Chuck Knoblauch and the Monte Carlo Hotel Fire

A rumor is making its way through the Internet that Chuck Knoblauch was involved in the fire that was started at the Monte Carlo Hotel in Las Vegas today.

The story goes that Chuck Knoblauch, who is on the run trying to avoid being served with a federal subpoena to discuss steroids in baseball, thought that the best place to hide under an assumed name was in Las Vegas. Knoblauch remembered the story of how Howard Hughes had avoided subpoenas for years hiding out in Las Vegas and was trying to do the same.

Some private detectives were trying to serve Knoblauch with the subpoena but were getting tired of waiting for him to come out of hiding in his room. Supposedly the detectives thought some other people would get to serve Knoblauch first and they would thus be out of the processing fees - so they tried to "smoke him out." It was only supposed to be smoke but it quickly got out of hand.

Knoblauch was first spotted playing craps in the casino of the Monte Carlo. Some Yankee fans thought it was him but when he acted afraid to throw the dice - they were sure.

At least that's the rumor that's on the Internet now.