Miguel Cabera Almost To Triple Crown

From ESPN: Miguel Cabrera received a standing ovation after flying out and striking out in his only two at-bats Wednesday night, and leaving the Tigers' game against the Kansas City Royals in the fourth inning with the Triple Crown in sight.
Cabrera high-fived his teammates as he entered the Detroit dugout, then walked back to the top step and waved his helmet as a crowd of mostly Royals fans gave him a standing ovation.
Cabrera finished the regular season with a .330 average, 44 homers and 139 RBIs, essentially wrapping up baseball's first Triple Crown since Boston's Carl Yastrzemski in 1967.
"I would say without question he's enjoyed it. How could you not enjoy what he's done if you're a baseball player?" Tigers manager Jim Leyland said before the game.
"I would also add to that I doubt very much, knowing him, that he necessarily enjoys all the extra attention, and all the extra conversations he has to have, it's kind of out of his realm in personality, to be honest with you."
Only the Angels' Mike Trout provided a threat to Cabrera's second consecutive batting title, and only the Yankees' Curtis Granderson had a chance of hitting more home runs after the Rangers' Josh Hamilton finished with 43 homers earlier in the day.
Cabrera's pursuit of history has occurred largely in the dark, though, overshadowed by thrilling pennant races, the sheer enormity of the NFL -- even the presidential election.
An event that in other years might dominate headlines has been mostly cast aside.
"The entire baseball world should be here right now," said Tigers ace Justin Verlander, the reigning AL MVP, who may soon watch that award get handed off to his teammate.  http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8458298/detroit-tigers-miguel-cabrera-leaves-game-4th-inning-triple-crown-all-secured
Winning the Triple Crown is very rare and reserved for talented very talented athletes.
It's been a great baseball season- exciting pennant races, record number of no-hitters and now, a Triple Crown.