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Do you want to see Miguel Cabrera win MLBs Triple Crown?
Could be the first Triple Crown since 1967
Ironically, the Royals will have a say in the race, since he plays against them the last 3 games. Discuss.... http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/spo...race-heats-up/ Miguel Cabrera is slowly inching towards achieving the first Triple Crown since 1967. With a line drive home run in the eighth inning against Minnesota on Saturday night, Cabrera moved into a tie with Texas star Josh Hamilton for the AL lead. Cabrera's blast in the eighth inning off Casey Fien was his 43rd home run for the year. He also leads the AL in batting average (.327) and RBIs (136) as he looks to become the first player since 1967 to lead the league in all three categories. "It's unbelievable what he's done this year," pitcher Justin Verlander said, the reigning AL MVP who was wearing a dark blue t-shirt with the message "Keep the MVP in the D" and Cabrera's name on the front. "It's amazing to me how he keeps getting better. He's already the best hitter in the game and he keeps taking it to another level." While it was Cabrera and his home run that gave the Tigers the five-run cushion they would end up needing in a 6-4 victory over the Twins that gave them a two-game lead in the AL Central, the Triple Crown hopeful deferred the attention away from himself. It's unbelievable what he's done this year.- Justin Verlander "I want to talk about the team," Cabrera said respectfully. "There's too many distractions right now and been talking too much about triple crowns. I pull too much attention. I don't want to do that. I want to go out there and play my game." Cabrera entered the day leading Joe Mauer by five points in the batting race, Hamilton by eight in the RBI race, but trailing Hamilton by one in homers. So will he be watching Hamilton down the stretch? "I'll let you guys keep Hamilton in your eyes," Cabrera said. "I'll go to the hotel and get some breakfast tomorrow and try to win tomorrow." The bigger prize, of course, is the division title. Neither the Tigers nor the Sox will qualify for one of two wild cards in the American League, so their only way in is through the division door. "The last couple weeks, there's too much attention right now," Cabrera said of the triple crown. "I don't like too much of that stuff. But it's always good. You've got to feel comfortable with that. You've got to feel positive and be ready to play." |
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10-01-2012, 07:45 AM | #2 |
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Yeah, but I still want the series win. And more importantly, I want the White Sox to lose.
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10-01-2012, 07:45 AM | #3 |
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For sure. By all accounts Cabrera is a good guy and I'd like to see one in my lifetime.
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10-01-2012, 07:46 AM | #4 |
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Yes.. and I hope clinches it against the Royals... and I mean bomb their asses.
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10-01-2012, 07:57 AM | #5 |
Arf! Arf! Arf!
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HELL NO. Bring down one of the icons in baseball that I actually got to see play once in Kansas City. Yaz was awesome
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10-01-2012, 08:00 AM | #6 |
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Definitely want to see it, and what's amazing is people are actually debating whether he'll even win the AL MVP if he gets the triple crown.
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10-01-2012, 08:04 AM | #7 |
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10-01-2012, 08:06 AM | #9 |
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10-01-2012, 08:11 AM | #10 |
Arf! Arf! Arf!
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Wait till you get to be an older fart like me. You try to hang on to the icons of your youth. It keeps alive the illusion that your youth was all rainbows,chocolate chip cookies and fairy tales
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10-01-2012, 08:12 AM | #11 |
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I'd like to see him do it. You just don't see that kind of stuff very often and Cabrera is a pretty good guy. Hope he gets the triple crown and MVP and the Royals sweep the series while the Sox get swept and miss the playoffs after 117 days in first place this year. Suck it Hawk.
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10-01-2012, 08:30 AM | #12 |
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10-01-2012, 08:51 AM | #13 |
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Yes, its history in the making. And if you get the triple crown, there should be NO discussion of any other HITTER getting the MVP over him. Yes, Trout is having a great year but not a triple crown year. Give him ROY and have him try again next year.
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10-01-2012, 09:10 AM | #14 |
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I would not like to see him win it, because I don't want the OBVIOUS ****ING MVP, Mike Trout, to get his MVP award stolen from him by a bunch of old farts (or old-hearted voters) who think RBIs are a good measure of a player's value.
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10-01-2012, 09:25 AM | #15 |
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Royals should troll and intentionally walk him every time.
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