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Return, if you will, to the fiery conversation about the 2012 American League MVP.
The debate was between Mike Trout and Miguel Cabrera, and even though it grew to be about so much else, it revolved around one fundamental question: What would it take for a player to do something more impressive than a Triple Crown? Cabrera had become the first player to nail the achievement in 45 years.