Cabrera's hot, but Tigers' Leyland wants more

kcudah posted 5/3/2008 from www.mlive.com [flag]

Miguel Cabrera entered the weekend with a nine-game hitting streak. After driving in just two runs in his first 12 games as a Detroit Tiger, he had 20 RBIs in the next 16 games. Jim Leyland wants more, but only because the Detroit Tigers manager believes that Cabrera can do more. "I'm going to tell him that I want to see him bear down every single at-bat for one week, and show how good ... [link]

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