The camera lights were pointed his way as a crowd of reporters gathered around.
Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera, as stone-faced as he comes, adjusted a brace on his left arm required by a ruptured tendon in his biceps.
There were no smiles, no jokes, none of the usual Cabrera hijinks with the cameras on, only a certain disappointment in the air, evident inside the Tigers’ clubhouse on Wednesday afternoon and in the manager’s office, and even on the field.
“I’m like, in shock right now,” Cabrera said. “Because I’m not going to be able to play more this year.