Octavio Dotel Shook His Head in Frustration After Miguel Cabrera Blew Off the Media Following the Game 4 Loss

All, Baseball, Media Gossip/Musings Jason McIntyre October 11th. 2012, 11:16am

Miguel Cabrera, the Triple Crown winner, hasn’t exactly carried the Tigers so far in the MLB postseason. Through four games against the A’s, Cabrera is 5-for-16 with two extra base hits (both came in game two), no homers and no RBI. How is he taking his so-so postseason?

After Oakland’s impressive rally late Wednesday on the left coast knotted the series at two, here’s the scene that played out in the Detroit locker room according to Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com:

Third baseman Miguel Cabrera entered the scene, he playfully slapped a pair of male reporters on their rear ends and smirked. It appeared the Triple Crown winner was already over the loss and ready for Thursday’s finale. But the mood in the clubhouse took a serious turn and tension surfaced when veteran Octavio Dotel told Cabrera to address the media because it was his job as the leader of the team.
Cabrera turned down all interview requests and sat at one of the tables in his dress clothes with his arms crossed. Dotel, still in uniform, sat at the other table and shook his head.

How delightful.

Game five is tonight at 9:37 pm on TNT.

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41 Responses to “Octavio Dotel Shook His Head in Frustration After Miguel Cabrera Blew Off the Media Following the Game 4 Loss”

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NDub Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:19 AM
TBL Fry: Not sure if serious or just retarded.
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ohheelyeah Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:20 AM
ZOMG, this has the makings of a pretty big nontroversy!
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VladimirCrouton Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:21 AM
hasn’t exactly carried the Tigers so far in the MLB postseason.
He doesn’t get anything to hit. And no ones ever on base when he’s at bat.
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spencer096 Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:22 AM
Dotel pico de gallo goes great with velveeta.
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ohheelyeah Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:22 AM
Also, I have two morbidly obese women who work at my office that are laughing/cackling/gasping for air/bellowing about something, and have been doing it for the last 10 minutes. Get back to work, fatties!
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Razor Shines Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:23 AM
It’s odd that the “news” part of this is set up to be that Octavio Dotel shook his head.
Anyway, when’s that MVP vote? I can’t wait for my head to explode.
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angry Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:26 AM
He probably was just ready to get his drink on. Miggy likes to drink, you see.
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ButtersBC Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:27 AM
Anyway, when’s that MVP vote?
Spring training, MLB likes to ramp up the suspense
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GloriousMullet Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:27 AM
he playfully slapped a pair of male reporters on their rear ends and smirked
/Coop’d
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spencer096 Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:28 AM
Octavio Dotel Shook His Head in Frustration After Catcher Suggests a Slider.
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NDub Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:30 AM
He doesn’t get anything to hit. And no ones ever on base when he’s at bat.
HUSH! Jason McIntyre will not hear your truths and facts. They do not fit his narrative.
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spencer096 Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:30 AM
Miguel Cabrera Shook His Head in Frustration After Dotel Suggests Sliders [UPDATE: Cabrera Orders Four Full-Sized Burgers Instead]
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chocolatedunker Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:32 AM
so I’m watching Drop Dead Gorgeous on the tv. Holy shit Denise Richards is fantastic looking in this movie
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spencer096 Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:34 AM
denise richards is phenomenal. if i were the world’s richest man back in her wild things days, id hire her just to stand in the background of everything i look at naked, just to put a cherry on top.
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Milk Steak To Go Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:39 AM
so I’m watching Drop Dead Gorgeous on the tv
underrated movie, even with snaggletooth as the lead.
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Jason McIntyre Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:39 AM
HUSH! Jason McIntyre will not hear your truths and facts. They do not fit his narrative.
what’s the “narrative?” I was unaware there was one here.
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#pettycowards Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:40 AM
that’s no way to win an MVP!
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#pettycowards Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:42 AM
Also, I have two morbidly obese women who work at my office that are laughing/cackling/gasping for air/bellowing about something, and have been doing it for the last 10 minutes. Get back to work, fatties!
there is probably some psychology of fat people, how they decide to just draw more attention themselves instead of go to a nepalese fat camp
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Milk Steak To Go Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:42 AM
meanwhile, mighty mike trout (and his WAR) is busy solving the jon benet ramsey murder.
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spencer096 Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:42 AM
what’s the “narrative?” I was unaware there was one here.
im assuming, since it’s baseball, it’s a depressing russian narrative, bc it takes so fucking long and there’s barely anything going on.
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RexKramerDangerSeeker Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:42 AM
Dotel pico de gallo goes great with velveeta.
I just ordered a Guatemalan coffee at Caribou and pronounced it Wot-Uh-Mah-Lin.
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NDub Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:42 AM
what’s the “narrative?” I was unaware there was one here.
You’re narrative is to paint Cabrera as a player who hasn’t “carried” the Tigers this postseason simply because he has no RBI or HR. It was quickly refuted in comment 3.
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:44 AM
In Jason’s defense, it’s not like harping on a huge star’s statline in the postseason is a new concept.
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Jason McIntyre Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:44 AM
NDub – I don’t think you know the meaning of “narrative.”
Um, through 4 games, Cabrera has no HR or RBI. that’s a fact. I’m not sure how that is a “narrative.”
Triple Crown winner playing just ok, blowing off the media … and?
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VladimirCrouton Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:46 AM
Um, through 4 games, Cabrera has no HR or RBI. that’s a fact. I’m not sure how that is a “narrative.”
He knocked in 2 runs on an error FWIW.
Urban Meyer was just on the DP show. He’s the best.
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chocolatedunker Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:47 AM
or RBI. that’s a fact.
how many runners have been in scoring poistion?
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NDub Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:52 AM
NDub – I don’t think you know the meaning of “narrative.”
Um, through 4 games, Cabrera has no HR or RBI. that’s a fact. I’m not sure how that is a “narrative.”
Triple Crown winner playing just ok, blowing off the media … and?
Narrative is an account of events. It can be true, partially true or fictitious. Your narrative – what you wrote in paragraph one – suggests that because Cabrera has no HR or RBI that he has not “carried” the Tigers and is having a “so-so” postseason. That part is true. What you fail to mention is what was written in comment 3. Hence, it does not fit your narrative.
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spencer096 Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:54 AM
Urban Meyer was just on the DP show. He’s the best.
i second this notion of urban meyer’s awesomeness.
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Scalia Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:55 AM
Wait, so you guys are telling me that RBI’s are reliant on factors beyond an individual’s control and thus aren’t very indicative of individual performance?
Bullshit.
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Jason McIntyre Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:58 AM
Your narrative – what you wrote in paragraph one – suggests
There’s no suggestion, NDub. Just facts on his stats. If you think I’m implying something, well, you’d be wrong.
As for “He gets nothing to hit” … another fact: One walk in the series.
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cracker jack Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 11:59 AM
Batting .313 is so-so now? WTF?
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NDub Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 12:01 PM
Well, this is a mindfuck.
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ms621 Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 12:15 PM
Glad to see that the retardedry hasnt dissipated around here. 5-16, in addition to being a small sample size, really isn’t that bad.
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ms621 Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 12:17 PM
And would this even be a post if Oakland didn’t have a ridiculous bottom of the 9th? Valverde couldn’t even record an out, where is the post about him being worthless?
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TheFlyingElbow Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 12:19 PM
Mike Trout has had nothing to hit this postseason either. And has 0 walks.
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PeerLessPrices Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 12:21 PM
Criticizing a guy in a short playoff series is stupid, unless it’s A-Rod, who has proven he sucks. These guys are giving everything they’ve got, including continual scouting on strengths and weaknesses the past 10/15/25 at-bats. If you look at numbers of “super-stars” in these series I’d be willing to bet many are just like Cabrera’s now.
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jbriaz Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 12:32 PM
Word to the wise PeerLess: Don’t take anything TBL ever writes about baseball seriously. He is either writing from one of three vantage points: 1. trying to prove that the NBA is more popular 2. trolling 3. ignorance. Of course, it could be a combination of all three as well.
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jbriaz Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 12:33 PM
@spence096
I’m sure you’re not a football fan either then. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704281204575002852055561406.html
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PeerLessPrices Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 12:37 PM
Word to the wise PeerLess: Don’t take anything TBL ever writes about baseball seriously
Actually don’t think he’s as bad as people get upset. People will always complain
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#pettycowards Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 12:37 PM
These guys are giving everything they’ve got
this is funny for baseball. but on second thought, a pitcher can give his all, and you can run really hard as a baserunner or fielder. batting tho?
grrrr, i’m really really going to not get fooled!
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PeerLessPrices Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 12:39 PM
batting tho
Yes, batting too