New plague of Visa issues for Dominican players... [Archive]

Randar68

03-11-2005, 04:19 PM

This time self-induced...

Seems there was a marriage-fraud scheme going on. Only a handful of players have been identified so far, but the violators are barred-for-life (supposedly) from obtaining a US work Visa, essentially ending MLB aspirations of said players... Here's hoping Francisco Hernandez didn't get caught up in this...

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/news/050307visa.html

Stroker Ace

03-11-2005, 08:48 PM

This time self-induced...

Seems there was a marriage-fraud scheme going on. Only a handful of players have been identified so far, but the violators are barred-for-life (supposedly) from obtaining a US work Visa, essentially ending MLB aspirations of said players... Here's hoping Francisco Hernandez didn't get caught up in this...

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/news/050307visa.html

I would care more if they listed the player's names

Randar68

03-11-2005, 11:25 PM

I would care more if they listed the player's names

They have not been made public yet and will slowly be leaked by the teams affected...

Could take another month or 2 to figure out who all doesn't show up...