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Crying can work for some players in trouble, not for others

Everth Cabrera

San Diego Padres shortstop Everth Cabrera, currently on the disable list with a hamstring injury, works his swing while taking batting practice during warmups for a baseball game in San Diego, Tuesday, June 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

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There’s no crying in baseball. Except for when there is. Take Everth Cabrera, who gave a teary mea culpa about his Biogenesis suspension. From Matt Calkins of the Union-Tribune, who believes that Cabrera’s contrition earned him a second chance.

Calkins says he was ready to submit a column reaming Cabrera to his editor, writing about how he was deader than vaudeville as far as Calkins was concerned. But then ...

And then he talked.

The column was written, folks. It was a call to San Diego sports fans asking that they not let the Padres shortstop off the hook when he returns from suspension next year -- that they hold the liar liable until true contrition appears.

And then he cried ... after giving the most heart-felt sports apology I’ve ever seen, he also deserves a second chance.



Wow, good for Cabrera! And confidential to the other Biogenesis players: you may want to try this because I can only see this working to your advantage.

Recalling A-Rod press conference admitting steroid use when he pretended to be choked up for 30 seconds about how sorry he was.

— Pete Abraham (@PeteAbe) August 5, 2013

Oh, well. Maybe not all of you. I guess you only get one chance to play the crying card.