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Miguel Cabrera: flirting with big league stardom: Marlins young slugger continues to dazzle fans and opponents with his offensive abilities.(Cover Story)
FELIPE ALOU HEARD THE question but couldn't come up with an answer right away.
The 70-year-old San Francisco Giants manager needed a moment to collect himself, so he took a deep breath and paused while sitting back in his chair. Then he threw his hands up and shook his head, almost speechless.
"He's something," Alou said. "He's a phenom."
Alou, of course, was referring to Miguel Cabrera, the 22-year-old Florida Marlins outfielder who blew into San Francisco last July, mangled Giants' pitching for three games, then went on his merry, baby-faced way.
Here's some backstory: In the winter of 2004, a few months after he helped the Marlins ...
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