The big news that were were expecting today didn’t come because. . .
- Tigers fans booed as Yankees manager Aaron Boone intentionally walked Miguel Cabrera in the eighth inning on Thursday with Cabrera still sitting at 2,999 career hits.
- Stephen J. Nesbitt looks at the qualities that turned Cabrera into a man with three-thousand hits. (The Athletic sub. req.) Well, 2,999 for now.
- Alden Gonzalez writes about Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman’s emotional first series against the Atlanta Braves.
- Back with the Braves, first baseman Matt Olson is off to a great start with Atlanta, writes Jay Jaffe.