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Miguel Cabrera banking on 'better season' as he takes aim at 500 homers, 3,000 hits

Port Charlotte, Fla. – Miguel Cabrera watched his friend and countryman Albert Pujols collect his 3,000th RBI at Comerica Park last season and it made an impression on him.

“When you see that, being a baseball player, that’s amazing,” Cabrera said Thursday after singling in the Tigers’ 6-3 Grapefruit League loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. “To play this sport and come here every day and then watch a guy do that, I mean, not many guys do that.

“It’s pretty special.