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Detroit Tigers paying Miguel Cabrera because of Mike Ilitch's sentiment

It was never about money. Though it's easy to think about the money now, as Miguel Cabrera recovers from surgery that repaired a ruptured biceps tendon, as he misses the rest of the year because of that injury he suffered last week, as he continues to earn close to $30 million a year.

And will for the next five years.

It's true that whenever someone says — or writes — that it's not about the money, it is, in fact, almost always about the money.

But, really, in this case, it isn't.

And wasn't.