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Auggie

(33,165 posts) Wed Sep 19, 2012, 06:25 PM Sep 2012

Selig: MLB likely won't discard Melky Cabrera's batting title [View all]

Associate Press / 9-19-12

NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball appears unlikely to interfere if Melky Cabrera wins the NL batting title while serving his 50-game suspension for a positive drug test.

The San Francisco Giants outfielder began Wednesday with a league-leading .346 average, seven points ahead of Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutchen.

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"You can't change records because once you get into that it would never stop," Selig said. "It would create more problems than it would solve."

LINK: http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8399074/san-francisco-giants-melky-cabrera-likely-barred-national-league-batting-title

I agree with Selig on this one. That's why we have these:

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Selig: MLB likely won't discard Melky Cabrera's batting title [View all] Auggie Sep 2012 OP

Yeah, but missing 50 games is a big hunk of the season... joeybee12 Sep 2012 #1

I believe you have to have a minimum number of at-bats KamaAina Sep 2012 #5

I guess he did reach the minimum, but that minimum joeybee12 Sep 2012 #6

What about a platoon player? Or even a catcher? KamaAina Sep 2012 #7

It's like this... Upton Sep 2012 #8

You agree with $elig. El Supremo Sep 2012 #2

What would you do, rewrite every record book? Auggie Sep 2012 #3

I'd sure throw out this one. El Supremo Sep 2012 #4