Nick Castellanos, a South Florida native, remembers attending a World Series game in Miami when Miguel Cabrera hit a first-inning homer off Roger Clemens to introduce himself on the national stage.
A decade later and they were teammates with the Detroit Tigers. Castellanos spent the first seven years of his career playing alongside Cabrera, learning from a future Hall of Famer.
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“Never starstruck,” Castellanos said. “It’s more I remember 18 years old and seeing him, and I’m like, ‘all right, I want to hit with him, so he can see I can hit, too.