Cleveland — AJ Hinch doesn’t mind answering questions day after day about Miguel Cabrera’s quest for 500 home runs. He’s into this as much as anybody. But he wonders sometimes if people forget that his main job is preparing his team to, in this case, beat the Cleveland Indians.
“Not to downplay it, but coming to the ballpark today, I didn’t think about 500 home runs,” the Tigers skipper said Friday. “I’ll think about it when he hits 499 and he’s in the on-deck circle. But we can’t play the rest of the games wondering if today is the day.