First, let's not mistake him for suspended Melky Cabrera who has voluntarily taken himself out of consideration for the National League batting title. Melky's .346 is ten points higher than Andrew McCutchen of the declining Pittsburgh Pirates. When I saw the Pirates play in San Diego on August 20, they were something like 13 games over .500, now they are 3 games under .500.
Anyway, lets get to Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers is on the verge of winning the Triple Crown in the American League. Miguel is tied with Josh Hamilton of Texas with 42 home runs and is leading the league in batting average .332 and RBI with 131. A Triple Crown constitutes leading the league in home runs, runs batted in, and batting average. The last time a player won the Triple Crown was 1967, by the great Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox, more commonly known as Yaz. Yaz had 44 home runs, 121 RBI and batted .326. Very similar to Miguel Cabrera's current numbers and Miguel has 12 games left in the regular season.
Rookie sensation Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels led the AL in batting for what seemed like virtually the whole season, but has slowed down as of late, but I wouldn't count him out at .325. Trouts batting average has dropped about 20 points in the past month.
I'd really like to see Miguel Cabrera win the Triple Crown. 45 years is a long time to wait for another Triple Crown...
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