Wednesday, July 7, 2010

.Tigers' Miguel Cabrera in Home Run Derby

Detroit -- Miguel Cabrera is going to Monday's Home Run Derby, the prelude to Tuesday's All-Star Game at Anaheim, Calif.
He wasn't sure how the selection affected him when asked about it late Tuesday night, following the Tigers' 7-5, 11-inning victory over the Orioles.
That's because Cabrera wasn't feeling well following a hot, four-hour evening at Comerica Park. He asked politely if he could talk about the Derby on Wednesday.
Cabrera was expected to feel like a million bucks after slamming a mammoth, two-run, game-tying home run in the ninth inning that kept the Tigers alive until Johnny Damon's two-run homer in the 11th won it for manager Jim Leyland's team.
Cabrera was named Tuesday as one of six players who will compete in the annual power-hitting contest that has helped turn the All-Star Game into All-Star Week.
The others who will be joining him: David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox; Robinson Cano, New York Yankees; Vernon Wells, Toronto Blue Jays; Matt Holliday, St. Louis Cardinals; and Corey Hart, Milwaukee Brewers.
Two more players will be named sometime this week.
A couple of Cabrera's teammates had mixed emotions about his appointment to the Derby, in which he also competed when he played for the Florida Marlins in 2006.
"I hope it doesn't mess with his swing," said Magglio Ordonez, the Tigers outfielder who competed in the Home Run Derby in 2007, in San Francisco.
"One round, and see ya later," Ordonez said, laughing at his early dismissal from the fence-clearing tournament.
Brandon Inge was a late addition to last year's All-Star Game in St. Louis -- and a late addition to the Home Run Derby. As with Ordonez, he also made an early exit.
"He'll be fine," Inge said of Cabrera.
"I enjoyed it. I had a blast."
Cabrera's home run Tuesday night was his 21st of the season. He also had a triple (his first since 2008) and a single. He is batting .343 on the season with 73 RBIs. From The Detroit News: http://www.detnews.com/article/20100707/SPORTS0104/7070365/1129/Tigers--Miguel-Cabrera-in-Home-Run-Derby#ixzz0t1hujBhm
THIS STORY CAME FROM DETNEWS.COM

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