Free Press sports writers Anthony Fenech and George Sipple give their thoughts on the first few games of the Detroti Tigers' 2018 season from Comerica Park.
Of course, Miguel Cabrera was going to play on his birthday.
Detroit Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire expected as much, even after Cabrera was pulled from Tuesday night’s win over the Orioles after eight innings for precautionary reasons related to lower back tightness. It was cold outside.
So it should not have come as a shock that Cabrera went 2-for-4 with a home run and a double on his 35th birthday, further pushing himself up the Major League Baseball leaderboards that should make him a first-ballot Hall of Famer one day.