Joe Posnanski I believe it was wrote the other week/month about the romanticizing of Cabrera -- how, probably because of the triple crown or maybe because he stands out more post-steroid era, people are putting Cabrera on a pedestal and missing the fact that before Cabrera there was Pujols, and before Pujols there was Frank Thomas, both routinely hitting .320 with extreme power. He's right but of course that doesn't diminish Cabrera at all. I saw another article pointing out that he's one of five greatest RH hitters ever (and, fuck, I actually managed to find that one).

Anyway. Let me see if I can find the singles hitter article, because the numbers are startling and encouraging to the Red Sox, Dodgers and Cardinals. This is not it but you get the gist. Slugging .333 from September. I agree that we'll find out more about his injuries after the season is over.

EDIT: completely forgot to say, Leyland hasn't made the most of all of his opportunities, but he has won a title, he's turned around some programs, he's consistently in the playoffs -- and there aren't any all-time managers active right now since TLR and Cox retired.