But Miguel Cabrera thinks about the future, too.
Miggy just spent the weekend in New York, where he saw a 39-year-old Alex Rodriguez crank out his 3,000 hit, 667th homer and 2,004th RBI with a single swing. And while others concentrate on the controversy that has obviously accompanied the accrual of A-Rod's historic numbers, the 32-year-old Cabrera drowns all that out and fixates instead on the idea that he, too, wants to remain a productive, game-changing factor when he's pushing 40.
"It would mean a lot," Cabrera said. "This game is about consistency.