Miguel’s Cabrera’s historic season that included baseball’s first Triple Crown in 45 years was enhanced even more Thursday when he was named the American League Most Valuable Player. Cabrera received 22-of-28 first-place votes and 362 points from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. He easily beat sensational rookie Mike Trout of the Anaheim Angels, who [...]
Mike Trout, Bryce Harper Earn Rookie of the Year Honors
November 13, 2012 | Posted by
Mike Trout and Bryce Harper were named the American League and National League Rookie of the Year awards, respectively, a half-hour apart on Monday. Trout, 21, was a unanimous pick and the youngest AL rookie to receive the award. The Washington Nationals’ Harper, 20, beat out Arizona pitcher Wade Miley, 112 points to 105 to [...]
Braves’ OF Jason Heyward Wins Gold Glove
October 31, 2012 | Posted by
Jason Heyward, the young Atlanta Braves outfielder known for his batting prowess, won the Gold Glove Award for National League right fielders, the first Brave to so since outfielders Andruw Jones and Jeff Francoeur won in 2007. Heyward, from metro Atlanta, displayed a keen sense of timing on balls hit in his area, robbing several [...]
Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera Captures The Triple Crown
October 4, 2012 | Posted by
Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers won Major League Baseball’s Triple Crown Wednesday night, a feat not accomplished since Carl Yaztrzemski in 1967. That’s how difficult is to achieve. Further, Cabrera became just the 10th different player to lead the league in batting, home runs and runs batted in in the same season, joining an [...]
Rangers’ Ron Washington: Don’t Compare Mike Trout To Willie Mays
July 23, 2012 | Posted by
The way Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington see it, it is fine to heap praises on outstanding Los Angeles Angels rookie outfielder Mike Trout. But there is a limit, Washington said. And that threshold is reached when Trout, who is just 20 years old, is compared to all-time great Willie Mays. That’s where Washington takes [...]
