Police: Miguel Cabrera, Tigers First Baseman, was Drunk during Fight with Wife, Roseangel Cabrera, Had .26 Blood-alcohol Level

Police in the Detroit suburb of Birmingham, MI, were called to the home of Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera early Saturday morning, for what has been described in the media as a "family trouble" phone call. The incident was reportedly entered in the police department's log on the same day Cabrera showed up at Comerica Park for that night's game against the White Sox with a bruise visible on the left side of his face. According to Police Chief Richard Patterson, Cabrera had a blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal limit when he became involved in a physical altercation with his wife, Roseangel Cabrera. According to police reports, when he got home after Friday night's game, his wife was not happy he had been drinking so late and a physical altercation ensued.

According to the police report, Cabrera's wife, whose name is listed as Rosangel, was upset when the ballplayer woke up the couple's 4-year-old daughter and was talking on the phone when he came home. Investigators noticed his wife had an injury to her lower lip; they noted the injury to the left side of Cabrera's face.

Police found a damaged cell phone, and the gold chain Cabrera wears around his neck was broken, too. But when officers asked the couple what happened, neither would explain how they were injured, according to the report. Cabrera's wife insisted he leave, and he agreed, so officers took him to the police department to be picked up by the Tigers.

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

Never mind the fact that Cabrera's statistics are horrible. He enters Tuesday's American League Central tiebreaker in an 0-for-14 slump since his first-inning single Thursday against the Twins. According to the Free Press, it is his longest hitless streak of the season, and it includes an 0-for-11 series against the White Sox this past weekend. On Saturday, the day of the incident, Cabrera went 0-for-4 and didn't hit the ball out of the infield, including a ground-ball double play to end an eighth-inning threat. Another athlete caught up in a domestic abuse flap. When will these people learn that being inebriated can lead to some serious problems?

 Photo credit: Miguel Cabrera, Detriot4Lyfe