I came across
John d'Acquisto for the first time in another save, having never heard of him before. After going 34-51 over 10 seasons spent almost entirely in the NL, his became one of baseball's sadder stories:
After his retirement, D'Acquisto became a registered investment adviser-banker, but had his license revoked and was sentenced to 63 months in prison over charges of misrepresentation and investment fraud. Later, it was found out through court subpoenas of documents that D'Acquisto was used in a scheme developed by V. Davide Siniscalchi and R. Jeffs Kollar of Sheraton Management, along with others, and was the victim of a set-up. All of the apparent stolen funds purported to have been stolen by D'Acquisto were found in the hands of Siniscalchi of Alliance Holdings and two others, all of whom served time in prison for fraud. D'Acquisto stated that he was not responsible for any purported fraud and his court documents spelled it out clearly. BBRef Bullpen
Interestingly, again from the same source:
He was the first major league player with a last name that started with D and an apostrophe. Despite the fact that this is common in Italian names, through the 2008 season, there had been just three more.
Having amassed almost 5 WAR, John's holding his own as a starter for the ABCs in the EL (for which his very eligibility could perhaps be brought into question). He is currently tied for 2nd in the WC for strikeouts with 187, and had a nice game today against the AGs. It was his second straight shutout, a performance that led to him winning the WC weekly award.
