Miguel Cabrera recently became the 15th player to win baseball’s Triple Crown, but admits he’s never really been a fan of team sports.
“His dream has always been to win the triple crown…of horse racing,” said Cabrera’s father, Manuel. “Growing up in Venezuela, he used to pin a tail on himself and race through the streets, pretending he was running the Kentucky Derby.”
Sadly, Cabrera wasn’t allowed to follow his passion because he was born human; and at 6’4″ and 240 pounds, he’s even too large to be a jockey.
“Don’t get me wrong, it’s nice to be compared with Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams,” the Detroit Tigers slugger told OMGG.com. “But one day I’d like to be mentioned in the same breath as Secretariat and Seattle Slew.”
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October 4, 2012
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