MIGUEL CABRERA TRIPLE CROWN WINNER Many in Cabrera's family played baseball including his mother and father His uncle Jose Torres has operated a baseball training school in his
Baseball was in His Blood Torres was signed to play in the St Louis Cardinals system He advanced to the minor leagues but his career petered out Uncle David regularly helped train young Miggy At age four Cabrera was already tossing and hitting the ball QUICK FACT Miggy grew up idolizing Dave Concepcion another baseball star from his hometown of Maracay Concepcion went on to be a top player with the Cincinnati Reds HOME 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 O 8 6 3 A Pro Ball Player in the Making By age six Miggy was highly competitive All he could think about was playing in the big leagues His uncle David would sometimes warn him to be cautious if he ever had the opportunity to play in North America He didn't want his
MIGUEL CABRERA TRIPLE CROWN WINNER Venezuelans love base ball Many young boys play the game with hopes of becoming as successtul as Miguel Cabrera and baseball Scouts often go there to search for new talent 10
Baseball was in His Blood nephew ever to be taken advantage of by any untrustworthy characters who might want to benefit from his talent and treat him unfairly Uncle David wanted Miggy to protect himself When he was fourteen Miggy had already grown into a physically solid and powerful hitter He also had a strong right arm rocketing off throws on target He told his father that he really wanted to try to become a pro ballplayer His father was glad that his son was so passionate about baseball but he didn't want him to face the same disappointment that he had He knew how hard it could be to achieve a career as a professional ballplayer So his father encouraged him to keep after his dream but to have a backup plan and study engineering He pushed Miggy and his sister to do well in school He wouldn't support the baseball dream at all if he wasn't QUICK FACT Cabrera tapes his wrists when batting and writes sangre on the tape In Spanish sangre literally means blood but also means family and Cabrera says that is what he plays
