because when he was asked about it on Saturday, he said it was because of his dog. Hmmm.

According to Deadspin, Miguel came home drunk at 6:00 am Saturday morning after partying with… Wait for it… Players from the Chicago White Sox.

As the Deadspin article says, “It’s bad enough he was getting hammered in the middle of the most important series of the year and staying out until 6:00 a.m. the night before a must-win, season-on-the-line game, but to get sloshed alongside the team that’s standing in your way?”

Maybe Justin Morneau could do something to help our boys even though he’s not playing… He could offer Miggy a “relaxing night out” tonight in Minneapolis, get him ripped and drop him off at the team hotel in the wee hours of the morning.

After all, Miggy went 0-11 against the Sox, I can’t imagine his binge drinking had nothing to do with it.

C’mon, Justin! Take one for the team!

He goes home from the start of arguably the most important series of the year, decides “Hey, let’s go get trashed with some WHITE SOX players”, then comes home hours before a huge game and fights with his wife. Now, that alone is bad, but then someone with the Detroit organization decides that it’s ok for him to still play on Saturday and Sunday after that?! They had to bail him out of jail!

I don’t get this. I think it shows poor team and work ethic on his part (won’t even delve into the Springer-esque part of the story with his wife), and he should be punished for it.

but I was reading another blog and someone commented: “Isn’t wife beating pretty common in Detroit anyways?”

I’m sure he won’t, though.

I can’t even figure out why this got elevated to our front page.

Big deal. Humans make mistakes. A number of married couples physically fight.

It happens. It is unfortunate for sure, but it happens.

I see no reason why this is any kind of issue on the Twinkie Town front page.

And what Leyland, or the Tiger Org. does is their business. It’s a domestic dispute for god’s sake. Sad. But utterly human.

Thanks AJ.

change the tite please? Its a bit misleading. I though it was ORLANDO cabrera and I was instantly afraid that he would be unavailble for tomorrows game. But obviously the Tigers don’t believe that he should bekept out off the lineup.

MIQUEL Cabrera’s behavior is suspension-worthy. 1) BA count of .26, he had to be feeling the effects of that the next day. That is unprofessional, especially in a pennant race. 2) Fraternizing with the opposing team. Not acceptable, especially given the situation. I haven’t seen details of who he drank with and how long he was in their company, but that is truly unprofessional, as well. 3) Fighting with your wife. I know that it happens. Perhaps Mrs. Cabrera wasn’t totally a victim, but I am willing to guess that she is about half Miquel’s size. To me,(Captain Obvious), the drinking almost certainly was a big part of the reason for the fight. Still, M. Cabrera should be fined. I doubt that hurting the team by suspending him will happen.

Now, for the ramifications: If the Tigers lose, Cabrera will bear the brunt of the blame, whether he goes 0-5 for 5-5. However, the team may adopt a bunker mentality, perceiving that they are being picked on by the media and made underdogs etc., that is scary for the Twins. It also could light a fire under Cabrera. The Tigers have slowly faded, now all the attention is on their star and not on whether Brandon Inge is too injured to play at a high level, and why Granderson can’t hit lefties etc. Almost every factor favored the Twins coming in. This event has changed some of the focus and is like tipping the card table over when you have a losing hand. You may still have a losing hand., but there is a new deal.

I fully expected to see more crap like this from our intelligent observers (no sarcastic font because we do have a lot of intelligent observers here ): For Cabrera, one bad scratch deserves another

The MSN headline reads: “Partying star forfeits playoffs”

This self-righteous windbag Morosi gets all over Cabrera – not for assaulting his wife, which deserves criticism – but for showing up to work hung over. Who the hell hasn’t done that a dozen times? Who the Hell hasn’t called in sick to watch game 163 to take a mental health day, or because they had a cough and the sun was shining. Apparently Morosi is the perfect little worker bee. Way to keep those cogs moving Morosi.

Cabrera should be fined heavily by the Tigers for surely breaking team rules by drinking that heavily before a game, and perhaps suspended a few games next season. THe MLB (or NFL, NHL, LPGA, whatever) is an athletic league, not a morality league, and I daresay this sort of reprehensible stuff happens fairly often in the majors.