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Mike Trout wins 2014 American League MVP award
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MVPs Used To Need A Good Team Behind Them. Then Mike Trout Came Along.
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Miguel Cabrera made hitting excellence look like a breeze
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Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera wins MVP in magical season, Archives
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Mike Trout history: The 2012 MVP race with Miguel Cabrera - Halos Heaven
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Players choose Cabrera over Trout as TSN's 2012 Player of the Year - NBC Sports
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MLB: Miguel Cabrera, Buster Posey win MVP awards – The Times Herald
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Greatest MVP Seasons in MLB History
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Clayton Kershaw and Mike Trout named 2014 MLB MVPs, MLB
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Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera records 3,000th career hit
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Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera is 15th player in history to win MLB Triple Crown, first player since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967 – New York Daily News
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The MLB awards were pretty much right – but Mike Trout's snub was a farce, MLB
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Miguel Cabrera voted Sporting News 2012 Player of the Year - Bless You Boys