Comments on: Cabrera had a previous run-in with the law http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/10/06/cabrera-had-a-previous-run-in-with-the-law/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:47:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: pajamash http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/10/06/cabrera-had-a-previous-run-in-with-the-law/comment-page-1/#comment-4760 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:25:00 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=1603#comment-4760 Why shouldn’t he be punished. I will give the example of George Patton slapping a soldier. Patton was punished during World War II. If Patton can be punished during such a crucial time why can’t Cabrera before a baseball game?
The following is from Wikipedia – “Near the end of the Sicilian campaign, Patton jeopardized his career by slapping a soldier recuperating from battle fatigue at a hospital; Patton considered him a coward. The well-publicized incident caused General Dwight D. Eisenhower to relieve him of command. Thus, instead of playing a major part in the Normandy Landings and Operation Overlord, he was relegated to commanding the decoy mission Operation Quicksilver.”

]]> By: bert http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/10/06/cabrera-had-a-previous-run-in-with-the-law/comment-page-1/#comment-4759 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:15:52 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=1603#comment-4759 to “tan someone’s hide” is actually a very old euphemism, along the lines of “taking someone behind the woodshed”

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He is making millions playing a game. If he can’t control his attitude and his liquor his parents (in this case the management of the Detroit Tigers) need to tan his ass.

Is this some new euphemism that I’m unaware of?

]]> By: Dale C. Scott http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/10/06/cabrera-had-a-previous-run-in-with-the-law/comment-page-1/#comment-4757 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:18:38 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=1603#comment-4757 Hey, Martha —– Your words hit the nail right on the head. Thank you.

]]> By: ryan http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/10/06/cabrera-had-a-previous-run-in-with-the-law/comment-page-1/#comment-4756 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:27:22 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=1603#comment-4756 This:
“police did issue the often out-of-shape Cabrera a citation for making fun of someone else’s weight.”
Are you kidding me? You can get a citation for making fun of someone’s weight? Just the jokes you guys make in your articles should be deserving of a citation then, no?
Unbelievable.

]]> By: yacantfixstupid http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/10/06/cabrera-had-a-previous-run-in-with-the-law/comment-page-1/#comment-4755 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:18:21 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=1603#comment-4755 Come on…this guy is an overpaid child. He is making millions playing a game. If he can’t control his attitude and his liquor his parents (in this case the management of the Detroit Tigers) need to tan his ass. If the fans of Detroit think it would be unfair to prevent him from playing(oh boo freakin’ hoo)…take money out of his pocket. Fine him until he has to change his ways. You won’t get a child to act like a man.

]]> By: Dan http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/10/06/cabrera-had-a-previous-run-in-with-the-law/comment-page-1/#comment-4754 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:13:10 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=1603#comment-4754 I’m a Twins fan and I think he should be allowed to play today. I don’t think it’s right to punish baseball fans: Detroit needs their slugger and, to me, it would be a hollow victory if we beat the Tigers when they’ve intentionally handicapped themselves.
Maybe a team fine, or some sort of punishment last season.
Just curious, if charges had been filed, would the league suspend Cabrera at some point? I know some sports seem to suspend players just for making the news in a negative fashion; they don’t want players making the league look bad.

]]> By: motorcitykitty80 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/10/06/cabrera-had-a-previous-run-in-with-the-law/comment-page-1/#comment-4753 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:10:10 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=1603#comment-4753 The time to bench Miguel is long gone… The Tigers organization was well aware of this little bender he went on friday night, as the president and general manager is the one who sprung him from the clink at 7:30 am on saturday… Miguel should have sat out saturday’s game. Its almost as if the organization was silently implying to the public “well if it doesn’t get out to the media it’s not worth punishing him for” -well it got out and now its too late for punishment. To have Miguel sit out now would NOT be punishing Miguel, it would be punishing his fellow teammates, his organization, but above all it would be a huge punishment for the fans and city of Detroit.
The only way to make this problem ease a little is to win today against the Twins – otherwise, Miguel (deservedly so) becomes the poster child for an epic collapse to a promising season…

]]> By: martha http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/10/06/cabrera-had-a-previous-run-in-with-the-law/comment-page-1/#comment-4752 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:43:23 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=1603#comment-4752 As a proud venezuelan and a true baseball fan I find the attitued displayed by Miguel Cabrera was shamefull and destructive, and in need of control and punishment. We are bringing up children towards sports focusing on these people to put an example. I beleive, sadden by his behaviour, that he should be not only benched but suspended as they do to the players in the NFL, who as soon as the teams have the facts of the infoumus act, suspend inmediatly the player.
Sad, sad news…hope you get straight Miguel, not only for your fans and family…but for your own sake!

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