Well, it looks as though the Hidalgo experiment may well be over:

http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060306&content_id=1337127& ;vkey=spt2006news&fext=.jsp&c_id=bal

Also, you have to love/pity Mora getting pulled into this:

"Earlier in the day, Melvin Mora, one of Hidalgo's close friends, said he's not sure what to make of the situation.

'Believe me, I was surprised. I think he has family problems -- that's what somebody told me,' Mora said. 'I don't know what happened. We can say anything we want, but I don't know what happened with his family. He had major reasons to go, and family comes first.' "

Poor Melvin, the dude's just trying to play ball and he keeps on having to answer for his friends'/teammates' shenanigans.