15 Things That Have Happened Since The Last Time Baseball Had A Triple Crown

Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera finished the regular season leading the league in batting average, home runs, and RBIs.

October 1st, 1967: Carl Yastrzemski wins baseball’s Triple Crown

(Associated Press)

Batting Average: .326
Home Runs: 44
RBIs: 121

And then…

1. Richard Nixon was elected President.

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2. Jimi Hendrix’s “Axis: Bold As Love” was released.

3. Man walked on the moon for the first time.

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4. Barack Obama turned seven years old.

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5. A music festival was held in upstate New York.

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6. Anna Nicole Smith lived her entire life.

7. “The Godfather” was released.

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8. VHS was introduced.

9. “Saturday Night Live” debuted.

10. The Berlin Wall fell.

11. The Chicago Bulls went from a team that had won no titles to a team that had won six.

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12. OJ Simpson went from this…

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To this…

To this.

13. People heard this sound for the first time.

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=iHW1ho8L7V8.

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14. 10 Baseball teams came into existence.

• Kansas City Royals
• Montreal Expos (now Washington Nationals)
• San Diego Padres
• Seattle Pilots (now Milwaukee Brewers)
• Seattle Mariners
• Toronto Blue Jays
• Colorado Rockies
• Florida/Miami Marlins
• Arizona Diamondbacks
• Tampa Bay Rays

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15. 25 different Olympic Games were held.

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And then…

October 3, 2012: Miguel Cabrera becomes the first man since Carl Yastrzemski to win the Triple Crown.

Batting average: .330
Home Runs: 44
RBIs: 139

Image by Orlin Wagner / AP

MLB’s PR department said it right:

Congrats Miggy.