With a carefree sense of ease, Miguel Cabrera made hitting excellence look like a breeze

With a carefree sense of ease, Miguel Cabrera made hitting excellence look like a breeze

If batting practice were a game of H-O-R-S-E, Miguel Cabrera would have been tough to beat. When Cabrera was in his prime and I was The Associated Press beat writer for the Detroit Tigers, occasionally I’d look over pregame and see him slugging flyballs to different parts of Comerica Park like he was trying to complete some sort of circuit. To left, left-center, center, right-center … and so on. I don’t remember every detail, like whether he pr…

With a carefree sense of ease, Miguel Cabrera made hitting excellence look like a breeze

Hitting a baseball is widely accepted as one of the hardest tasks in sports. Miguel Cabrera made it look easy. Now the likely Hall of Famer has wrapped up his career. He retires as one of seven players who have…

With a carefree sense of ease, Miguel Cabrera made hitting excellence look like a breeze

Hitting a baseball is widely accepted as one of the hardest tasks in sports. Miguel Cabrera made it look easy. Now the likely Hall of Famer has wrapped up his career. He retires as one of seven players who have…

With a carefree sense of ease, Miguel Cabrera made hitting excellence look like a breeze

Hitting a baseball is widely accepted as one of the hardest tasks in sports. Miguel Cabrera made it look easy. Now the likely Hall of Famer has wrapped up his career. He retires as one of seven players who have…

With a carefree sense of ease, Miguel Cabrera made hitting excellence look like a breeze

Hitting a baseball is widely accepted as one of the hardest tasks in sports. Miguel Cabrera made it look easy. Now the likely Hall of Famer has wrapped up his career. He retires as one of seven players who have…

With a carefree sense of ease, Miguel Cabrera made hitting excellence look like a breeze

Hitting a baseball is widely accepted as one of the hardest tasks in sports. Miguel Cabrera made it look easy. Now the likely Hall of Famer has wrapped up his career. He retires as one of seven players who have…