"The best hitter in baseball spent part of Thursday afternoon lounging on the leather couch in the visitor's clubhouse at Yankee Stadium. While his teammates changed around him, Miguel Cabrera barely moved a muscle. He continued to watch highlights of Wednesday's games in a black tank top and designer jeans. He saw no reason for urgency.

Cabrera does things his own way — which is just fine for the Detroit Tigers.

"He's a star," Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland said Thursday afternoon. "He's a superstar and putting up superstar numbers. It's pretty much that simple.""