Police look into fight involving Tigers 1B Cabrera

[cruzg24]

BIRMINGHAM, Mich. (AP)—Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera was drunk—three times above Michigan’s legal limit for driving, according to police—between two key games over the weekend as his team was trying to win the American League Central title.

The 26-year-old Venezuelan first baseman was taken to a police station Saturday after arriving at his suburban Detroit home at 5 a.m. and getting into a fight with his wife, Birmingham Police Chief Richard Patterson said.

Cabrera went 0-for-4 and stranded six runners in a 5-1 loss to Chicago on Saturday night, a game that started about 12 hours after Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski picked him up at the station.

On Friday night, Cabrera had gone 0-for-4 and left four runners on base in an 8-0 loss to the White Sox. Cabrera went hitless in three at-bats on Sunday, a 5-3 Tigers win.

According to a police report, Miguel Cabrera “suffered an injury to the left side of his face” and his wife “suffered an injury to her lower lip.” Miguel Cabrera’s gold neck chain was broken and a cell phone was damaged.

His wife “was upset when Miguel came home intoxicated, woke up their child and was talking on the phone,” the report says.

Rosangel Cabrera asked that her husband leave the house, so officers took him to the police station, Patterson said. Cabrera was administered a breath test by police and registered a 0.26 blood-alcohol reading, the chief said. The legal limit for Michigan drivers is 0.08.

“Mr. Cabrera was very uncooperative and highly intoxicated,” the police report says.

Cabrera, who is listed at 6-foot-4 and 240 pounds, was picked up at the station by Dombrowski around 7:30 a.m. Saturday.

Patterson said officers also investigated an incident involving Cabrera earlier this year at the Townsend Hotel, which is a common destination for visiting professional sports teams.

That time, Patterson said, Cabrera got into an argument with a young man, telling him he was “overweight and needed to work out.”

Another person at the bar took offense to Cabrera’s comments and called police, who investigated. No charges were filed.

“It was a nothing incident,” Patterson said.

Source: yahoo.com

Hitting his wife is a no-no............

 

[Gtown81]

I used to really like Miggy, but now, not so much

 

[cruzg24]

He also reportedly got drunk another time and made fun of a kid because of his weight and challenged him to a fight outside. And people said that he had a gun with him as well, that he was insinuating that he had a gun actually.

 

[elcheato]

What a joke, first off, I don't know why he is partying out so late and drinking excessively when he has a game the next day and then he hits his wife.

 

[.infamous]

Pashka stop spamming. That is against the rules.

 

[redbrid8]

is it me or sports stars seem to get drunk and drive/in a fight a lot!


but i always thought of cabrera as a suttle guy not a guy that would hit his wife, carry a gun and get in fight



redbird

 

[Blake]

So much for him "cleaning up his act."

 

[dh1333]

He also reportedly got drunk another time and made fun of a kid because of his weight and challenged him to a fight outside. And people said that he had a gun with him as well, that he was insinuating that he had a gun actually.

What a douchebag...

 

[.infamous]

why are u guys still commenting on this. He has been sober since he went to rehab about 3 1/2 months ago. So none of this will happen again.