Miguel Cabrera is on the brink of a triple crown

[1gobluedem]

And nobody outside of Michigan even seems to realize it.

Go Miggy! Go Tigers!

[Auggie]

1. It's great ...

been a long time coming since Yaz.

I'm happy for Miggy and Tigers Fans everywhere.

[caraher]

2. And he has it!

What's annoyed me is that every article I've seen on it meanders into why the writer thinks winning the triple crown doesn't mean he should be MVP... or why WAR or other statistics are more meaningful than BA and RBI.

Whatever happened to simply acknowledging a great accomplishment?

[1gobluedem]

3. Simple, Miggy plays for Detroit

If he played for the Yankees, or almost any other East Coast team (or Chicago) the sports writers would've anointed him MVP in August. But, he plays for a distressed city that's going through hard times so they've been hoping against hope that someone from a more glamorous city would come on enough to take it away from him.

[trotsky]

5. I don't think has anything to do with Detroit's financial status.

It has to do with the fact that the Tigers aren't one of the large market/costal teams. Even if Detroit were doing fantastic right now, it still wouldn't have registered with the major sports media.

[1gobluedem]

6. It should

The Tigers have been around for a long, LONG time.

[trotsky]

8. But they're in flyover country.

The only teams that REALLY matter are the Spankmes and BoTox. Tier 2 is for the Dodgers, Angels, that sort of thing.

Teams in the AL Central? Irrelevant.

[bigwillq]

4. Congrats to Cabrera!

So awesome. I finally got to see a Triple Crown winner!

Now, if only I can see one in Horse Racing.

[KamaAina]

7. Roger that

the current TC drought long ago surpassed the previous one from '48 (Citation) to '73 (Secretariat).

[shenmue]

9. Awesome!

Hooray for him!

[Jack Rabbit]

10. Congratulations to Miguel Cabrera

He should win MVP.