Congrats to Miguel Cabrera!

[riffjim4069]

This kid did. Cigs too. Whatcha going to do about it??

 

[Rey]

And a can of deep creep. Sweet!

 

[CK SatGuy]

Congrats to Cabrera for winning the triple crown and to the Tigers for making the playoffs again.

 

[cybok0]

This kid did. Cigs too. Whatcha going to do about it??

Mmmmmm.....I like Rolling Rock and Twinkies.

 

[AntAltMike]

Lest we forget, through June 27, 1967, Frank Robinson was leading Carl Yastrzemski in batting, .337 to .331, in homers, 21 to 18, and in RBI, 59 to 53, before being forced to miss the next month of the season due to blurred vision from a concussion resulting from a collision at second base with Al Weiss.

 

[whitewolf8214]

Let's hope they don't drug test him and he comes up positive especially these days with alot of players doing it There will always be suspicion on everyone until it is cleaned up

 

[Jimbo]

Let's hope they don't drug test him and he comes up positive especially these days with alot of players doing it There will always be suspicion on everyone until it is cleaned up

I hope they DO test him and he come up clean, thats all the better.

 

[riffjim4069]

I hope they DO test him and he come up clean, thats all the better.

Agreed. Seriously, does anyone suspect Cabrera and Fielder of using PEDs? JEDs do not count...Jelly Enhanced Donuts.

 

[whitewolf8214]

I hope they DO test him and he come up clean, thats all the better.

I agree Jimbo but with everyone getting popped wouldn't surprise me

 

[AntAltMike]

Let's hope they don't drug test him and he comes up positive especially these days with alot of players doing it There will always be suspicion on everyone until it is cleaned up

Regrettably, there are only two results of drug tests: guilty, and unable to prove guilty at the moment of the test.

Off the wall comment here. I just read that in 1970, Orioles shortstop Mark Belanger was a Triple Crown Loser, finishing last in batting average, home runs and RBI among qualifiers (501 plate appearances).

 

[Peter Parker]

Regrettably, there are only two results of drug tests: guilty, and unable to prove guilty at the moment of the test.

Off the wall comment here. I just read that in 1970, Orioles shortstop Mark Belanger was a Triple Crown Loser, finishing last in batting average, home runs and RBI among qualifiers (501 plate appearances).

Belanger belonged to an era when Shortstops were supposed to be outstanding fielders and you never heard criticism that thy could not hit for average or power. In spite of his futility with a bat he was named to an All Star team and won several Golden Gloves. BTW the Orile lineup of that era could afford to carry him in the lineup.

 

[riffjim4069]

Yep, Eddie Brinkman was one of the favorites...great infielder, but couldn't hit his way out of a wet paper bag, which was typical of that era. Cal Ripken changed the landscape.

 

[BillD1984]

Yep, Eddie Brinkman was one of the favorites...great infielder, but couldn't hit his way out of a wet paper bag, which was typical of that era. Cal Ripken changed the landscape.

Along with Robin Yount and Alan Trammell

 

[Jimbo]

Yep, Eddie Brinkman was one of the favorites...great infielder, but couldn't hit his way out of a wet paper bag, which was typical of that era. Cal Ripken changed the landscape.

And Alan Trammel never got the credit he deserved because of Cal.

 

[AntAltMike]

... the Orile lineup of that era could afford to carry him in the lineup.

Baltimore ran away with the penant in 1966 but finished a woeful 6th out of ten teams in 1967. But they didn't blow the team up. The 1970 daily lineup was nearly the same as the 1966 lineup, except that they traded aging all-star shortstop Luis Aparicio for Don Buford, who replaced Clank Blefary in left while allowing them to more fully utilize all-star-to-be Mark Belanger at short, and they traded Blefary for 20 game winner Mike Cuellar. Maybe some team can hire the son or grandson of whomever was their general manager.

 

[BillD1984]

And Alan Trammel never got the credit he deserved because of Cal.

I always thought Trammell was a great ballplayer and every bit as good as Ripken.

However IMO, Robin Yount was better than both of them.

 

[Jimbo]

I always thought Trammell was a great ballplayer and every bit as good as Ripken.

However IMO, Robin Yount was better than both of them.

Except, Ripken ushered in the HR hitting SS, so Tramell, not being a HR hitter never got the pub he deserved as you can see with his exclusion in the HOF.

Yes, no question Yount could do it all.