... But this is worse

Say what you will about Morningstar, at least didn’t get tanked the night before a game — a critical game, in fact — like Detroit Tiger Miguel Cabrera did.

Cabrera came home early Saturday morning boozed up and in a combative mood — witness the scratches police found on his wife after she called 911. Cabrera, too, had scratches.

In this incident, Cabrera comes out a bum three ways: striking his wife, getting stinking drunk (blood-alcohol level of .26), and getting stinking drunk the day of a key game.

Nice.

Police didn’t charge Cabrera, but they did take him to the cop shop, where Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski picked him up about 7:30 a.m. I bet they had an interesting discussion.