Opponents look at Miguel Cabrera these days as a character from a video game, writes Dave Hogg of Fox Sports Detroit.
Imagine Bo Jackson from Tecmo Bowl — but with a bat in his hand.
"I made a great pitch to Cabrera, but he's Miguel Cabrera," one pitcher said recently. "My mistake came when I let him come up with runners on base."
Sunday, Cabrera helped the Tigers sweep the Chicago White Sox with two more massive homers. The first one, 426 feet, landed near the flagpole in the Chicago bullpen. The second, which came in the third inning, traveled 457 feet to center field.
It was the 300th home run of Cabrera's career.
Cabrera is just the 13th player in major league history to reach 300 homers before his 30th birthday — a feat that eluded famed power hitters such as Barry Bonds, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Lou Gehrig. More important for Cabrera, he joins Andres Galarraga as the only Venezuelan players to hit 300 home runs.
