Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder pop up on the cover of this week’s Sports Illustrated with the cover headline of “Bash Bros.” The story about the pair of sluggers is written by Michael Rosenberg, a former Free Press sportswriter and columnist.
It’s believed to be the first time a pair of Tigers have been on SI's cover since Al Kaline and Denny McLain in September 1968. That was for McLain’s 30th win of the season.
In hyping the new presentation, SI says:
Ruth and Gehrig. Mays and McCovey. Ortiz and Ramirez. To the list of great hitting duos in baseball history we can now add one more: Prince Fielder and Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers. Both were established stars long before coming to Detroit but since joining forces prior to last season, Fielder and Cabrera have become baseball’s best 1-2 punch, which makes it only fitting that the sluggers appear together on the cover of this week’s Sports Illustrated.
