Tonight Miguel Cabrera may become the 14th player to achieve baseball’s Triple Crown. But baseball isn’t the only sport with a Triple Crown. In America, the other well-known Triple Crown is for thoroughbred racing. Only 11 horses have reached that plateau.
So, how many baseball Triple Crown winners have a thoroughbred namesake (not necessarily a racing Triple Crown winner, but . . . ):
guess, this means in the old days, baseball was popular amongst the horse crowd.