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Thursday’s pre-game first pitch at the Detroit Tigers game against the Boston Red Sox left fans feeling a sense of nostalgia. Detroit Pistons legend Ben Wallace, Detroit Lions ex-wideout Calvin Johnson, and former Detroit Red Wings star Nicklas Lidstrom were all in attendance. But it’s what they did before actually throwing the pitch that proved […]

The Detroit Tigers had a massively disappointing 2022 season. The team nearly avoided 100 losses after beginning the season with playoff aspirations. Now that 2023 is approaching, Detroit hopes for a much better season. The offseason didn’t inspire hope in many Tigers fans. Some of their biggest bullpen pieces as Joe Jimenez and Gregory Soto […]

The Detroit Tigers are making hitter-friendly changes to Comerica Park and Miguel Cabrera is all for it. In fact, the future Hall of Famer even hilariously questioned his previous post-2023 retirement decision, per Tigers’ beat reporter Jason Beck. Miguel Cabrera, not surprisingly, is a fan of the outfield dimension changes at Comerica Park. pic.twitter.com/mIITQVlgG3 — […]

Legendary Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera has confirmed his plans to retire following the 2023 season. He will retire after an unbelievable 21 years in the Major Leagues. Cabrera became the first American League batter to win the Triple Crown since 1967 when he accomplished the feat in 2012. He won the MVP that year […]

Future Hall of Famer Miguel Cabrera announced that 2023 will be his final season in the big leagues, per Talkin’ Baseball. Cabrera, who recorded his 3,000th career hit as a member of the Detroit Tigers in 2022, is one of the best players of the past generation. Miguel Cabrera has spent his entire career between […]

Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera fueled speculation regarding his future in the majors on Thursday. He noted ahead of the Tigers’ home matchup against the Tampa Bay Rays that he was unsure about whether he would decide to play in the 2023 campaign, as he mentioned that he needed to “talk to everybody to see […]

Miguel Cabrera is slowly approaching the end of his mega-deal with the Detroit Tigers. Cabrera, who signed a monstrous 8-year, $248 million deal with the Tigers back in 2016, has two more seasons left on his deal before he and the Tigers have a mutual option for the final two seasons. Currently plagued by injury, […]

The Detroit Tigers lit up the San Diego Padres Monday night, a rarity for their offense. However, one thing that isn’t a rarity is Miguel Cabrera making history. The 39-year-old reached 1840 career runs batted in, pulling ahead of former Philadelphia Athletics star Al Simmons for 13th place all time. He is now four RBI […]

Detroit Tigers legend Miguel Cabrera took a page out of Rickey Henderson’s book during Tuesday’s 7-5 win over the Kansas City Royals. In the seventh inning, Cabrera took off and stole third base, his first swiped bag since the 2020 season. His teammates were delighted. After the game, the reactions were priceless. First, Tigers manager […]

It was announced on Friday that MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has added both Albert Pujols and Miguel Cabrera to the All-Star Game a week from Tuesday. A new part of the collective bargaining agreement between MLB and the Player’s Union has given the commissioner the power to name an additional player to each team that […]

St. Louis Cardinals rookie Juan Yepez authored an incredible moment on Mother’s Day, belting the first home run of his MLB career in a loss to the San Francisco Giants. That wasn’t the only special moment involving Yepez, though. The 24-year-old, whose idol is Detroit Tigers star Miguel Cabrera, was ecstatic to learn that Cabrera […]

The Detroit Tigers took on the Houston Astros Saturday in their third game of a four-game series. The Saturday game is a must-win for the Tigers, who fell 0-2 to start the series. Amid Detroit’s efforts to take game three, Miguel Cabrera joined an exclusive club. It was the top of the third inning. Javier […]

Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera has received a multitude of messages from players of today and legends of the past after reaching 3,000 career hits during the early Saturday home game against the Colorado Rockies. Among them, former Tigers starting pitcher and current Houston Astros hurler Justin Verlander took some time to send his congratulations to […]

Miguel Cabrera once again made history at Comerica Park as he reached 3,000 career hits during the Detroit Tigers’ 13-0 blowout win against the Colorado Rockies on Saturday. From an individual standpoint, Cabrera does not have much to prove at this stage in his career. The veteran slugger is also in the 500 home runs […]

Matthew Stafford spent 12 years as a member of the Detroit Lions and also happens to be a baseball fan. He grew up playing ball with Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers and the two are friends to this day. So it was no surprise to see Stafford, who of course now plays in Los Angeles […]

Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera bolstered his already stout Baseball Hall of Fame resume on Saturday, as he became the latest player to join the 3,000 hits club. After recording 12 hits in his opening 12 games of the 2022 campaign, Cabrera entered the early home game against the Colorado Rockies a mere one hit […]

It has happened! After Miguel Cabrera was walked by Aaron Boone and the Yankees on Thursday and rain caused the Tigers game to be postponed on Friday, Miguel Cabrera was finally able to get his 3,000th hit on Saturday at Comerica Park. The hit was a single through the right side in true Miguel Cabrera […]

The New York Yankees made baseball fans everywhere upset when manager Aaron Boone deprived Detroit Tigers legend Miguel Cabrera of the opportunity to record his 3,000th hit. With the Yankees down one run in the bottom of the eighth inning and two runners in scoring position, Cabrera stepped up to the plate with a chance […]

Miguel Cabrera has yet to earn his 3,000th career hit, despite four more plate appearances for the Detroit Tigers star Thursday afternoon. The star slugger was hitless in his first three at-bats in the final game of the Tigers vs. New York Yankees series. In his final at-bat, Lucas Luetge intentionally walked Cabrera, snubbing him […]

The Detroit Tigers faced the New York Yankees at Comerica Park with a chance to witness history. Miguel Cabrera had the chance to become the 33rd player in MLB history, including only the second active player, to register 3,000 hits. Yankees manager Aaron Boone wasn’t having it, though. After doing nothing with his first three […]

Detroit Tigers star first baseman Miguel Cabrera is on the verge of joining an extremely elite statistical group in the MLB, as he is only a hit away from becoming the newest member of the 3,000-hit club. There’s a big chance that Cabrera will finally hit the milestone this Wednesday against the New York Yankees […]

Joey Votto is a character. In addition to mashing baseballs in Cincinnati for many years now, he is known for dressing up as a mountie for interviews, pranking fellow superstars, and sharing hilarious videos on Tiktok. But it was a recent creepy confession about Tigers’ superstar Miguel Cabrera’s pursuit of 3,000 hits that is currently […]

The Detroit Tigers are making a monumental transition involving one of their franchise icons. Miguel Cabrera, who plans to retire after the 2023 season, will gracefully cede his spot to top prospect Spencer Torkelson this upcoming season. Cabrera has spent the past 14 seasons with the Tigers. The two-time MVP and Triple Crown winner dominated […]

Detroit Tigers star Miguel Cabrera revealed that he aims to play at least two more seasons before he officially calls it a career. Cabrera is at the point of his career where it seems as if in every month, he manages to set a historic milestone. Just earlier this week, Cabrera became the 28th player […]

Even in the era of the launch angle and obscene exit velocity, hitting 500 career home runs in the MLB is still an impressive, rare feat, and watching Miguel Cabrera finally reach that milestone this week was a special treat. Cabrera is just the 28th player to ever cross the 500 home run threshold, doing […]

After a long wait, Detroit Tigers star Miguel Cabrera is now finally a member of the 500 home run club. During the sixth inning of the Tigers’ series finale against the Toronto Blue Jays, Cabrera became the 28th player in MLB history to record 500 career home runs. WELCOME TO THE 500 CLUB, MIGUEL CABRERA […]

MLB Opening Day is officially underway on Thursday. Baseball fans already have the first homer of the 2021 season, as well. Detroit Tigers slugger and future Hall of Famer Miguel Cabrera hit an opposite-field shot against Cleveland Indians ace and reigning American League Cy Young Award-winner Shane Bieber. Only, he didn’t realize it at first. See, […]

Even after going through a name change, it has been 10 seasons since the Miami Marlins have produced a team that has finished a regular season with a record that is .500 or above, an astounding number of seasons that have been filled with futility. And even with Derek Jeter at the helm helping run […]

The passing of the torch happens on a seasonal basis in all professional sports, as athletes who helped transition his generation to the next one will pass the torch to the players leading the next charge of today’s players. From the likes of Patrick Mahomes and Baker Mayfield in the NFL to Giannis Antetokounmpo and […]

For a team that has been a cellar dweller for so long, their farm system does not reflect that, which is what has been a big-time hindrance for the Miami Marlins, especially after Derek Jeter came in to run the team as CEO. After building a monstrosity of a vibrant ballpark, the team has failed […]