Miguel Cabrera's Weekend Was Worse Than Yours

[nny]

You're not a Tigers fan.

I wouldn't care if Hanley went out drinking with the Mets or Braves or Phillies

[Ramp]

You're not a Tigers fan.

I would have no issues if Johnny Bake went out Outback Steakhouse with David Wright, Martin Prado and Ryan Howard

[Chewford]

I would have no issues if Johnny Bake went out Outback Steakhouse with David Wright, Martin Prado and Ryan Howard

What if the four of them ordered in some DEY LASAGNA DE PIZZA HUT while watching Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen?

[Ramp]

it would be for me

[Nick]

I wouldn't care if Hanley went out drinking with the Mets or Braves or Phillies

I don't have a problem that it was with the white sox, but the fact that he got drunk and staying out way late is what I would have a problem with. Especially considering the dispute with his wife could've put his status for the playoff game into question.

[Fritz]

At least he didn't go all Ugueth Urbina on a bitch.

[Sashimi]

I don't have a problem that it was with the white sox, but the fact that he got drunk and staying out way late is what I would have a problem with. Especially considering the dispute with his wife could've put his status for the playoff game into question.

...and that he (allegedly) got behind the wheel.

[Nick]

At least he didn't go all Ugueth Urbina on a bitch.

Kiss her on the mouth?

[Namaste]

In another article, I read that his blood-alcohol level was three times the legal limit. Even though he wasn't pulled over, it was determined that he had just driven home. Could he still be charged with DUI?

Negative. No wheel witness.

Completely silly that he was given a breath test.

[emkayseven]

Kiss her on the mouth?

i think he was referring to the murder

but i see what you did there

[Swifty]

Completely silly that he was given a breath test.

Michigan has a law that requires a hospitalization after a certain level, evidently.

I assume Miggy was more than plastered if they felt he was approaching the .3 mandatory hospitalization threshold.

[Metes]

He's a big fella

[wanks1212]

Birmingham -- During an altercation at a Birmingham bar in August, Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera allegedly mocked a teenager about his weight and challenged a man to a fight in an incident that resulted in no criminal charges but prompted Tigers management to order Cabrera to avoid the bar, according to information provided to The Detroit News.

But Cabrera apparently returned to the Townsend on Saturday, police said, in the hours before he returned home drunk and got into a fight with his wife that prompted a call to police. Cabrera was taken from the home by police but not charged.

A representative of the Tigers told police that Cabrera admitted he lost his composure on Aug. 31 in the Rugby Grille at the Townsend Hotel and blamed it on his recent batting woes and marital troubles with his wife. He had just gone 1 for 14 against Tampa Bay and told Tigers officials his wife had returned to their native Venezuela.

On Saturday, Cabrera's trouble began at 6 a.m. when he returned home with a blood-alcohol level that was three times over the legal limit for driving.

The $14 million-a-year ballplayer allegedly upset his wife, Roseangel, by waking his 4-year-old daughter as he talked on a cell phone when he came home Saturday morning. After a brief struggle, she called police from an upstairs bedroom, Birmingham Police Chief Richard Patterson said Monday.

"I need help please ... ," a sobbing, barely coherent woman whispered to police in a 911 phone call reviewed by The Detroit News.

Police later took Miguel Cabrera from the home.

Cabrera issued an apology this afternoon, acknowledged its impact on the team and asked fans to respect his privacy.

"There was an incident that took place on Saturday and it is a personal matter. I am sorry this has become a distraction, and I apologize to the Tigers, my teammates, and all of the fans," he said in a statement e-mailed to the media. "I would appreciate it if you would respect my family's privacy as I prepare for our next game."

In the August incident, according to the information, a man told Birmingham police that he and an unnamed teen encountered Cabrera at the Rugby Grille on Aug. 31 about 6:30 p.m. Cabrera allegedly asked the teen, who weighs about 300 pounds, "What's up, big boy? You need to work out," according to the information provided to The News.

The teen then asked Cabrera to stop taunting him and said, "Let me be."

But it became confrontational, the man told police: Cabrera allegedly challenged the man and the teen. "'You don't know me or where I am from," he allegedly said. "Let's go right now. I'll fight both of you right now. Let's go outside." At one point, the man told police he felt that Cabrera intimated that he had a gun, saying he was going to go to his vehicle and get his "click-clack" and making a motion with his hands that he interpreted as the racking of a handgun.

Richard Fenton, the Tigers security representative, told police that he later searched Cabrera's vehicle and did not find a weapon, and he said Cabrera indicated he did not have a gun. The incident prompted the Tigers to hold a meeting with Cabrera, General Manager Dave Dombrowski and a team lawyer, Fenton told police. It was then that Cabrera was told to stay out of the Townsend.

On Saturday morning, Roseangel called police seeking help. When police arrived at their Birmingham home, located about a mile from the Townsend, a visibly intoxicated Miguel Cabrera opened the door.

"She (Roseangel) was angry and upset, and the pair had an argument, which, at some point, resulted in her calling us for help," Patterson said. "It was a family trouble complaint, and we have been unable to determine who instigated the violence, but both were involved. Their injuries appeared minor; both had scratches."

Patterson said the pair, both 26 years old, had struggled over the cell phone with each receiving minor injuries: Cabrera to this left cheek and Roseangel to her lower lip. The cell phone was broken, and a gold neck chain he had been wearing was also broken, according to a police report

During the 911 call, a dispatcher asked Roseangel Cabrera if her husband had hit her before. She said "no."

Cabrera agreed to voluntarily leave the house. He was taken to the Birmingham police station because he was "very uncooperative and highly intoxicated," according to the police report. A language barrier involving Roseangel Cabrera and police made communication about the incident difficult, the report noted. A Spanish interpreter from the Michigan State Police was located to speak with her.

Before his release, police administered a breath test, and Cabrera registered .26. A reading of .08 is considered intoxicated for motorists, but because he was at home, and not behind the wheel of a car, it is not a criminal offense.

Later, Cabrera and his wife refused to explain how the injuries were obtained, and both refused medical attention. Neither party wished to press criminal charges.

Patterson stressed Cabrera and his wife have not been cited in the incident, and he was released about 7:30 a.m. to the care of Dombrowski. Police advised Cabrera not to return to his address.

A formal report requiring a follow-up by state child welfare workers was also completed by police because there was a child in the home. Police stressed the child was not part of the argument between the couple.

A police investigation determined Cabrera had met several hours earlier with a ballplayer on the Chicago White Sox who had been staying at the Townsend with the rest of the team.

Patterson noted the ballplayer was not involved in any other incident in Birmingham, according to his investigators. Patterson also confirmed there have been no other police runs to the Cabrera address.

A neighbor reported she saw about three police cruisers in front of the Cabreras' home early Saturday morning and said officers put a man in the back of one of the cruisers.

Cabrera declined to comment on scratches to his face before Saturday's game, which the Tigers lost 5-1. Had the Tigers won Saturday and Sunday, they would have won the American League Central Division title and averted Tuesday's 5:07 p.m. one-game playoff at Minnesota for the right to play the Yankees in the AL playoffs.

He had a dismal performance in Saturday's game, going 0-4, including striking out once and leaving six runners on base.

Cabrera again declined to comment about the marks on his face after Sunday's game, which the Tigers won 5-3 to force the one-game playoff. Cabrera was 0-3 on Sunday.

He's been by far the team's most prolific slugger this season, with 33 home runs, a .323 batting average and 101 runs batted in. Among full-time players, he leads the team in all three categories.

Nobody answered the door at the Cabrera home late Sunday afternoon.

http://detnews.com/article/20091005/...-reports-show#

gehehe cabs was allegedly making fun of other people for being fat

[Swifty]

Cabrera agreed to voluntarily leave the house. He was taken to the Birmingham police station because he was "very uncooperative and highly intoxicated," according to the police report. A language barrier involving Roseangel Cabrera and police made communication about the incident difficult, the report noted. A Spanish interpreter from the Michigan State Police was located to speak with her.

Clearly would have not gotten to this scale if he never left Miami.

[Namaste]

They don't call alcohol asshole juice for nothing.


I wonder if the marital problems have anything to do with all the hot tail he bangs while he's on the road?