If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard some variation of the phrase “tip your cap” used by a player (or manager — we hear you, Ron Gardenhire) over the five years of this here Detroit Tigers Newsletter … well, I’d probably have been able to afford better seats for the Tigers’ series opener against the Houston Astros this weekend. (Unfortunately, ’90s Night didn’t refer to ticket prices.)
But sometimes, “tip your cap” has a real meaning, as we saw in the second inning Sunday afternoon when Miguel Cabrera came to the plate to face former Tigers teammate Justin Verlander at Comerica Park.