Congratulations to Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers for winning the Triple Crown in batting. I was living in Boston in 1967 when this rare feat was last achieved by Carl Yastrzemski of the "Impossible Dream" Red Sox. Originally Posted by jackfengshuiAnd, as Ted Williams did in his quest to hit.400, he refused to sit out the last game to protect his stats. As Williams said of hitting .400, "The record would mean nothing".