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Miguel Cabrera DUI (1 Viewer)

igbomb said:
Lots of dramatics in this thread. He drank too much, got a DUI, will go to AA, and will crush the ball all season long. Some people are acting like the guy's on the edge of the abyss and one step removed from being found hanging from the ceiling with a syringe in his arm. Yep, what he did stinks and he should pay the same penalty as anyone else, but let's not blow this into some story it isn't. He'll be manning first base in April when the season opens.
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Detroit Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski says Miguel Cabrera's battle with alcohol is an issue "that needs to be addressed."It was Dombrowski who picked up Cabrera at a Detroit-area jail in the wee hours of Oct. 3, 2009, when the slugger was detained after an alcohol-fueled dispute with his wife on the last weekend of the regular season.But no charges were filed in the 2009 incident. That can't be said about Cabrera's latest brush with alcohol and the law -- his arrest on DUI charges in Florida on Wednesday night.Following the 2009 season, Cabrera said he spent roughly 90 days in outpatient rehabilitation and in 2010 produced an MVP-caliber season.Dombrowski seemed to indicate Wednesday that the club may want him to pursue a more vigorous rehabilitation after his latest incident. Tigers position players hold their first spring-training workout Saturday and Dombrowski said he did not know when Cabrera would join the club.Said Dombrowski:"We have an issue here that needs to be addressed and helped. I fully expect Miguel Cabrera to be with us. It's too early to make that a 100%-type statement, but I've been involved with these types of treatment situations in the past, and I would anticipate that."Source USA TodaySounds like the tigers think this is more then just drinking to much
 
Gopher State said:
igbomb said:
Lots of dramatics in this thread. He drank too much, got a DUI, will go to AA, and will crush the ball all season long. Some people are acting like the guy's on the edge of the abyss and one step removed from being found hanging from the ceiling with a syringe in his arm. Yep, what he did stinks and he should pay the same penalty as anyone else, but let's not blow this into some story it isn't. He'll be manning first base in April when the season opens.
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Detroit Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski says Miguel Cabrera's battle with alcohol is an issue "that needs to be addressed."It was Dombrowski who picked up Cabrera at a Detroit-area jail in the wee hours of Oct. 3, 2009, when the slugger was detained after an alcohol-fueled dispute with his wife on the last weekend of the regular season.But no charges were filed in the 2009 incident. That can't be said about Cabrera's latest brush with alcohol and the law -- his arrest on DUI charges in Florida on Wednesday night.Following the 2009 season, Cabrera said he spent roughly 90 days in outpatient rehabilitation and in 2010 produced an MVP-caliber season.Dombrowski seemed to indicate Wednesday that the club may want him to pursue a more vigorous rehabilitation after his latest incident. Tigers position players hold their first spring-training workout Saturday and Dombrowski said he did not know when Cabrera would join the club.Said Dombrowski:"We have an issue here that needs to be addressed and helped. I fully expect Miguel Cabrera to be with us. It's too early to make that a 100%-type statement, but I've been involved with these types of treatment situations in the past, and I would anticipate that."Source USA TodaySounds like the tigers think this is more then just drinking to much
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The timing works well for the Tigers management. They have six weeks until opening day so they can work something out with Cabrera that will hopefully make a difference in his life but will also keep appearances with the fan base. If they were headed to Minneapolis for a three game weekend series, things would be bit more complicated.
 
Smack Tripper said:
igbomb said:
Lots of dramatics in this thread. He drank too much, got a DUI, will go to AA, and will crush the ball all season long. Some people are acting like the guy's on the edge of the abyss and one step removed from being found hanging from the ceiling with a syringe in his arm.

Yep, what he did stinks and he should pay the same penalty as anyone else, but let's not blow this into some story it isn't. He'll be manning first base in April when the season opens.
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Most people, on their second DUI with the same employer, where it turns into resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer, lose their job. I don't think you are punishing him by suspending him for 30 days as much as maybe saving the guys life, he's clearly a reckless clown. This isn't the case of a single guy having one bad night, its a pattern and if the money can't keep him straight, maybe depriving him of the one thing that's probably meant more to him than booze(in theory) will.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but there was no DUI from his 2009 incident. He was at home drunk and no charges were ever filed.
 
Gopher State said:
igbomb said:
Lots of dramatics in this thread. He drank too much, got a DUI, will go to AA, and will crush the ball all season long. Some people are acting like the guy's on the edge of the abyss and one step removed from being found hanging from the ceiling with a syringe in his arm. Yep, what he did stinks and he should pay the same penalty as anyone else, but let's not blow this into some story it isn't. He'll be manning first base in April when the season opens.
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Detroit Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski says Miguel Cabrera's battle with alcohol is an issue "that needs to be addressed."It was Dombrowski who picked up Cabrera at a Detroit-area jail in the wee hours of Oct. 3, 2009, when the slugger was detained after an alcohol-fueled dispute with his wife on the last weekend of the regular season.But no charges were filed in the 2009 incident. That can't be said about Cabrera's latest brush with alcohol and the law -- his arrest on DUI charges in Florida on Wednesday night.Following the 2009 season, Cabrera said he spent roughly 90 days in outpatient rehabilitation and in 2010 produced an MVP-caliber season.Dombrowski seemed to indicate Wednesday that the club may want him to pursue a more vigorous rehabilitation after his latest incident. Tigers position players hold their first spring-training workout Saturday and Dombrowski said he did not know when Cabrera would join the club.Said Dombrowski:"We have an issue here that needs to be addressed and helped. I fully expect Miguel Cabrera to be with us. It's too early to make that a 100%-type statement, but I've been involved with these types of treatment situations in the past, and I would anticipate that."Source USA TodaySounds like the tigers think this is more then just drinking to much
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That story is nothing more than an attempt to get the public to lay off. The team had to issue a statement because the fans are flipping out here about how the team isn't doing enough. People on the radio are predicting his death. :lol: A whole lot of judgment being passed about a guy that we don't know at all. He may very well have a big problem, but to assume that we have any idea is just silly.Don't read too much into the Tigers statement. It's not like saying no big deal was a viable option.
 
igbomb said:
Smack Tripper said:
igbomb said:
Lots of dramatics in this thread. He drank too much, got a DUI, will go to AA, and will crush the ball all season long. Some people are acting like the guy's on the edge of the abyss and one step removed from being found hanging from the ceiling with a syringe in his arm.

Yep, what he did stinks and he should pay the same penalty as anyone else, but let's not blow this into some story it isn't. He'll be manning first base in April when the season opens.
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Most people, on their second DUI with the same employer, where it turns into resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer, lose their job. I don't think you are punishing him by suspending him for 30 days as much as maybe saving the guys life, he's clearly a reckless clown. This isn't the case of a single guy having one bad night, its a pattern and if the money can't keep him straight, maybe depriving him of the one thing that's probably meant more to him than booze(in theory) will.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but there was no DUI from his 2009 incident. He was at home drunk and no charges were ever filed.
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Correct, this is his first DUI.
 
igbomb said:
Smack Tripper said:
igbomb said:
Lots of dramatics in this thread. He drank too much, got a DUI, will go to AA, and will crush the ball all season long. Some people are acting like the guy's on the edge of the abyss and one step removed from being found hanging from the ceiling with a syringe in his arm.

Yep, what he did stinks and he should pay the same penalty as anyone else, but let's not blow this into some story it isn't. He'll be manning first base in April when the season opens.
Click to expand...
Most people, on their second DUI with the same employer, where it turns into resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer, lose their job. I don't think you are punishing him by suspending him for 30 days as much as maybe saving the guys life, he's clearly a reckless clown. This isn't the case of a single guy having one bad night, its a pattern and if the money can't keep him straight, maybe depriving him of the one thing that's probably meant more to him than booze(in theory) will.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but there was no DUI from his 2009 incident. He was at home drunk and no charges were ever filed.
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You are correct, my bad.I will say this though, two INCIDENTS like this in a job in the public sector and there is typically an exit strategy planned. And I'm not pushing for that, just putting it out there for those that would minimalize it. For all of Manny's goofery, he never had anything like this confirmed publically, but he'll always be seen as a knucklehead. I just hope Miggy takes care of himself here and gets the help he needs.

 
Smack Tripper said:
igbomb said:
Smack Tripper said:
igbomb said:
Lots of dramatics in this thread. He drank too much, got a DUI, will go to AA, and will crush the ball all season long. Some people are acting like the guy's on the edge of the abyss and one step removed from being found hanging from the ceiling with a syringe in his arm.

Yep, what he did stinks and he should pay the same penalty as anyone else, but let's not blow this into some story it isn't. He'll be manning first base in April when the season opens.
Click to expand...
Most people, on their second DUI with the same employer, where it turns into resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer, lose their job. I don't think you are punishing him by suspending him for 30 days as much as maybe saving the guys life, he's clearly a reckless clown. This isn't the case of a single guy having one bad night, its a pattern and if the money can't keep him straight, maybe depriving him of the one thing that's probably meant more to him than booze(in theory) will.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but there was no DUI from his 2009 incident. He was at home drunk and no charges were ever filed.
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You are correct, my bad.I will say this though, two INCIDENTS like this in a job in the public sector and there is typically an exit strategy planned. And I'm not pushing for that, just putting it out there for those that would minimalize it. For all of Manny's goofery, he never had anything like this confirmed publically, but he'll always be seen as a knucklehead. I just hope Miggy takes care of himself here and gets the help he needs.
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Maybe if you're a senator.
 
INSIDE PITCH

USA TODAY

That Olde English "D" on Detroit's cap might as well stand for a new "D" word.

Distraction.

The news that first baseman Miguel Cabrera had been arrested in yet another alcohol-related incident late Wednesday night put a damper on the Tigers' spring training camp before he even arrived. He doesn't have to report until next week.

The arrest raised a whole bunch of questions for the Tigers, both on and off the field. But the two main ones are pretty obvious:

First, how bad is Cabrera's problem?

Cabrera told officers that he needs help with a "problem," according to the police report, and clearly he does. It's his second incident involving alcohol in a year and a half. On the final weekend of the 2009 season, he got into a fight with his wife after a night of drinking, and police had to be summoned. She did not press charges.

I hope the problem Cabrera was telling the police about is his drinking problem

 
If players would not get behind the wheel nobody would ever know or care.

Who cares if Miggy has a few scotch on the rocks if he puts up 320-35-120?

 
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