Campaign 2008: Miguel Cabrera's MVP Platform - ESPN Video

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Dontrelle: “I Was a Throw-in on that Deal”
Published 3/26/2008 by Fish@Bat at Fish@Bat: Blogging the Florida Marlins
Funny quote from Dontrelle Willis in the above video from ESPN calling himself a throw-in in the trade. ESPN has finally decided to shower Miguel Cabrera with love now that he’s not with the Marlins. For all the accolades about him accomplishing new things in Detroit, I will remind them that in this team sport, he has already achieved the top goal — a championship — with the Fish.

MVP’s and Injury Concerns
Published 3/26/2008 by Peter Robins-Brown at Bugs & Cranks
On ESPN today there is a video feature of Jayson Stark discussing Miguel Cabrera’s possible MVP candidacy. Obviously, unless he gets injured, Cabrera is as likely to put up MVP numbers as anyone else. The problem with that, however, is that he’ll likely be surrounded by at least one other candidate - probably Magglio, Granderson, or Sheff - and that may end up hurting any of those Tigers’ chance of winning the award. Above and beyond any MVP debate is the 8-year, $153 million deal that Cabrera signed this week. When Dave Dombrowski pulled off the coup that brought Cabrera to Detroit along with Dontrelle Willis, it immediately brought ...

Jayson Stark on Miguel Cabrera
Published 3/27/2008 by Mike McClary at The Daily Fungo | A Detroit Tigers Blogazine