Miguel Cabrera

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A boy waits for a ball during a fielding and batting practice in the hometown of Detroit Tiger's Miguel Cabrera, in Maracay, Venezuela, Friday, March 28, 2014. Cabrera, 30, learned to play on this same field, now remodeled thanks to his economic support. On Friday, he signed the richest contract in baseball history, a $292 million 10-year deal with the Tigers. The number painted on the back wall is Cabrera's jersey number. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra)

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Two boys stand in front of a fast food advertisement featuring hometown athlete, Detroit Tiger's Miguel Cabrera, during a baseball practice in Maracay, Venezuela, Friday, March 28, 2014. Cabrera’s uncle seems unfazed by the news that the Detroit Tigers slugger has netted the richest contract in history of any U.S. sport. Like the rest of the neighborhood, he thinks “Miguelito,” as many in his hometown still call him, was destined for greatness. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra)

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Boys listen to their coach during a baseball practice in the hometown of Detroit Tiger's Miguel Cabrera, in Maracay, Venezuela, Friday, March 28, 2014. Cabrera, 30, learned to play on this same field, now remodeled thanks to his economic support. On Friday, he signed the richest contract in baseball history, a $292 million 10-year deal with the Tigers. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra)

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A boy walks near bats and baseballs during practice at the field where Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera learned to play, in Maracay, Venezuela, Friday, March 28, 2014. Residents of this hardscrabble neighborhood say the grounded superstar is a model for local youth, who must navigate a more treacherous path than he did. They remember Cabrera as a single-minded child who only put down the bat to study, and stayed home most nights. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra)

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Boys attend a fielding and batting practice on the same field Detroit Tiger's Miguel Cabrera learned to play, in Maracay, Venezuela, Friday, March 28, 2014. Cabrera’s parents moved to a more affluent Maracay neighborhood after their son received a $1.8 million signing bonus from the Florida Marlins in 1999 at the age of 16. But the rest of his sprawling family continues live in the narrow streets and sun-bleached buildings of this community at the foot of a mountain an hour and a half west of Caracas. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra)

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Baseballs line the bottom of a bucket during practice at the field where Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera learned to play the game, in Maracay, Venezuela, Friday, March 28, 2014. The working class neighborhood of La Pedrera in Maracay, is where the Tigers slugger learned his baseball. Now that he signed the richest contract in baseball history his uncle thinks “Miguelito”, as many in his hometown still call him, was destined for greatness, a fact highlighted by the 1.8 million dollar bonus Cabrera received as a 16-year old phenom. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra)

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Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera is seen during a news conference where the details of Cabrera's eight-year contract extension was officially announced in Lakeland, Fla., Friday, March 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera watches batting practice before a spring exhibition baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays in Lakeland, Fla., Friday, March 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)