MIGUEL CABRERA CAN count himself lucky that he didn’t lose an eye after catching a hard ground ball in the cheek yesterday.
The Detroit Tigers baseman, who was wearing sunglasses at the time, sustained a fracture to the orbital bone during the exhibition match with the Philadelphia Phillies and fortunately will only miss a week or two of action. It initially looked a lot worse as blood poured down his face, however.
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