I assume you're referring to Puckett. I was, and am, a fan of Kirby Puckett the baseball player, and I listed a Chris Brown song on my Top 10 a couple of years ago. Neither is an apology, excuse, or rationalization of anything they do away from a baseball diamond or recording studio. The teddy bear comment refers to the Kirby who let teammates rub his head for good luck. I still remember that guy, and was jarred and saddened to learn of the other Kirby.
Me ten minutes ago: "I'd better put in a parenthetical here, or someone will jump on and I'll get drawn into a silly argument."
― clemenza, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 03:05 (ten years ago) link
But after investigators determined both Cabrera and his wife were "aggressors" in the situation, Patterson said, the first baseman was released. Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski picked Cabrera up at the station between 7:30 and 8 a.m. Saturday, he added.
http://blog.mlive.com/cutoffman/2009/10/reports_miguel_cabrera_parties.html
Chatter and a Captain Beefheart clip starts here:
Whatupdoe let's go 2009 Tigers get Miguel a lemon pączki
― Andy K, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 03:07 (ten years ago) link
but as soon as someone mentions anything outside of the game of baseball itself i just can't take seriously
I think that's precisely what you did--spelling out what everyone knows anyway.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 03:08 (ten years ago) link
And if you don't feel like checking the old thread, these quotes are from Birmingham's police chief:
“She was the aggressor who started it even though he came home intoxicated and tried to keep the phone from her,” he said. “She proceeded to make the physical altercation first — after which he pushed her. She got scared because he's a big guy ... fear took over on her part because she had hurt him to some extent, and she called 9-1-1.”While she clearly sounded panicked in the 9-1-1 call released to the public, Patterson said she was quite calm by the time officers arrived at the couple's house. Through an interpreter, it was eventually determined she started the physical altercation by pulling a gold chain from his neck.“All she wanted was to have him out of the house,” he said. “That said, if we arrested her we had a 4-year-old that we certainly couldn't leave at home with an intoxicated father. We couldn't leave him alone because he was extremely agitated and intoxicated ... so we would have to arrest them both and place the child in protective services.”
While she clearly sounded panicked in the 9-1-1 call released to the public, Patterson said she was quite calm by the time officers arrived at the couple's house. Through an interpreter, it was eventually determined she started the physical altercation by pulling a gold chain from his neck.
“All she wanted was to have him out of the house,” he said. “That said, if we arrested her we had a 4-year-old that we certainly couldn't leave at home with an intoxicated father. We couldn't leave him alone because he was extremely agitated and intoxicated ... so we would have to arrest them both and place the child in protective services.”
― Andy K, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 03:11 (ten years ago) link
yeah that's what i thought i remembered, that it was found* to be more of a domestic dispute than a "wife-beating"
*by the cops, so take that with a grain of salt i guess
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 3 September 2013 03:13 (ten years ago) link
Right.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 03:15 (ten years ago) link
yeah sorry i don't put stock in cop talk or really any of the 'official' legal stuff/announcements that come out after a celebrity gets in trouble. do put stock in the 911 recording tho.
― fuck your movie theater yacht (zachlyon), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 03:21 (ten years ago) link
he's back tonight, 0-for-2 so far
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 00:02 (ten years ago) link
Don't know how that kind of decision works with a player of that stature in this day and age--if he says "I'm okay," does the manager just automatically pencil him in, or does it then depend on the manager's clout (i.e., Leyland probably has as much as any manager right now). Tonight would seem to have more to do with Scherzer than anything else. Still seems like a needless risk, especially when they're doing fine anyway.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 00:32 (ten years ago) link
Make that two ejections during an at-bat this season.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 00:16 (ten years ago) link
Cabrera's brutal September (since Aug. 27, technically--got this from SweetSpot): 23 games, .257/.382/.311, one double and one home run. In a full season, that'd be...14 extra-base hits.
― clemenza, Thursday, 26 September 2013 21:49 (ten years ago) link
It's like the Tigers should consider resting him.
― Andy K, Thursday, 26 September 2013 22:00 (ten years ago) link
That's baffled me since day one. (Being Aug. 27, I guess.) I understand that another TC was kind of sort of within reach for a time, that there's the chance of another MVP, and--what's really driving this, I suspect--that Cabrera is one of those players who, for reasons either noble or selfish or somewhere in between, likes to stay in the lineup. But the Tigers will go into the postseason with a clearly weakened lineup, and on a personal level, he's damaged, not helped, his MVP case. Again, I have no idea whether this is 100% Leyland's call.
― clemenza, Thursday, 26 September 2013 22:18 (ten years ago) link
"He's not 100 percent. He's been playing in a lot of pain. He's a real tough guy. I think if anybody knew the pain he's playing in, they probably wouldn't believe it."
http://espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs/2013/story/_/id/9760412/2013-mlb-playoffs-miguel-cabrera-detroit-tigers-playing-lot-pain-jim-leyland-says
Oh I think we can believe it.
― Andy K, Thursday, 3 October 2013 02:27 (ten years ago) link
A stubborn myth:
http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/42494/cabrera-wont-suffer-without-fielder
(I'm expecting normal decline if Cabrera's healthy, worse if he's not; Fielder won't be a factor, though, even though many will say he is.)
― clemenza, Friday, 22 November 2013 23:37 (ten years ago) link
That last month of 2013 really put a damper on his whole year--the question of why he was playing every day, and having to watch what could have been among the greatest offensive seasons ever slip away. Much better September this year (after an up-and-down rest of the year). Here's where he'd be today if you took the first five months of 2013 and combined them with this year's September:
AB - 579H - 2112B - 353B - 1HR - 51TB - 403R - 114RBI - 148BB - 82BA - .364OBP - .445SLG - .696
― clemenza, Saturday, 27 September 2014 23:27 (nine years ago) link
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2014/10/01/cabrera-declines-playoff-share-just-want-ring/16545473/
i love the "why am i writing this" tone throughout this article facebook really wanted me to see
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Thursday, 2 October 2014 04:33 (nine years ago) link
Not promising:
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/10/25/dave-dombrowski-on-miguel-cabrera-its-worse-than-what-we-ever-would-have-anticipated/
― clemenza, Friday, 5 December 2014 20:08 (nine years ago) link
sorry dave
― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 December 2014 23:06 (nine years ago) link
Hey, no worries.
https://igcdn-photos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/10632163_1589951094551199_806747511_n.jpg
― Andy K, Friday, 5 December 2014 23:38 (nine years ago) link
I was visiting my goddaughter this afternoon and noticed this plate as I was leaving. Long odds. You never know.
http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t427/sayhey1/miggy_zps07741f50.jpg
― clemenza, Tuesday, 30 December 2014 23:47 (nine years ago) link
Having a phenomenal partial season; just about to re-enter the yearly leaderboards.
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/145158510/miguel-cabrera-set-to-re-enter-al-batting-race
Working on his highest BA and OBA by a wide margin; highest OPS+ of his career, too. His time off and the Tigers' season will possibly break his streak of getting MVP votes every season of his career--he'll probably get a handful of down-ballot votes, though. I would have bet money before the season that his health issues would guarantee further decline.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 15:56 (eight years ago) link
don't really care about BA so much, but his .367 is waaaaaay ahead of anyone else in the AL (next closest are fielder and kipnis at .320)
― 1994 ball boy (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 25 August 2015 16:02 (eight years ago) link
@PeleGood luck tonight to my brother @miguelCabrera in your pursuit for the batting crown !
https://twitter.com/MiguelCabrera/status/639539007832092672
― Andy K, Thursday, 3 September 2015 22:00 (eight years ago) link
@Dan_Dickerson 27s27 seconds ago...3 hits leave no doubt - Cabrera has won his 4th batting title - becomes just 7th player in AL history to win as many 4 batting titles...
― Andy K, Sunday, 4 October 2015 02:52 (eight years ago) link
@beckjasonMiguel Cabrera said he wasn't playing at full strength down stretch: "The calf, my ankle. I've been battling my ankle the whole year."
― Andy K, Sunday, 4 October 2015 03:09 (eight years ago) link
Two HRs off Rivera in the same series.― Andy K, Sunday, August 11, 2013 4:12 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Andy K, Sunday, August 11, 2013 4:12 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/miguel-cabrera-detroit-tigers-what-makes-him-great-in-the-words-of-his-peers-030316
Torii Hunter, former Tigers teammate and opponent: We were playing the Yankees in 2013. Mariano Rivera came in to close the game out. He's pitching his butt off. And now Miggy's at the plate.We had a man on (second). The score is 3-1. It's the top of the ninth. Miggy is battling. You think Mariano is going to throw a cutter. But he kept throwing two-seamers (sinkers) the whole time to mix up Miguel, kind of mess him up because he knows he's good.He's throwing two-seamers in, and Miguel kept fouling balls off his ankles, his knees. He had to call time out and walk around. Then he threw another two-seamer right by his ankle. Miguel moved his front foot out of the way and hit it to center field, home run, tie game.(Two days later), guess what? Similar situation. Mariano in the ninth inning, Miggy at the plate, leading off the inning (with the Tigers trailing, 4-2). Mariano this time tries to throw a cutter low and away. Miggy just stays with it. Oppo home run.I was like, what? I couldn't believe it. I was screaming like a little kid.
We had a man on (second). The score is 3-1. It's the top of the ninth. Miggy is battling. You think Mariano is going to throw a cutter. But he kept throwing two-seamers (sinkers) the whole time to mix up Miguel, kind of mess him up because he knows he's good.
He's throwing two-seamers in, and Miguel kept fouling balls off his ankles, his knees. He had to call time out and walk around. Then he threw another two-seamer right by his ankle. Miguel moved his front foot out of the way and hit it to center field, home run, tie game.
(Two days later), guess what? Similar situation. Mariano in the ninth inning, Miggy at the plate, leading off the inning (with the Tigers trailing, 4-2). Mariano this time tries to throw a cutter low and away. Miggy just stays with it. Oppo home run.
I was like, what? I couldn't believe it. I was screaming like a little kid.
― Andy K, Saturday, 5 March 2016 13:58 (eight years ago) link
Big game yesterday, .327/.401/.588; still one of the top 10 hitters in the game, I would think, although he tailed off after the injury last year, and I expect he'll wear down some as this year progresses.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 24 May 2016 22:12 (eight years ago) link
Game 2000 for Miguel Cabrera......gets hit # 2400.....fifth fastest to get there.
(Was 7th fastest to 2000 hits)
― peepee, Monday, 13 June 2016 01:31 (seven years ago) link
5th youngest is what I'm seeing? (They're not nec the same thing.)
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Monday, 13 June 2016 21:15 (seven years ago) link
http://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2016/06/12/detroit-tigers-miguel-cabrera/85807474/
http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2014/04/detroit_tigers_miguel_cabrera_103.html
― peepee, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 01:31 (seven years ago) link
It's 5th youngest, not 5th fastest. The first link puts him in a group with Cobb, Hornsby, Yount, and Aaron. Yount, whose career BA probably never exceeded .300, clearly points to youngest, and when I checked Ichiro, he was sitting on 2,696 hits after 2,000 games. There are 48 players with higher career BAs than Cabrera, and many if not most would have reached 2,400 hits faster.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 14 June 2016 01:48 (seven years ago) link
Cabrera hit one out of Comerica tonight.
http://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2016/06/20/185223330/tigers-miguel-cabrera-hits-booming-homer-that-lands-outside-comerica-park
― clemenza, Tuesday, 21 June 2016 03:29 (seven years ago) link
2500
https://twitter.com/TigresdeDetroit/status/777635908325703680
― Andy K, Sunday, 18 September 2016 22:38 (seven years ago) link
Youngest since Aaron in '67. (Would have guess A-Rod and/or Yount got there quicker.)
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/202014110/miguel-cabrera-reaches-2500-career-hits/
― clemenza, Sunday, 18 September 2016 22:56 (seven years ago) link
or jeter!
― have you ever even read The Drudge Report? Have you gone on Stormfron (k3vin k.), Monday, 19 September 2016 00:10 (seven years ago) link
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/lets-watch-miguel-cabrera-make-a-run-happen/
this is hilarious
― have you ever even read The Drudge Report? Have you gone on Stormfron (k3vin k.), Thursday, 22 September 2016 14:22 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C2pQmMPWEAAj_uu.jpg
― Andy K, Saturday, 21 January 2017 02:33 (seven years ago) link
@DetroitTigersPRWith his 3-run HR in the 5th inning, @MiguelCabrera now has 1,557 RBI in his career, passing Willie McCovey (1,555) for 44th in MLB history.
― Andy K, Saturday, 15 April 2017 01:15 (seven years ago) link
man i would've expected 1500+ to land him a lot higher on the list
― qualx, Saturday, 15 April 2017 01:17 (seven years ago) link
i don't think i would've, given my suspicion that Harold Baines has more.
(looked it up; he does)
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 15 April 2017 01:26 (seven years ago) link
guess it's time to reconsider harold's hall of fame case
― qualx, Saturday, 15 April 2017 02:51 (seven years ago) link
Just hit no. 450. Now ahead of Bagwell, Guerrero. Just behind Yaz.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 00:28 (seven years ago) link
.238/.319/.396 is he hurt, Andy?
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 05:06 (seven years ago) link
Now at .265/.352/.442. He's been dealing with back, groin, oblique, and maybe other issues.
@darenwThis is Miguel Cabrera's base hit spray chart since 2008. Doesn't get much prettier than that.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DAZKMMbU0AAnIVT.jpg
― Andy K, Monday, 22 May 2017 23:49 (seven years ago) link
also oldness. he'll age well though, esp after he moves to DH full time
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 23 May 2017 00:19 (seven years ago) link
@msimonespnMLB's new hard-hit rate leader for the season is ... Miguel Cabrera (27%)
― Andy K, Monday, 5 June 2017 16:13 (seven years ago) link
@DetroitTigersPRWith his RBI double in the 6th inning, @MiguelCabrera now has 1,582 RBI in his Major League career, tying Al Kaline for 36th in MLB history.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 01:18 (six years ago) link
hasnt hit a homerun in 3 wks
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 12:05 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/4HBGXTT.gifv
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 22 June 2017 14:20 (six years ago) link