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TRIPLE ####### CROWN! (1 Viewer)
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Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
Amazing year for a guy who is always amazing.
bicycle_seat_sniffer
Smells like chicken
insane
cant wait to buy a triple crown tee
cant wait to buy a triple crown tee
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
YAZ WHO????????????
scrumptrulescent
Footballguy
Best hitter in MLB right now......per Paul Konerko.
comfortably numb
Footballguy
Gonna suck next year when he fails a drug test
:shortbus:
:shortbus:
Smack Tripper
Footballguy
Pretty good, Pretty good, Pretty Neat, Pretty neat- Jim Morrison
Good job Miggy, may you win that MVP
Good job Miggy, may you win that MVP
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
He might fail an alcohol test, but this probably isn't even his best season as a hitter. He had a 179 OPS+ last year, and 178+ the year before. This year he hit more homers, walked less and took half the intentional walks he did two years ago. Now imagine VMART hitting behind Fielder, he's gonna be an even bigger monster next year because they have no choice but to pitch to him. As a Tigers fan you go just so long over the course of a week or ten days and he steps up there with runners on late, and you know he's gonna hit one off or over the fence because he's like a clock. There are only a few players in my lifetime in baseball I've thought that about and that was a lot of the steroid years. This guy is just ridiculous, he really is.
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
15 wins for that overrated Tiger team might be par the course. Good to see that you are about to be swept by KC. Looks like you guys just gave MIGGY a boatload of money to suck. Is Matt Millen giving GM tips these days? The Tiger pitching staff looks vulnerable!Too bad that's the only team you can beat. Must suck looking forward to a 15 win season.
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
SLGL .6061OBP .3931OPS .9992
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
Holy crap Limpy, I'd add one of those as my sig but I think he'd actually enjoy that. Also I noticed the White Sox took their nosedive about the same time he came back to posting in your thread (yes I;m superstitious as dumb as it is). Those quotes are priceless though, great beagling.
scoobus
Footballguy
dang, oh well, still a hell of a year.
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
December 4, 2007: Traded by the Florida Marlins with Dontrelle Willis to the Detroit Tigers for Dallas Trahern (minors), Burke Badenhop, Eulogio De La Cruz, Cameron Maybin, Andrew Miller and Mike Rabelo.
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
those are my numbers though, nothing official. He finished like .32962 or something so .330. Lead the league in HR, RBI, AVG, SLG, total bases and OPS.
Spartans Rule
Footballguy
He can enjoy it if he wants. I needed a new sig, it works.
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Where does he rank in terms of the best right-handed hitters ever conversation?
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
Non steroid:1.Hornsby
2. Foxx
3. DiMaggio
Pujols
Cabrera
Mays
Greenberg
Kiner
Steriod guys:
Frank Thomas
Manny
Edgar Martinez
I think he's a bigger, stronger Edgar Martinez. The thing is he is not a power hitter but a hitter that hits for power. As he gets older his power numbers will fall but he's still gonna hit .320 every year, he's that good. Eephus is the only one who saw all those guys play, maybe he can tell us how good Hornsby really was. He has to be #1, I don't think anyone will ever catch him.
Eephus
Footballguy
Hank Aaron down?
Wooderson
Fight The Power
He should.
Smack Tripper
Footballguy
Wait a minute, you're putting Frank Thomas in the roid guys and keeping Pujols out?
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
I still say they should have held on to Burke Badenhop.December 4, 2007: Traded by the Florida Marlins with Dontrelle Willis to the Detroit Tigers for Dallas Trahern (minors), Burke Badenhop, Eulogio De La Cruz, Cameron Maybin, Andrew Miller and Mike Rabelo.
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
Should have put "era" because I'm not making accusations.
Omitted but not on purpose.
culdeus
Footballguy
Why not? The lack of steroids in the game can bring the all-arounders back in the mix for the HR component.I definitely didn't think we would see one of these again. With the Ishiro and Mauer types plus guys like Reynolds and Dunn kicking around. Pretty amazing considering the current state of the game.
Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
I agree. It is tough to have that kind of power and compete with the slap hitters like Ichiro and Mauer for the batting title as well. Could be another 45 before it happens again.I definitely didn't think we would see one of these again. With the Ishiro and Mauer types plus guys like Reynolds and Dunn kicking around. Pretty amazing considering the current state of the game.
tri-man 47
Footballguy
Yup ...very, very special.I agree. It is tough to have that kind of power and compete with the slap hitters like Ichiro and Mauer for the batting title as well. Could be another 45 before it happens again.I definitely didn't think we would see one of these again. With the Ishiro and Mauer types plus guys like Reynolds and Dunn kicking around. Pretty amazing considering the current state of the game.
scrumptrulescent
Footballguy
So do you think to celebrate Cabrera did a little
last night, just for old times sake??
So do you think Josh Hamilton murdered another father right in front of his son last night for old times sake?
Bogart
Footballguy
Yeah, comparing an accident to breaking the law and beating up your wife is the same.Hamilton and Washington get thrown under the bus daily with this group. I figure one the other way wouldn't hurt.So do you think to celebrate Cabrera did a little
scrumptrulescent
Footballguy
You asked a stupid question and got an equally stupid response. Exactly what you deserved.Yeah, comparing an accident to breaking the law and beating up your wife is the same.Hamilton and Washington get thrown under the bus daily with this group. I figure one the other way wouldn't hurt.So do you think to celebrate Cabrera did a little
wadegarrett
FFA Legend™
Ghandi
Footballguy
45 years passed since the last player hit for the triple crown and you feel the need to crap in the thread appreciating the achivement? Sad.So do you think to celebrate Cabrera did a little
Greco
Footballguy
Not with a WAR like his.
Michael Brown
Footballguy
Eephus
Footballguy
Tony Kornheiser doesn't believe half of the #### he says.
bicycle_seat_sniffer
Smells like chicken
'Greco said:
Tau837
Footballguy
Agree. But it was a rather strong statement that I found a bit surprising. I had never looked closely at Cabrera's career numbers, but I don't think they are worthy on their own. He has never won a major award until now (assuming he wins MVP). So I thought it was an interesting statement.He was essentially saying that winning the Triple Crown is enough. The problem with that statement is that the players who won the Triple Crown in the past had other accomplishments that were good enough to merit HOF induction without the TC.Of course, the whole discussion is presumably moot, since he isn't going to stop playing now.
Disco Stu
Confirmed FBGal
The triple crown is magical, but that's just silly.
Eephus
Footballguy
Cabrera has his ten seasons in so he'll be on the ballot when he retires. His numbers compare pretty favorably with other HoFers with short careers. Kiner and Hack Wilson are the best straight up comparisons and Cabrera probably wins both. Wilson was a Veteran's Committee selection.The other hitters who got in after short careers had other factors that appealed to voters (Ross Youngs(died young), Jackie Robinson(saint), Campanella(paralyzed), Puckett(injury)).
Power Monster
The Midnight Stalker
Your all class Limp. Must eat at you all day to go dig out a thread from 4 years ago. Good for you champ. Gee I underrated a baseball player from 4 years ago. I figure it must have taken you 2 hours to find that thread and then edit your posts. Bravado in a Detroit themed thread. I am so glad that I have a life but I cannot say the same for you. Cub fan one day, suddenly a Sox fan in 2005. I actually felt happy for Miggy. A great baseball story. I must say that it was even better watching him crush the Cubs in that NLDS. You recall that series. You must have cried like you do whan I rip your boy...Rather than pollute the Tiger threads, come on over to the Sox thread and talk to me about White Sox baseball. We can talk about how yer boy dropped 65 million on a stiff or anything else you would like to talk about. I am mostly interested in discussing my theory on why yer boy GM Kenny would never see another championship as long as he is the WS GM...
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Power Monster
The Midnight Stalker
Ohh I did not know that you were tracking my posts. Another message board cowboy. What a life. Hanging around a message board monitoring people's posts. For the record, I was probably the only Sox fan that predicted a winning year for the team back in April. I "came around" to post when I had spare time because I actually have a life. Gee great "beagling"? Wow Miggy is so awesome it takes some clown a few hours to go dig out a thread from 4 years ago to give you a bonner. Maybe yer love barge can go dig out the other 99% of threads in which I kicked him up and down the baseball boards. The Sox did not need me to curse them with a "nosedive" dr. dummy- they have a GM that is more than capable of doing that...
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Gopher State
Footballguy
Miguel Cabrera’s Triple Crown Won’t Mean Home Run From Endorsers
By Mason Levinson - Oct 3, 2012 11:01 PM CT
The Triple Crown won’t bring an instant payoff for Miguel Cabrera. He needs to overcome playing outside a major market, spotty English and a history of trouble, sports marketers said.
Cabrera, the 29-year-old third baseman for the playoff- bound Detroit Tigers, ended the regular season last night with 44 home runs, 139 runs batted in and a .330 batting average. By leading the American League in all three statistics, he became the first Triple Crown winner since the Boston Red Sox’s Carl Yastrzemski, nicknamed Yaz, in 1967.
Darin David, an account director at Marketing Arm, talks with Bloomberg's Mason Levinson about the potential for the Detroit Tigers Miguel Cabrera's Triple Crown to boost his appeal for endorsements. The 29-year-old third baseman ended the regular season last night with 44 home runs, 139 runs batted in and a .330 batting average. By leading the American League in all three statistics, he became the first Triple Crown winner since the Boston Red Sox’s Carl Yastrzemski, nicknamed Yaz, in 1967.
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Cabrera is a Venezuelan playing in a small market who, according to teammate and reigning AL Most Valuable Player Justin Verlander, “has been relatively under the radar for what he’s done.” He also has a history of alcohol abuse and will need to build his brand carefully and display his skills during the postseason to make the most money -- from around $500,000 to possibly over $1 million -- from the Triple Crown feat, said people who work in sports marketing and memorabilia.
“It’s probably going to be maybe a mid-six-figure boost,” said Bob Dorfman, executive creative director at San Francisco- based Baker Street Advertising. “English isn’t his first language, he’s playing in Detroit and baseball is extremely regional, so unless you are a big-name star consistently making the postseason in a major market, it’s very tough to get big- time deals.”
source Bloombergs
Good for miggy, but doesn't look like he cash in as much as he would like too
By Mason Levinson - Oct 3, 2012 11:01 PM CT
The Triple Crown won’t bring an instant payoff for Miguel Cabrera. He needs to overcome playing outside a major market, spotty English and a history of trouble, sports marketers said.
Cabrera, the 29-year-old third baseman for the playoff- bound Detroit Tigers, ended the regular season last night with 44 home runs, 139 runs batted in and a .330 batting average. By leading the American League in all three statistics, he became the first Triple Crown winner since the Boston Red Sox’s Carl Yastrzemski, nicknamed Yaz, in 1967.
Darin David, an account director at Marketing Arm, talks with Bloomberg's Mason Levinson about the potential for the Detroit Tigers Miguel Cabrera's Triple Crown to boost his appeal for endorsements. The 29-year-old third baseman ended the regular season last night with 44 home runs, 139 runs batted in and a .330 batting average. By leading the American League in all three statistics, he became the first Triple Crown winner since the Boston Red Sox’s Carl Yastrzemski, nicknamed Yaz, in 1967.
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Cabrera is a Venezuelan playing in a small market who, according to teammate and reigning AL Most Valuable Player Justin Verlander, “has been relatively under the radar for what he’s done.” He also has a history of alcohol abuse and will need to build his brand carefully and display his skills during the postseason to make the most money -- from around $500,000 to possibly over $1 million -- from the Triple Crown feat, said people who work in sports marketing and memorabilia.
“It’s probably going to be maybe a mid-six-figure boost,” said Bob Dorfman, executive creative director at San Francisco- based Baker Street Advertising. “English isn’t his first language, he’s playing in Detroit and baseball is extremely regional, so unless you are a big-name star consistently making the postseason in a major market, it’s very tough to get big- time deals.”
source Bloombergs
Good for miggy, but doesn't look like he cash in as much as he would like too
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