Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers pulls a spin: it's never worked

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Gardenhire said: "If they do not score, it's still good."

Start with Ross, who, after three mediocre outings, finally managed to create an optimistic performance. Ross gave a four-run blow (a single against Ehire Adrianza), eliminating five batters and doing nothing. He looked terrible on his first three outings, but awesome in this one.

"All stages of the process have come to fruition today," Ross said. "I managed to get outs and I felt good about the exit. I was able to make good shots. "

The biggest positive of Ross? Jumping in front of the batters, which allowed him to control the bats. His brittle balls were sharp in what was an almost perfect exit.

His only defect was quickly cleared, surprisingly, when Miguel Cabrera managed to shoot the ball trick hidden on Adrianza. After a Ross tee-off, Cabrera placed a tag on Adrianza, who was still at first base, then pretended to return to Ross, before Adrianza retired and scored.

"I always do it," said Cabrera. "This time it worked, but I'm still trying to do it."

There are not many things that Cabrera did not do in his career, but drawing this trick was one of them.

"It never worked," he said. "I was surprised.

1B Miguel Cabrera: Cabrera is in good health – for the moment – and since some appearances in the spring, he has shown the same hitting ability that will make him a first vote as a Hall of Fame member someday. (Photo: Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press)

"I always try to do that, play with the runner, but never in my career, I've been so close. They know I'm doing this. It's spring training, he might have forgotten.

When asked when he saw the last time the ball was hidden, Gardenhire was dead, "35 or 40 minutes ago."

That's something the former Tigers manager, Phil Garner, has always used to try Gardenhire, he said, and almost had it once, if not for a call from timeout.

"And I did not call a timeout either," he said. "It's an old school affair. My son also trained the first goal. I liked it. "

Although Twins fans got used to seeing Gardenhire in the opposite canoe last year (both teams have played 19 times and will do it again this season), it's still a great opportunity to find somebody else. one that bears the name of the parking lot.

Gardenhire received the loudest pre-game ovation from a resolutely partisan public – the Tigers played in Southwest Florida for the first time in 13 years – and exchanged tee cards with his son, Toby, Class A coach from Fort Myers and Twins legend Tony Olivo.

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"It was different," he said. "It's really different to be back in this dugout, but being back in the stadium was really nice.

"It's a bit like one of those," Boy, I have not been here for a while. " That's what I felt. I have not been at this stage for a long time. "

But Gardenhire's best anecdote was that of the CenturyLink Field crew, who demanded that Tigers hats be worn during raking.

"Honestly," he said. "They said: bring them hats, they want to wear hats when they drag the infield between games. And then I said they would not work. They will fire you here. So I said, "No, I'm not going to do that. It's stupid. "