Police reports detail Detroit Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera arrest – MLB News
It looks as if alcohol had a lot to contribute the recent arrest of Detroit Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera. He not only threatened employees of a restaurant in Florida, but also yelled at police officers.
The police arrested Cabrera for driving under the influence and for resisting an officer. This incident has been a large embarrassment for the Detroit Tigers. Most teams in Major League Baseball are trying to portray a positive healthy family oriented image
and ugly incidents like this only bring shame to the teams, players and the sport.
Although Cabrera has publically apologised to all those that were involved, MLB has asked the player to join a rehabilitation program for his problems with alcohol. It seems that Cabrera has issues with alcohol and this was the main reason behind his outburst
and bad behaviour in public which eventually led to his arrest.
MLB has assigned Raul Gonzalez, an ex-Major League outfielder to be with Cabrera as an attendant to ensure that he stays with the rehabilitation program and out of trouble.
It was reported that Cabrera threatened employees of a restaurant in Florida as they refused to serve him due to closing. These are serious issues that can have some legal ramifications for the player. It is still unsure if any legal action is to be taken
regarding the threats in the restaurant.
This is an ugly incident not only for the Detroit Tigers, but for the MLB as a whole. Driving under the influence does not project a positive image to the young fans that idolise and try to follow their favourite players in the League.
The Tigers will be hoping to put this incident behind them as the media attention can serve as a distraction for the team during Spring Training. The team will be looking to putting in a good workout session and focus on playing good quality baseball in
the upcoming regular season. It will be interesting to see what repercussions this incident will have on the performance of the team.
Cabrera apologised for his bad behaviour, but MLB is going to enforce their policy and order him into some alcohol rehabilitation program where he can get some help for his issues. What punishment or legal action is taken against Cabrera is yet unknown as
the League and the team are not too happy over this nasty incident.
For the Tigers, the timing could not have come at a worse time, as they are just about to start the regular season and the entire media circus might prove to be a distraction for Cabrera’s team-mates. It looks as if the League is working hard to project
a positive image and incidents like the one Cabrera has done, can damage the impression fans may have about the sport.
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