It’ll be interesting to see the reactions.  Most likely possibilities:

(1) It’ll die down rapidly and be quickly forgotten, as happens sometimes with movie stars or athletes (e.g. Sammy Sosa)

(2) It’ll be mega-hyped until—and this is not to minimize what Cabrera evidently did, as it appears to be quite horrible—it is blown out of proportion to the point where Cabrera is compared to Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Hitler, and so forth.

Rarely do we hit the middle ground of an appropriate reaction.  Mind you, some of this will depend on how information continues to bubble to the surface.

As a female, I take strong exception to domestic violence.  I also believe in innocence until proven guilty (I know that’s a novelty in today’s world) and require all the circumstances surrounding the event before I arrive at a conclusion.
What I don’t know is if the Mrs. got pissed and smacked him first and he reacted as a drunk.  That doesn’t excuse it but it does explain it, particularly if there’s no domestic history of this kind of behavior.
This is a different issue than what he could possibly be thinking when he was out drinking til 5 AM the night before these games. Although, there are rumors circulating that some of the 1960’s Yankees did the same thing.

With all this and the extra 10,000 seats at the Metrodome tomorrow, does Detroit have a chance?

podcasts and other non-textual media make Baby Jesus cry.

Yes, innocent until proven guilty (although we all know that in domestic violence cases there are LOTS of ways for a guilty husband to not be “proven” guilty).

The bigger problem is that every time we allow a team (and a sport) to sweep a Bobby Cox or Randy Myers under the rug without punishment, it enables others to feel it’s a minor issue that should be “handled internally” and quickly “put behind them.”

It’s the shame of baseball.