Padres’ LaMarr Hoyt to Begin Serving 45-Day Jail Sentence in Florida Today

Pitcher LaMarr Hoyt of the San Diego Padres begins his 45-day jail sentence at Eglin Air Force Base near Pensacola, Fla., this morning, but it’s not like he’s going to be dragging around a ball and chain.

“No, LaMarr won’t be on bread and water in an 8-by-10 cell with a three-watt light bulb,” said Hoyt’s attorney, Howard Frank, on Sunday. “This is not a maximum security facility.”

After Hoyt was sentenced last month after pleading guilty to possession of Valium tablets and an illegal painkiller, Frank requested that Hoyt, who lives in Columbia, S.C., be stationed at Eglin. The Federal Bureau of Prisons granted Frank’s request.

Hoyt has already spent two days in jail (immediately after he was arrested), so his sentence is technically for 43 days. So if Commissioner Peter Ueberroth doesn’t suspend Hoyt, and the Padres want him back, Hoyt could join the other pitchers and catchers for the first day of spring training, Feb. 23.