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AL MVP race about old vs. new more than Cabrera vs. Trout

Center fielder Mike Trout of the Los Angeles

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Congratulations are due to Miguel Cabrera.

He is a great player, who at the end of a great year, earned recognition as the Most Valuable Player in the American League. He won the first Triple Crown in decades, an achievement as rare as it is difficult, and helped his team reach the postseason. Cabrera is worthy of the MVP.

He just wasn't the best choice.

That distinction belonged...

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