I started losing my love of baseball with a couple of strikes (labor struggles, not Balls and Strikes) that bothered me back in the 80/90’s . Then they started Interleague play and the wildcard. Say all you want about evolution of the game and all that. The part I liked about baseball was the history and tradition. That’s all gone now. (Mr. November doesn’t have the same ring does it?)
Now as Cabrera wins the Triple Crown, something that hasn’t happened in most of our lives, word is that the Triple Crown is meaningless and he isn’t a lock for MVP. WHAT? Trout had a great year, no doubt, but all this talk of “Wins above Replacement”, “Bases per mile against starting left handed pitchers with blond wives” and such. Half the time I don’t even know what these baseball stats abbreviations are in articles I read. Tell me when a high batting average, a HR or an RBI was BAD for a baseball team?
The Triple Crown is an amazing achievement, it’s been 45 years since anyone did it. Ruth’s unbeatable HR record didn’t last that long when Maris broke it.
Saying that the Triple Crown doesn’t matter just because computers have made hits/HR/RBI unimportant is ridiculous. And an insult to Yaz, Frank Robinson, Lou Gehrig, Ted Williams and others.
http://deadspin.com/5948944
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