Because this is baseball, we are never content to leave well enough alone. So Miguel Cabrera’s 1,000th career extra-base hit on Friday is notable not for what he achieved but for what he won’t.
Cabrera had doubled for the second time in two at-bats before being thrown out at home plate shortly thereafter. That’s either a factual event that happened, or an intentionally telegraphed metaphor about the late stages of his career.
Cabrera joined currently active ballplayers Carlos Beltran (1,054), Adrian Beltre (1,076), and Albert Pujols (1,224) to reach the achievement.
The club of players who’ve done it is small, but not too small.