Cabrera Wins Triple Crown As Tigers Beat Royals
Miguel Cabrera became the first player in 45 years to achieve the Triple Crown in the AL Central-champion Detroit Tigers' 1-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night.
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Miguel Cabrera became the first player in 45 years to achieve the Triple Crown in the AL Central-champion Detroit Tigers' 1-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night.
With a division title on the line, Cabrera raised his game during the most crucial part of the year, hitting .357 in the month of August with eight home runs, 24 RBI and an OPS of 1.092.
Miguel Cabrera is in the Detroit Tigers' starting lineup for their regular-season finale Wednesday night in Kansas City as he closes in on baseball's first Triple Crown in 45 years.
I've looked at all the numbers and everything else just like you.
Now that the Detroit Tigers have clinched the AL Central the big thing to watch is the chase of the Triple Crown by Miguel Cabrera.
I'm going to keep this short and sweet. Miguel Cabrera should win the American League MVP.
Jim Leyland didn't say it, but he sure sounded like a man watching Miguel Cabrera's Triple Crown numbers with the rest of us.
Miguel Cabrera sat in front of his locker in the corner of the visiting clubhouse at Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday, slinging some Spanish banter at a table full of teammates.
A two-run RBI single by Miguel Cabrera provided the only scoring for the Detroit Tigers who fell to the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Tuesday.
Now that the Tigers have finished off the AL Central, we can start to focus on the issue that really matters.
Miguel Cabrera finished Monday night just two days from becoming baseball's first Triple Crown winner since 1967.
There could have been some infighting when the Detroit Tigers were languishing below .500 midway through the season, or even when they trailed the Chicago White Sox deep into September.
The Weekend Buzz while you were paging through the dictionary looking up these words folks are calling each other in the fierce Miguel Cabrera-Mike Trout AL MVP debate.
Miguel Cabrera's drive sailed high into the Detroit night — so high, in fact, that left fielder Alex Gordon had time to drift over to the fence and wait a couple seconds before reaching over and robbing the slugger of a home run.
Former Red Sox outfielder Carl Yastrzemski thinks that being in a pennant race will help Detroit's Miguel Cabrera in his attempt to win the Triple Crown.
Texas Rangers center fielder Josh Hamilton said Tuesday he is rooting for Detroit's Miguel Cabrera to win the AL Triple Crown.
Miguel Cabrera added another game to his hitting streak Monday night, singling to left in the sixth inning to make it 14 games in a row in which he has at least one hit.
Despite dropping 2 of 3 to the Twins in a weekend set at Comerica Park, the debate continues to rage on who should win this year's 'Most Valuable Player' award?
Miguel Cabrera didn't have a spectacular doubleheader Sunday, but he did have an RBI double in each game, giving him 40 doubles for the season.
Even though he is injured and out for the remainder of the season, Brandon Inge was at Comerica Park on Wednesday rooting on his new team, the Oakland Athletics.
The Triple Crown is out there, tantalizingly, the AL MVP too, a couple of pieces of ripened fruit just begging to be plucked from the branch.
I think I found the problem and it's time to make the correction.
Major League Baseball and Chevrolet, the official vehicle of Major League Baseball, today announced that Miguel Cabrera was named the Detroit Tigers 2012 nominee for the prestigious Roberto Clemente Award presented by Chevrolet.
Champ- Miguel Cabrera for another great weekend and a good chance at the AL MVP.
I doubt many Tigers fans care about the postseason awards right now. They care instead about the postseason.
