The Atlanta Braves pitcher appears to have been detained by police at…

The Atlanta Braves pitcher appears to have been detained by police at…

The Atlanta Braves pitcher appears to have been detained by police at…

As the World Series champion Atlanta Braves celebrated the end of their 25-year drought, one of the team’s best bullpen pitchers had a run-in with authorities on the parade route. See videos of Tyler Matzek appearing to be detained by police officers amid the festivities.

Multiple officers eventually encircled the pitcher, and it seemed that Matzek pulled out his wallet to produce identification. Matzek was released back to the procession buses after officers realized they had briefly held a member of the World Series-winning Atlanta Braves.

1. Alvin Darkness
Dark was the first to make it, having played at Louisiana (then Southwest Louisiana Institute) and LSU before hitting.323 as the starting shortstop for the Boston Braves in 1948, winning Rookie of the Year honors, and later guiding the San Francisco Giants to the 1962 World Series title as a manager. Dark graduated from Lake Charles High School in 1940, after accepting a basketball scholarship from Texas A&M, before electing to attend LSU. Dark was born in Comanche, Oklahoma in 1922 and raised in Louisiana. Dark was an all-SEC halfback for the LSU football team in 1942 and a part of the Tigers’ SEC championship baseball team in 1943.

In 1981, he was inducted into the LSU Athletic Hall of Fame. Dark transferred to SLI through the V-12 program during World War II and rapidly became a two-sport sensation, hitting.466 for the Bulldogs in 1944 baseball and leading SLI to an undefeated season and an appearance in the Oil Bowl as the starting quarterback. The Bulldogs had their first perfect season since 1906, and despite being heavily considered for both the Orange Bowl and the Sugar Bowl, they settled for a 24-7 triumph over Arkansas A&M in the Oil Bowl in December 1943, after playing SLI to a 20-20 tie earlier in the year. Dark was taken in the second round by the Philadelphia Eagles.

After his playing career ended, Dark became a manager, leading the San Francisco Giants to the 1962 World Series, where they were defeated by the New York Yankees, 4 games to 3. Dark managed the San Francisco Giants (1961-1964), Kansas City Athletics (1966-67), Cleveland Indians (1968-71), Oakland Athletics (1974-75), and San Diego Padres (1977), compiling a 994-954 overall record, including World Series titles with the Giants in 1962 and the A’s in 1974. Dark was elected into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 1976. Dark died in 2014, at the age of 92, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s.