Tigers lineup has slimmer Cabrera awestruck
freep.com 2/18/2008 — Cabrera said he wanted to lose a bit more weight before the season starts. He didn’t give a specific amount. The slugging third baseman had the air of a man who has been liberated. Thanks to the biggest trade of baseball’s off-season, he has left the low-payroll Marlins for a Tigers team full of renown hitters. Cabrera seemed almost in awe as he looked at the names on the lockers in the ...

Good first impression for Mantei
beck.mlblogs.com 2/19/2008 — It was a good first throwing session for Matt Mantei, whose pitches were coming out of his hand with good velocity and location low in the zone. But then, pitch quality is rarely the question with him. It's about staying healthy, and the last couple ...

Cabrera's the talk of the camp
blog.mlive.com 2/19/2008 — LAKELAND, Fla. -- A quick look at spring training, Day 4: -- No, he didn't hit the first ball he saw in batting practice over the fence. Really, it wasn't anything Miguel Cabrera did today that had everybody talking. But...

Flashing back to 1985, the Tigers were average, but Louuuuu was not | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
freep.com 2/19/2008 — Editor's note: Story originally published on Aug. 5, 1985 In these trying times, when the clouds of a strike loom thick and dark, and the Tigers' pennant hopes seem pinned to the rear of a runaway Greyhound bus, let us, for a moment, recall four ...

The Official Site of Major League Baseball: News: Trim Cabrera impressed by company
mlb.mlb.com 2/19/2008 — LAKELAND, Fla. -- Miguel Cabrera walked into his new clubhouse on Monday, saw who his neighbors would be, and was immediately impressed. The full team hadn't arrived yet at Spring Training for the Detroit Tigers, but already he felt surrounded by ...

Inge puts new role into perspective — Major League Baseball News 2/18/2008
Brandon Inge has been displaced before. Once the Tigers starting catcher, Inge was moved when the club signed Ivan Rodriguez. This time Inge has been displaced by Miguel Cabrera, leaving the seven-year veteran wondering where he will play this season.

Trim Cabrera impressed by company — Major League Baseball News 2/18/2008
Miguel Cabrera walked into the Tigers' Spring Training clubhouse on Monday and was immediately impressed by the company. The feeling was mutual for his teammates.

Modest expectations for Marlins as camp opens — Latest Sporting News Articles for MLB 2/18/2008
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) -- Trying to work out a winter's worth of kinks, Florida Marlins left-hander Scot...

Notes: No throwing for Sanchez — Major League Baseball News 2/18/2008
Anibal Sanchez recently had a setback with his surgically repaired right shoulder, and the Marlins right-hander is in "no-throw status" until Friday. Sanchez is recovering from a labrum tear, and recently he felt discomfort in a flat-ground throwing ...

Tigers know what they have in Cabrera — Latest Sporting News Articles for MLB 2/18/2008
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) -- Miguel Cabrera's bat has put him in pretty impressive company.Cabrera -- ...