Miguel Cabrera. Baseball immortality.
On a perfect 70 degree Saturday, in front of a packed Comerica Park, the man affectionately known as Miggy, a future first-ballot Hall-of-Famer, recorded his 3000th hit Saturday on an opposite field single in the Detroit Tigers' game against the Colorado Rockies.
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To say the crowd erupted is an understatement. His former teammate, Rockies shortstop Jose Iglesias, gave him a bear hug at first base as his teammates came streaming out of the dugout with the Chevrolet Fountain spewing high into the air.