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Chapters: Miguel Cabrera, Félix Hernández, Bobby Abreu, Francisco Rodríguez, Endy Chávez, Magglio Ordóñez, Melvin Mora, Ramón Hernández, César Izturis, Carlos Guillén, Carlos Silva, José López, Víctor Zambrano, Marco Scutaro, Henry Blanco, Armando Galarraga, Víctor Moreno, Max Ramírez, Luis Maza, Enrique González, Yoel Hernández, Carlos Vásquez, Orber Moreno, Gregor Blanco, Ramón Ramírez (Pitcher, Born 1982). Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 118. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: José Miguel Torres Cabrera (born April 18, 1983, in Maracay, Aragua State, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball first baseman for the Detroit Tigers. He bats and throws right-handed. He is a four-time All-Star, having been selected to the National League All-Star Team in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007. Cabrera has started 100 games at each of first base, third base, left field and right field. He progressed through the Florida Marlins minor-league system and was called up from the Double-A Carolina Mudcats in 2003. According to Baseball-Reference, Cabrera is putting up statistics comparable to Hank Aaron and Ken Griffey, Jr. at age 26. Cabrera made his Major League debut on June 20, 2003, at 20 years old; Edgar Rentería, at 19 years old, was the only Marlins player to make his debut at a younger age. Cabrera hit a walk-off home run in his first major league game, following Billy Parker in 1972 and Josh Bard in 2002 as the third player since 1900 to hit a game-winning home run in his big-league debut. Quietly, Cabrera put together one of the best seasons by a National League rookie, immediately becoming the Marlins cleanup batter. Cabrera’s postseason play helped propel Florida to a World Series championship over the Yankees and also landed him on the cover of ESPN The Magazine during the offseason. In the NLDS…More: http://booksllc.net/?id=685085

2009 World Baseball Classic Players of Venezuela: Miguel Cabrera, Félix Hernández, Bobby Abreu, Francisco Rodríguez, Endy Chávez