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Bozita

(26,955 posts) Wed Oct 3, 2012, 10:18 PM Oct 2012

Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers, first Triple Crown winner since Yaz of the '67 Bosox

Last NL winner was Joe "Ducky" Medwick in 1935.

Congrats to Miggy!

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Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers, first Triple Crown winner since Yaz of the '67 Bosox (Original Post) Bozita Oct 2012 OP

Now hopefully he gets the MVP as well. politicaljack78 Oct 2012 #1

Congratulations, as well! CobaltBlue Oct 2012 #2

politicaljack78

(312 posts)

1. Now hopefully he gets the MVP as well.

Reply to Bozita (Original post)

Thu Oct 4, 2012, 01:16 PM

Oct 2012

I mean the guy changed positions to accommodate his team, and then goes on to win the Triple Crown...it does not get any more valuable than that !

CobaltBlue

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2. Congratulations, as well!

Reply to Bozita (Original post)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 10:44 AM

Oct 2012

Miguel Cabrera, third baseman for Detroit Tigers, achieved this rare feat effective with the conclusion of MLB's regularly scheduled 2012 season on 10.03.2012.

According to his page at Wikipedia.org: "In 2012, Cabrera became the first player since [Boston Red Sox's] Carl Yastrzemski in 1967 to win the Triple Crown. Cabrera led the American League with a .330 batting average, 44 home runs, and 139 RBIs."

Before Yastrzemski, the batting triple crown was achieved by Frank Robinson of Baltimore Orioles in 1966.

Robinson and Yastrzemski both won the American League (AL) MVP award from the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Also: Both Triple Crown champs' teams won their league pennant for those specific years. As of 10.18.2012, at 11:40 a.m. ET, Detroit Tigers are 3 to New York Yankees 0 for the best-of-seven games of the 2012 AL Champsionship Series which will determine the winning team for the league pennant.

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