Yesterday, Miguel Cabrera(pictured at the right) became a part of baseball royalty. The Detroit Tigers' third baseman clinched the Triple Crown, one of the most elusive awards in baseball. In fact, before Cabrera, no one had won the Triple Crown since 1967. Carl Yazstremski won it that year. That's 45 years! To win the Triple Crown, you have to lead your league, either the American or National League, in batting average, home runs, and RBI's. Batting average is calculated by how many times you get on base divided by how many times you bat. Hopefully, you know what home runs are, and RBI's stand for runs batted in. You get an RBI whenever someone scores a run during your at-bat. This year, Cabrera hit .330, he hit 44 home runs, and he drove in 139 runs. All of these numbers are very high, and nobody else came close to leading all three categories. The Tigers also made the playoffs this year, and they start their first playoff series against the Oakland Athletics on Saturday.
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AuthorHi. This is Ned. I am in 8th grade and these are my blogs. I will be updating them every week. Enjoy. Archives
May 2013
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