Detroit Tigers legends congratulate, praise Miguel Cabrera after his 500th home run
It was well worth the wait, Miggy finally went boom for the 500th time in his career as Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera hits the 500th home run of his career.
Shortly after going deep in Sunday's contest vs. the Toronto Blue Jays former teammates, managers and Detroit greats offered their congratulations.
Former teammate Justin Verlander wanted a piece of history, multiple pieces of history.
From JV to Miggy.
The man of the hour gets a big shout out from his former Tigers teammate, @JustinVerlander. #Miggy500 | #DetroitRoots pic.twitter.com/79cAVsGytc— Bally Sports Detroit (@BallySportsDET) August 22, 2021
Albert Pujols, someone Cabrera will eventually be in Cooperstown with one day congratulated his friend on hitting home run No. 500.
The congratulations continue to roll in for @MiguelCabrera as he gets some well wishings from another current legend of the game: @PujolsFive #Detroit Roots pic.twitter.com/Fw2JFHjFiy
— Bally Sports Detroit (@BallySportsDET) August 22, 2021
Tigers past and present offer their congrats and admiration Cabrera for hitting 500 homers.
From Torii, Nick, JV, Gardy, Leyland and all of your teammates:
Congrats Miggy! pic.twitter.com/BYtBqvZLOo— Detroit Tigers (@tigers) August 22, 2021
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