5. August 11, 2013 – An injured Miguel Cabrera comes up in the top of the ninth, the Tigers down 3-1, two outs, man on second. Miggy is facing the always dominant Mariano Rivera. First basemen barely Lyle Overbay misses a foul ball in the dugout on the first pitch. Mariano takes Cabrera to 0-2. Cabrera fouls off the fourth pitch hard off his knee. Miguel takes a 2-2 pitch to straight away center over 410 feet in Yankee Stadium to tie the game up with a two run blast. Mario Impemba exclaims “Unbelievable! He did it again! You want some of this, come get some!”
This 5 minute at bat is amongst Cabrera’s greatest as a Tiger. The Tigers went on to lose the game in extra innings, but who cares!?!? Click here to watch and listen to Mario’s play by play.