Diamondbacks TV Analyst, Ex-Cub Mark Grace Arrested For Drunk Driving

A grand jury on Oct. 3 indicted Grace on four felony counts of aggravated driving or actual physical control while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, said Jerry Cobb, Maricopa County Attorney’s Office spokesman.

Grace is charged not only with driving under the influence but also driving with a suspended license and without an interlock device, as required under his previous DUI conviction.

If convicted on all counts, Grace faces between 1 and 3.75 years in prison on each count, but the sentences would likely be imposed concurrently because they relate to one incident, Cobb said.The article indicates that Grace could lower possible prison time if he “ pleads guilty to reduced charges”, though it doesn’t say what that would amount to. Grace will have a pre-trial conference on December 5; the Diamondbacks announced after his arrest that he would not be returning to their TV booth.

And both of their television broadcasters did not finish the year with the team. Lead play-by-play voice Daron Sutton was suspended for insubordination around midseason and didn’t return, and color commentator (and former D’backs player) Mark Grace was taken off the air after he was arrested for DUI for the second time in a little over a year.

Thursday, team president Derrick Hall announced Sutton and Grace won’t be back:

From the Arizona Republic, a bit of week-old Mark Grace news:

The slightest degree. So at least he’s got that going for him.