Miggy Cabrera 3000/500

[Frobby]

Congrats to Miguel Cabrera on getting his 3,000th hit yesterday, joining the very exclusive 3,000/500 club (in order of attainment): Mays, Aaron, Murray, Palmeiro, Rodriguez, Pujols, Cabrera.  For a guy with no foot speed at all, getting to 3,000 hits is quite an accomplishment.   

[Just Regular]

Here's my foundational memory.   A generation before young Soto schooled inner circle Hall of Famer Kershaw in just the same way, 20-year-old rookie Miggy did the same to 40-year-old Clemens on the October stage.   Amazing career!

 

[SteveA]

12 hours ago, Frobby said:

Congrats to Miguel Cabrera on getting his 3,000th hit yesterday, joining the very exclusive 3,000/500 club (in order of attainment): Mays, Aaron, Murray, Palmeiro, Rodriguez, Pujols, Cabrera.  For a guy with no foot speed at all, getting to 3,000 hits is quite an accomplishment.   

And he'll join Mays and Aaron as the only guys on that list who also had .300+ career averages.

I know, we aren't supposed to care about betting average anymore, but .300 has always been kind of a magic number for baseball fans.

Miggy getting that hit in extra innings when the Orioles were trying to intentionally walk him -- was it Todd Williams? -- seems SO long ago now.

Cabrera was already an established major league player when he was traded for two guys who were still on the top 100 prospect lists at the time -- 20 year old Cameron Maybin and 22 year old Andrew Miller.   Maybin and Miller, the "kids" in that deal that went for the established star, both retired in the past several months, while Cabrera is still playing.

[interloper]

On 4/24/2022 at 11:19 AM, Just Regular said:

Here's my foundational memory.   A generation before young Soto schooled inner circle Hall of Famer Kershaw in just the same way, 20-year-old rookie Miggy did the same to 40-year-old Clemens on the October stage.   Amazing career!

 

Barely flinched at that baseball near his face.