search Our Site

  

Subscribe to SSNN's Newsletter

Enter your Email

Check Out These Classics

• Cowboys desperately trying to hire Roy Williams as coach
• Derek Lowe thinks he can ‘help’ Lohan, Spears
• Tom Brady retired to stud
• Tiger to play remainder of Match Play with self-imposed handicap
• Kobe Bryant and Jermaine O’Neal now friends on Facebook

Multimedia News

Vertical Soccer

It’s going to be tough for this sport to sweep any nations, but it’s still pretty frickin’ cool!

View Multimedia Archives...

Photo Gallery

Visit our Gallery for a full listing of images...

Featured News

• Kornheiser spends most Sunday nights sleeping in a Dumpster
• Roger Goodell Pardons Culpepper
• Tony Romo declares he’s “really into ginger ale”
• Vick pleads guilty, sentenced to four years as Lions QB
• A-Rod and Madonna schedule Xmas party for the night before Jeter’s
• Older Featured News...

News In Brief

• GroupWrite: Favre calls McCain, tells him how to beat Obama
• GroupWrite: Lebron James taking election day off to get out the vote
• GroupWrite: Michael Vick to rehabilitate with Cowboys
• GroupWrite: Oden to dress up as NBA player for Halloween
• BREAKING NEWS: McCain admits he doesn’t know who Hamels is; election in jeopardy
• Older News In Brief...

Get Free Sports Picks from: Doc - A 36 year veteran Robert Ferringo Strike Point Sports Allen Eastman Vegas Sports Informer

Want CHEAP sports tickets? From NASCAR tickets to WWE tickets, or Red Sox tickets, Final Four tickets to discount Super Bowl tickets, find great deals on all kinds of event tickets here.

Sports fans may not always be serious about their news, but they're serious about their tickets. For NBA Playoffs tickets or Raptors tickets in Toronto, or Cowboys tickets online, CTC has a serious selection of the best sports tickets on the web. Get NY Giants tickets and sold out Super Bowl tickets too!

Pickspal.com
Football Picks
College Football Picks

MTC Tickets
Sold Out Events Tickets
Justin Timberlake Tour
American Idol Seats
Broadway Theater Tickets
Sold Out Sports Tickets
Hot Concert Tickets
March Madness Tickets

Golf is at its finest with Masters Tickets, while other historically important Sports Tickets like the Kentucky Derby Packages, and NFL Super Bowl Tickets are always hard to come by!