Bill Hall Gets Designated for Assignment, Divorce

MILWAUKEE, WI - Hours after the Milwaukee Brewers decided to cut ties with Bill Hall, the third baseman's wife of two years made a similar decision.

On Wednesday morning, when Hall had arrived for practice, manager Ken Macha called the underperforming infielder into the front office to inform him that they were letting him go.

"He said that I didn't understand, that his wife was going to kill him. I told him that it wasn't my decision. Then he quietly cleaned out his locker and left," Macha explained. "I feel sorry for the poor guy, but this is a job like any other. If your headlines were gramatically incorrect, I'm sure you'd get fired too."

Sure enough, Bill's wife, name withheld, filed for divorce Thursday afternoon. Hall has since been seen in taverns across West Milwaukee, where he has frequently told bartenders how much he misses his wife and children, his job, and his house.

After hitting 35 home runs in 2006, Hall has only hit a combined total of 35 home runs since.