Reading what the message said, it could've been American Idol judge Randy Jackson.

You realize that we're all at the age in which we know what words Dukes used?

Next, I don't think that Dukes used that variation of the "N-Word". I don't think anyone not living in very rural southern towns uses the variation that you used.

I'm sure Dukes didn't go full fledge with the "N-Word". LMAO Patrick, this is hilarious!

If the allegations are true, the Rays organization needs to take a stand and cut this thug.

http://devilraysbaseball.blogspot.com

Adios Mr. Dukes. The last thing this organization needs is to become the Portland Trailblazers of MLB.

The incident at the school should disturb everyone. There's no question it happened. It's in the police report. It's not just her word against his. The phone message is him. This guy has no idea how to behave. He sure as heck shouldn't be representing this baseball team, or this region.

I don't get people here cautioning others about not jumping on Dukes and instead are questioning the woman. The man had to be escorted off of school property by the police. Hey kids, forget having Kaz come to your class, Elijah's on his way, and he's coming to kill your teacher. Nice promotion in the making.

This guys talent has given him so many second chances and yet he behaves like this? It's time this organization make a big statement, one that goes beyond the need for a power bat in the line up.

You watching this right now on Channel 8?

I don't know if they will repeat it, it was the big thing on their 6:20 lead in

Young was involved in it too.  Once again, a picture is painted...  You could see from the back he wanted a piece of someone too

The content (as far and the words used) in Duke's message to his wife are irrellevant.  What is important is that you have a grown man threatening the life of a woman and his own children.  I couldn't care less how many times he used the "N" word or the "F" word.  He is threatening to kill his own kids.  I happen to have direct knowlege of this situation in that my wife teaches at the school where Duke's estranged wife works.  She witnessed two weeks ago when Dukes showed up at the school looking for DiShea.  DeShea locked the classroom door and Dukes spent several minutes banging on the door and kicking it yelling that "I am gonna beat your ass!".  The police finally arrived and escorted him from the school.  Dukes has had a tough life, but he has also gotten a free ride on a lot of things normal people would be in jail for just because he it a talented baseball player.  Every time the Devil Rays told DiShea not to have him arrested because it would "ruin his carreer" and she listened to them, it enboldened Dukes until now he seems to believe he can do anything and get away with it.  My wife told me that a few days ago Dukes text messaged a picture of a gun to DiShea with a message that he was going to kill her.  Now I do not believe that such behavior is hereditary, but given his background DiShea would be a fool not to take him seriously.

And for those of you idiots out there thinking the wife is just making these things up for leverage in the divorce.  Think about this.  If Dukes is cut and jailed he is worth much less to her than if she had just kept her mouth shut and let him keep collecting those fat paychecks from the Devil Rays.  DiShea stood to gain much more by this not becoming public.  This man is unstable and needs intensive psychiatric help to deal with his anger and violence issues before he hurts or kills someone.

Even if Dukes was stupid enough to keep putting his money into a joint account and NiShea did empty it, it does not excuse his going to the school and threatening her or thraetening the kids.  Dukes is a punk and a thug and needs to be committed until he gets his head on straight.

The amount of money he is paying is not relevant, shelling out bucks doesn't make you a good father or a good person.  He threatened to kill not only NiShea, but the kids too, his own kids.  All the money in the world can't cover for that.

Yes, hes is a dumbass, they are separated and she has a restraining order against him.  Anyone with a brain pain bigger than a a walnut would know its over and get another bank account.  Oh, by the way, its legally impossible for DiShea to take "all his money" because in Florida the minute he puts it in a joint account it becomes their money.

And yes, maybe if this is a regular person with no history of violence you might forgive the words said in the heat of the moment.  But Dukes is not a regular person, he has a long history of violence which stretches back to when he was very young.  He has shown an inability to control his temper and a willingness to act against anyone, including a woman, if he feels wronged.  Dukes is nothing more than a bully and a punk and needs to be forced into intensive counseling before he winds up in prison and DiShea and the kids wind up on a slab.

There is no excuse, people have been making excuses for Dukes for years, moving him from one high school to the next for disciplinary issues just so he could graduate and avoid detention, the numerous people talked out of pressing assault charges until he finally got a 30 day slap on the wrist in Durham, the number of people connected to the Rays who have "unofficially" encouraged DiShea not to go public so his carreer wouldn't be damaged.  It is time for people to stop making excuses for this punk and make him face the full extent of consequences for his actions.  And the first consequence should be that he shouldn't be allowed to put on a baaseball uniform again until this is resolved and he gets the mental help he needs.

R.J. Anderson, please at least try to get your facts straight.  NiShea filed for a restraining order the first time almost a year ago.  She has been in the process of trying to get another one but "unofficially" many connected to the Rays have been trying to convince her not to because it would "ruin his career." And NiShea listened top them right up until Dukes showed up at the Middle School acting like a maniac, the text message threatening both her and the kids with a picture of a gun was the last straw.  NiShea decided if the Rays were not going to be able to control him she had to go public.  

Anderson, why don't you and the rest of the pathetic Dukes apologists spend half as much time investigating and getting your facts right as you do defending this thug.  The shame of it is that if he was batting .201 and a utility player, most of you morons defending him wouldn't have thought twice about seeing him cut.  You people are the reason why athletes today walk around with the feeling the rules don't apply to them.  They know that no matter what, as long as they are good, people will always try to defend them.  What's worse is the way you idiots take their side and then try to deny you are doing it when you get called on it.  Dukes is obviously stupid, but at least he's honest about it, what he does is out there for everyone to see.  You people hover around the edges claiming there are "two sides" and insinuating that NiShea is just as at fault or that she is somehow manipulating this to extort money, you are pathetic and dishonest.  You are the kind of people that make it possible for abusive husbands to stay out of jail and sometimes kill their estranged wives.  And then you'll shake your heads with everyone else and wonder how it could have happened.  You defenders of this punk Dukes are the reason NiShea went public, so that no matter what, the information is out there now and the likelyhood of Dukes being able to harm her is much less with this much publicity.