Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera talks about his mindset and the expectations for the upcoming season. Robin Buckson, The Detroit News
Lakeland, Fla. — If mood is any indication of Miguel Cabrera’s upcoming season, a Tigers first baseman and Hall of Fame-aimed superstar will be back to old ways.
His smile was as bright as the afternoon sun as Cabrera made his first public baseball appearance Sunday, at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium, where he was hosting a kid’s baseball clinic.
He talked breezily for nearly 10 minutes, laughed often, and, most critically for the Tigers, he told a media crowd that his bad back is “pain-free” and that he is “more strong now.