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'Sometimes you pay a price': Cabrera to keep playing despite chronic knee pain

(Photo: Robin Buckson, Detroit News)

Detroit — Usually, when an athlete is told he has a chronic knee injury that he will have to treat and deal with the rest of his career, he takes it hard.

Not Miguel Cabrera.

“Really good news,” he said before the game Tuesday. “I’m so happy now.”

The reason for his joy — he was truly fearing his ailing right knee would need surgery. And as he said, “I’m done with surgery.”

The Tigers sent Cabrera’s MRI to four different orthopedic surgeons, including the Tigers’ Dr.