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Tigers' Cabrera wins 1st Triple Crown in 45 years
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| 10/4/12
| DAVE SKRETTA
Posted on 10/04/2012 5:34:32 AM PDT by Lakeshark
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To: cripplecreek; dfwgator
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posted on
10/04/2012 6:27:51 AM PDT
by
Lakeshark
(I don't care for Mitt; the alternative is unthinkable)
To: texas booster
I think Josh is back on the Coke.
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posted on
10/04/2012 6:28:10 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
To: Lakeshark
Congratulations Miquel on an incredible achievement I was not sure I would see again in my lifetime.
And thanks to you, I won my money roto league- and thanks to the two guys who drafted in front of my third pick and took Pujols and Bautista.
To: Lakeshark
My vote would be for Mike Trout - a local from Millville, NJ - and one to be watched very closely in the future because he is that good and will only get better; but Cabrera must get the nod for MVP, I have to admit.
Trout’s time will come, mark my words.
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posted on
10/04/2012 6:49:59 AM PDT
by
New Jersey Realist
(America: home of the free because of the brave)
To: Lakeshark
The Royals and their fans showed a great deal of class last night with a standing O for Miggy when he came up to bat and again when he officially won the crown.
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posted on
10/04/2012 6:53:40 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: Springman; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; madison10; ...
I generally don't do Michigan pings for sports but this was sports history so I figured it was worthy of a ping.
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posted on
10/04/2012 7:01:21 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: cripplecreek
KC deserves a better team.
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posted on
10/04/2012 7:03:22 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
To: Hot Tabasco
I wonder if he gave up drinking since his episodes of a year and a half ago.....
He's slimmed down considerably.
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posted on
10/04/2012 7:13:16 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: Ransomed
How many different pitchers did Cabrera see? Seems like it would be harder to do with todays relief pitching, not to mention interleague play.
Batters tend to specialize these days as well. I also think having Prince Fielder right behind him in the line up helped. Pitchers weren't willing to walk Cabrera only to face Fielder. Next year Victor Matinez will be back and make things that much tougher.
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posted on
10/04/2012 7:18:31 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: Lakeshark
What a great way for the regular season to end for us
Tiger fans! Way to go Miguel!
And I agree, KC fans and players were classy in their acknowledgement last night.
To: cripplecreek
I like the Tigers’ chances against the A’s....I think the A’s will be “We’re Happy Just to Be Here”, while the Tigers will be on a mission.
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posted on
10/04/2012 7:28:17 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
To: Lakeshark
You mean, you were not watching my Red Sox /Yankees game? Come on, it is the rivalry of all times!
(Obviously Sarcastic!)
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posted on
10/04/2012 7:30:52 AM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(I am NOT from Vermont. I am from MA. And I don't support Romney. Please read before "assuming.")
To: cripplecreek
Right, there are specialist hitters as well, beating all of those types at the same time is amazing. But I think the big one is all the different pitching, I bet he didn’t see the same guy four time too often at all. Plus, he plays half the games in a giant cavern. Just amazing.
I actually think it helped Cabrera that there were so many strike outs this year, I think if less hitters protect with two strikes it’s easier for the real cream to rise to the top.
Freegards
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posted on
10/04/2012 7:34:12 AM PDT
by
Ransomed
To: Lakeshark
It’s been so long since there was a Triple Crown winner (and, frankly, all the SABRheads have so trashed batting average for OPS) that I don’t think many baseball fans understand the significance of what Cabrera did.
Plus, it wasn’t done by a Yankee, Met or Red Sox, so the Northeast media doesn’t really care.
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posted on
10/04/2012 7:35:06 AM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(Our economy won't heal until one particular black man is unemployed.)
To: dfwgator
The Tigers have battled through a tough season well below their expectations. At one point they went 45 games without winning two in a row.
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posted on
10/04/2012 7:41:17 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: cripplecreek
Recent history shows, that all that matters is to get hot at the right time. Look at the Cardinals last year.
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posted on
10/04/2012 7:42:46 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
To: Lakeshark
1967.
Seattle.
I was one of three boys in a baseball-crazy family, all with summer birthdays. A case of Topps cost $3 and you knew what you were getting from the other two brothers for your birthday - they'd go in together on a case and you'd have that wonderful two hours of opening packs, sorting and trading cards, and chewing terrible gum.
The sports announcer on KOL radio ("Colorful KOL - Thirteen Double O!") mangled Yastrzemski's name on the radio that summer and called him something like "Yazzleputski."
In our family, Yazzleputski won the last Triple Crown, and it will always be Yazzleputski.
Congratulations, Cabrera.
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posted on
10/04/2012 7:44:13 AM PDT
by
Scoutmaster
(You knew the job was dangerous when you took it)
To: OrangeHoof
Cabrera did it in grand fashion even compared to Carl Yastrzemski. Yaz tied Harmon Killebrew with 44 home runs but Yaz “only” had a .326 batting average and 121 runs batted in.
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posted on
10/04/2012 7:48:26 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: Scoutmaster
I was one of three boys in a baseball-crazy family, all with summer birthdays. A case of Topps cost $3 and you knew what you were getting from the other two brothers for your birthday - they'd go in together on a case and you'd have that wonderful two hours of opening packs, sorting and trading cards, and chewing terrible gum.
I was thinking yesterday about the way baseball has tied generations of families together. My great grandparents were Tiger fans and the game was on at their house every day during the summer. Some of my earliest memories were of my dad sitting in the car listening to Ernie Harwell saying "He takes strike 3 standing there like a house by the side of the road". Today my cousins and I talk Tiger baseball on holidays.
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posted on
10/04/2012 7:58:09 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: Lakeshark
If anyone other than Cabrera wins the MVP it will be a travesty of epic proportions. I don’t care about WAR or any other sabremetric mumbo-jumbo.
Miguel Cabrera just did something that is on par with 30 wins or batting .400.
There are just some things that if they are accomplished they should automatically garauntee the award. Winning the TRIPLE CROWN is definately in that category. PERIOD!
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posted on
10/04/2012 7:58:35 AM PDT
by
commish
(Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it.)
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