MIGGY MONDAY

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After 16 years wearing the Olde English D, Miguel Cabrera wore his uniform for the last time yesterday.

It’s been almost half a century since the last Tiger great, Al Kaline, retired from the game.

Kaline was a first ballot Hall of Famer.  Cabrera is widely expected to be one, too.

Today marks a huge milestone for Tiger fans.  No more Miggy going foward.

In honor of Cabrera -and for the fans who watched and celebrated him – we’re opening up this blog to you.

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13 thoughts on “MIGGY MONDAY”

  1. Holly, do you know who in the Tigers’ organization was in charge of crafting Miggy’s final months with Detroit? Everything – from the Miggy Milestones, to the cermonies, to yesterday’s and today’s first pitches, to the gifts, was extremely well-designed and orchestrated, tasteful, heart-felt, and memorable for fans, players, Miggy, and his family. A.J. Hinch was also absolutely masterful in managing Miggy’s last season.

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  2. What a tear jerker Miguels last game was today. From the card graphics in the stands to the hard hit ground ball to him at first base, the whole day was magnificent. And the Tigers topped it off by winning the game and ending up 12 wins better then last year.

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  3. I am sad Miggy’s chapter has closed but am simply elated at how it closed. From his Mom’s tears to his own he stood with such class and told Detroit that they had his heart. Hollywood could not have scripted this weekend celebration any better especially the grounder to first as he took the field, glove in hand, for one last chance that the baseball gods answered.

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  4. A birthday present from my great friend was a ticket to Saturday’s game. We witnessed the touching pre-game ceremonies, Miggy’s final hit (double), scoring the 1st run of the game and his last RBI as a Tiger. Awesome to watch and an electric atmosphere all throughout the game and afterwards with happy celebrations outside the stadium and on the streets.

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  5. I wanted Miggy to step out of the box to collect himself and dry his eyes to be better prepared to face the pitcher and wondered if the umps/Francona would have stretched the rules to allow that more than one time/bat. That said; would it have hurt one of the pitchers to have guided a pitch for him to get a hit in his last game – who wasn’t recalling McClain telling Mantle that a “ripe one” was coming down the middle?

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    • I was thinking that it would be sort of cool to go into the record books as the pitcher who threw Miggy’s last home run. I wouldn’t have been surprised to have seen a big fat one served up. An opportunity missed.

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    • I was driving and listening to Andy Dirks. He was livid that none of the pitchers were throwing anything hittable to Miggy. Not that they had to groove a fastball down the middle, but Miggy would have walked four times if he hadn’t been so amped up and that’s ridiculous.

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  7. I agree with Brooks: the Miggy commemorations were handled with class from one end to the other. But the two pictures from the last two years that I’ll cherish forever are (1) the standing ovation given by Toronto fans when Miggy hit HR No. 500, and (2) the bear hug given Miggy by Iglesias when Miggy delivered Hit No. 3000. If there were a third it would be when Verlander and Miggy exchanged respects in that game a few weeks ago.

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