Elijah Dukes, outfielder for the Washington Nationals, has yet to learn to control himself when he’s seeing red. He has numerous arrests in his past. TampaBay.com has compiled this handy little list of his “little” indiscretions.

• Hillsborough deputies were called to break up a fight between Dukes and NiShea Gilbert on Dec. 8, 2003, shortly after the birth of their child. According to an arrest report, Dukes threw a remote control at Gilbert and was arrested on an assault charge. Formal charges were never filed.
• He was arrested again on Dec. 25, 2003, and accused of obstructing an officer without violence. Prosecutors allowed him to enter an intervention program.
• On Oct. 12, 2004, Dukes was charged with misdemeanor battery. The case was never prosecuted.
• He was arrested again on a charge of battery on Jan. 18, 2005. He did not contest the charge and the judge withheld adjudication, sentencing Dukes to one year probation and $549 fine.
• According to the Tampa Police Department, one of Dukes’ ex-girlfriends filed a sworn request for prosecution against him on Jan. 24, 2005. The ex-girlfriend, Zanquesha L. Jefferson, told police that Dukes choked her with his right hand and forced her into a chair. He squeezed her cheeks while demanding a kiss, the records show. The outcome of the complaint could not be determined Wednesday.
• Dukes’ most recent arrest was in January, when he was charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession. He pleaded not guilty.

This list does fail to mention the death threats he sent his ex-wife NiShea Gilbert soon after the divorce went through. Classy. He had a restraining order slapped on him before you could say “crazy ballplayer”.

Gilbert said Dukes later left a message on her voice mail saying, “You dead, dawg. I ain’t even bulls——-. Your kids, too.” She said he also sent a picture of a handgun to her cell phone. (source)

But the fun continues. Dukes managed to make a real jerk of himself when he impregnated a 17 year-old – and threw a bottle of Gatorade at her when she broke the news to him. Before this incident, Dukes already had a reputation with women due to him having 5 children with 4 different women. Here’s a word I’m sure isn’t in his vocabulary: condom.