Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire spoke to reporters ahead of the team's winter caravan kickoff Thursday afternoon. Tony Paul, The Detroit News
Detroit – Not since he was a boy in Venezuela had Miguel Cabrera been estranged from the game of baseball for as long as he was last season. His season ended on June 12 after he ruptured a tendon in his left biceps. He left the team, had surgery and was essentially gone the rest of the year.
“It was hard,” he said Thursday before joining his teammates for the annual winter caravan hike through the state.