No one has won a Triple Crown in 43 years - the last, of course, belonging to Boston's Carl Yastrzemski. Miguel Cabrera has given himself a chance, but like everyone else who has tried, he faces long odds. Since Yastrzemski hit .326 with 44 home runs and 121 RBI in 1967, 41 players have led their league in two of those three categories.
They came out from left field, a group of men that made magic in 1967. Each step, the applause grew louder and didn't stop until Carl Yastrzemski - "The Man They Call Yaz" - threw out the first pitch of the World Series on Wednesday night at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox continued to honor the 40th anniversary of the Impossible Dream season, when the underdog Red Sox won the American League pennant on the season's final day, then took the St. Louis Cardinals to a seventh game before losing the World Series. The Red Sox have brought back many of the integral players of that year.
What I remember most about the 1978 playoff game between the Yankees and Red Sox is the fact that I really didn't see it. One of the most memorable winner-take-all games in baseball history, and you'd think that I, a 12-year-old die-hard Yankees fan, would remember every pitch and every key play. Bucky Dent's go- ahead home run, Lou Piniella's game-saving play in right field, Carl Yastrzemski popping out to end it - yeah, I remember all that. I think.
Hall-of-fame baseball writer Hal McCoy knows a thing or two about America's pastime. If you want to tap into that knowledge, send an e- mail to halmccoy@hotmail.com. For more Ask Hal, log on to DaytonDailyNews.com/reds. Q: Did you experience another lapse when you wrote about Joey Votto, saying there hasn't been a Triple Crown winner since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967. How about Secretariat in 1973? -- Dave, Miamisburg/ Centerville/Beavercreek
It is regarded as the pinnacle of baseball accomplishments, a feat so difficult that it has been extinct since 1967. To win a Triple Crown, a player must lead his league in batting average, home runs and RBI, and nobody has pulled off that triumvirate since Carl Yastrzemski posted the numbers .326, 44, 121 some 38 years ago.
Here's one of the neatest stories I've seen so far this spring coming out of Florida or Arizona: Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy caught up with Red Sox great Carl Yastrzemski, who loves to work with kids at the club's drab minor-league camp in Fort Myers (I've been to the place and you'd be shocked. On a dead-end street a couple miles from the big-league park). But Yaz doesn't like the big money, bright spotlight and packed crowds of fans at major league camp and he's a rare visitor to Fenway Park during the season. At age 71, he mostly just wants to fish and golf and not draw any attention to himself.
Quien fue el jugador que se llevo el premio? Como pista, el jugador tuvo la fortuna de batear cuatro vuelacercas en un solo partido. Tercer pregunta: Nombre dos ganadores del trofeo Heisman Trophy, que jugaron en Ligas Mayores. Primera respuesta: Fueron el legendario Brooks Robinson, jugó 23 años con Orioles. Carl Yastrzemski, jugó 23 años con Media Rojas. Al Kaline, con 22 años vistiendo la franela de los Tigres de Detroit. Stan Musial, 22 años defendiendo los colores de los Cardenales de St. Louis, y Mel Ott con 22 años al servicio de los Gigantes de Nueva York.
In 1967, American League triple-crown winner and league MVP Carl Yastrzemski led the Boston Red Sox into the World Series to face legendary right-hander Bob Gibson and the St. Louis Cardinals. With St. Louis leading the Fall Classic 3-1, Boston countered with two straight wins to force a Game 7.
BOSTON -- Carl Yastrzemski didn't know he made history until he read about it in the newspaper the next day. The son of a Long Island potato farmer was too wrapped up in the tight 1967 pennant race, strange territory for a Red Sox team that finished ninth in the AL the previous two seasons.
BOSTON (AP) - Carl Yastrzemski didn't know he made history until he read about it in the newspaper the next day. The son of a Long Island potato farmer was too wrapped up in the tight 1967 pennant race, strange territory for a Red Sox team that finished ninth in the AL the previous two seasons.
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