Thanks to the report from Buster Olney of ESPN, not any of the local Tigers beat writers, we now know that Miguel Cabrera has a small fracture under his right eye and needed eight stitches. He is expected to be out at least a week, but should be ready for the season opener against Boston. The injury, of course, is bad, but the news that his eye was protected by sunglasses leads us to a truth we can’t ignore.
Ramon Santiago is obviously the most valuable person on this team.
Proof!
Cabrera fully expects to play Opening Day. “I want to thank God I had glasses on.” Says he only started wearing glasses couple days ago
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) March 20, 2012
Santiago suggested to Cabrera he could see ball better with glasses. Only started wearing after hiis Oakley stock arrived a few days ago.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) March 20, 2012
See, God may be responsible for many things but it was really Ramon Santiago who was wise enough to forsee the potential dangers of the hot corner.
I bet Brandon Inge told him to take ‘em off. Yeah, I bet he did….