Miguel Cabrera and Baseball's Triple Crown

Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera

On a night when two presidential contenders engaged in a debate, one candidate earned an undisputed victory. He's Miguel Cabrera, the Detroit Tigers' third baseman, who has just won Major League Baseball's triple crown. It's a stupendous achievement, last accomplished in 1967 by the Red Sox's grumpy Carl Yastrzemski.

Yaz had the advantage of playing half of his games in Fenway Park; Cabrera spent half his season in Detroit's spacious Comerica Park. Players understood the dimensions of Cabrera's achievement and often spoke in awe that any of their peers could accomplish what the Detroit star did. For baseball and its fans, Cabrera's success is a tribute to the spirit of competition and the very hard work it takes to be a champion. In a sports landscape filled with spoiled, conceited, corrupted athletes, Cabrera's winning of the Triple Crown is a very welcome sight. Congratulations, Mr. Cabrera.