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  1. These all time teams are impossible things. Eras are different from one another. Maybe they should break it down by every 20 or 25 years.
  2. Hey guys I saw this in the paper this morning. Seems to have a little bit more than the ESPN article, but mostly the same. Cabrera: Legitimate excuse for absence By Juan C. Rodriguez South Florida Sun-Sentinel Posted February 16 2007 Miguel Cabrera found the Marlins' disappointment over his missing team promotional activities last week a bit unsettling. Reached by phone Thursday evening, Cabrera said he read General Manager Admin Beinfest's and President David Samson's pointed commentary in the Venezuelan press. Cabrera, who arrived in South Florida on Tuesday, had what he considered a legitimate excuse for skipping the caravan. The Marlins never heard it. "I had a family commitment with my father," Cabrera said. "They called me the week before, and I couldn't cancel that engagement. I'd had it for two months. They were told I had a family matter, but I think they took it another way. "Like always, people always think bad of you for things that are said without reason. In reality, [the Marlins] didn't have any reason to say anything bad about me. They were explained the reasons why I couldn't go, and I couldn't cancel that commitment with my father because it had to do with his health. The family for us is very important, and a family member's health comes first before an event they told me about a week in advance." The Marlins never heard from Cabrera or his representative, SFX agent Fernando Cuza, about a prior obligation with his father. They also said each player and his agent are mailed a Beinfest-signed letter in December detailing the caravan dates. Cabrera, who will be in Phoenix today for his arbitration hearing, never had any personal communication with the Marlins. Asked if he was sure his representatives informed the team he would miss the event, Cabrera said: "Yes, yes, yes, I think so. They communicated to them I couldn't go because of a family commitment. I couldn't explain more because I was pretty busy and couldn't get into details." As of Thursday, Cabrera had not spoken to anybody in the organization about the matter. He'll get a chance today, when an arbitration panel will hear arguments as to whether Cabrera should earn $6.7 million or $7.4 million in 2007. Cabrera denied that his pending hearing had anything to do with missing the caravan, which culminated Saturday with FanFest at Dolphin Stadium. "Just like they said in the papers, this is a business and I know this is a business," he said. "Whatever happens in arbitration, there doesn't have to be [a conflict] between them and me. An arbiter will decide and it won't go beyond that ... I don't have any rancor toward them, and they don't have any toward me. "They wanted to pit me against the fans, but [the fans] know how I am. This isn't the first time I miss a FanFest. The years I've been playing I've missed three times and assisted once. That's why I was a little surprised about their attitude toward me because this isn't the first time I miss an event like this." Cabrera and the Marlins both are ready to bury the issue and get on with spring training, which starts in earnest Sunday with the first workout for pitchers and catchers. "I'm not mad at anybody," Cabrera said. "I'm not mad at them for what they said in the newspaper. I'm relaxed, thinking positive and ready to incorporate myself [with the team] the first day." Juan C. Rodriguez can be reached at [email protected]
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