Tripple threat

Miguel Cabrera has officially won the Triple Crown Award for the Detroit Tigers. This is the first time someone has won it in the last 45 years. He became only the 15th player EVER to win it. He joined a very elite group of players such as Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams and Lou Gehrig. This truly is an accomplishment greater than any other in professional baseball in my opinion.

Winning the Triple Crown award in professional baseball by far is the hardest award to win. You cannot only hit for average but you also need the power to go along with it. In order to win the Triple Crown you need to be the leader in three categories of hitting. You must lead your division in batting average, home runs, and RBI’s (Runs Batted In). Cabrera topped the AL (American League) with a .330 batting average, 44 home runs and 139 RBIs. Which leading the league in any of those categories is a great feat but leading in all three is almost unheard of.

Of course there are other awards for individuals that are really great awards such as the Cy Young award for best pitcher in the league for both American League and National League, Rookie of the Year award which goes to the best rookie player in both the American League and the National League, and the MVP for the Most Valuable Player in both the American League and the Nation League.

Of course baseball is a team sport but being recognized as one of the best players in professional baseball is something to be extremely proud of. Winning your division in the National League or American League is something not easily done either though, and typically the teams that have the best records in baseball have the best players in baseball. Miguel is no exception to this. The Detroit Tigers won their division and its safe to say that without Miguel that they most likely wouldn’t have. He is a player like no other. Which makes me think that along with winning the Triple Crown he will have another trophy to go along with that which would be the American League MVP. But he has some stiff competition, he did win the Triple Crown though so I’d say give him that MVP he deserves it.After the final game of the season this is what he had to say about winning the Triple Crown; “It’s an unbelievable feeling, I can’t describe

The feeling right now.” It really couldn’t have gone to a better guy either. Jim Leyland (Detroit Tigers head coach) said “I would say without question he’s enjoyed it. How could you not enjoy what he’s done if you’re a baseball player?”. He is such a class act that he said he was more worried about the team winning than him winning the Triple Crown. Well I think he was partially telling the truth but I mean come on, how could you not be worried about winning an award that hasn’t been seen in over 45 years!? Regardless it’s a great story.

Its great to see someone finally win this award in my lifetime (even though it hasn’t been long), it’s great to watch him and should be fun to watch him in the post season. (550)