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Miguel Cabrera walked out of the clubhouse and onto the field at Joker Marchant Stadium, almost like he never left.

Cabrera, now a special assistant in the Detroit Tigers’ front office, arrived in Lakeland on Tuesday for his first day of spring training.

The Hall of Fame-caliber player, who retired at the end of last season to complete a legendary 21-year career, is spending the week as a coach.

On his first day, Cabrera wore the bright orange spring training hat, just like his now-former teammates, plus the same Oakley sunglasses that tried but failed to contain his tears on the final day of his playing career, just more than five months ago.

“I’m feeling good,” Cabrera said. “I feel like I gave everything I had in baseball.

Right now I can say, ‘OK, that’s enough.’ I didn’t want to leave baseball and say I can play more. No, I can’t play anymore. No more baseball for me. Volleyball and softball.

In the stadium, Cabrera joked around in right field during stretches, caught throws at first base during infield drills and shagged fly balls in the outfield during batting practice.

He doesn’t miss playing baseball, not after 21 seasons.

“It was enough,” Cabrera said. “I played a lot. I gave everything I had.