then let me be the first to raise my glass to the Sox!

j/k of course

Cabrera is one of my favorite hitters to watch, hopefully he puts this behind him and can have a productive game 163/postseason.

And I will reiterate it here

Miguel Cabrera had a blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal limit when he was involved in a physical altercation with his wife early Saturday morning, according to the Birmingham Police.

Cabrera registered a .26 blood-alcohol level when tested by police, Commander Mark Clemence said. A person is considered drunk at .08.

A person is considered too drunk to drive at .08. There is no legal BAC limit for any other activity, including stumbling into the house at 5AM, waking your daughter, and pissing off your wife. As no DUI charges have been filed in this case, Cabrera’s BAC has no relevance in this case. The reason the cops made him blow was to see if they had to take him to the hospital. Once it was determined that he could sleep it off without getting his stomach pumped, his specific BAC was no longer a factor in anything.

Of course, “he was drunk” wasn’t enough for these hack journalists and their hack editor. They had to give the number (in the subhead, no less) and a quasi-definition before adding in a throwaway line about how the cops don’t consider it relevant (but you should, innocent citizen!).

Utter BS.

that fans take losses harder than the players do, and this incident reinforces what I already believed to be true. Leaving the apparent domestic situation out of it (if Cabrera hit his wife, he’s an automatic scumbag), if I were a Tigers fan, I would be furious over the fact that he would be so careless before a game that literally meant the season. I guarantee that a lot of Tigers fans were despondent after that game, and many probably out drowning their sorrows, and to know that your star player is out partying—with the opposing team, no less—that, to me, is just inexcusable. Even as an opposing fan, I would never look at Miguel Cabrera the same again.

I know it’s been discussed here before, but my favorite scene from “Fever Pitch” is where Jimmy Fallon and his buddies see some Red Sox players out enjoying dinner together while they, the fans, are drinking their sorrows away after going down 0-3 in the playoffs against the Yankees. I love the scene because it is so true and so frustrating that fans care more than the players do in many cases.

Apparently the first 10,000 kids (14 & under) attending last Sunday’s Tigers game received a poster of (you guessed it): Miguel Cabrera.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20091005/SPORTS0104/910050376/Tigers-warned-Cabrera-after-bar-altercation-in-August—reports-show

Cabrera’s blood-alcohol level was higher than the Tigers’ team batting average.