By working in sports radio, I am continuously asked how I decide what to talk about on my show, especially during the summer months.  The Tigers, Miguel Cabrera, and Mike Trout made it easy.  Their chase, and ultimately seizing, of history and their race for the MVP made for compelling discussion from July through September and will still be used as a topic for many until the MVP award is handed out in November.  You know, I constantly hear the term "eye test" when it comes to fans or media making up their minds about a specific player in sports.  I often wonder if we're qualified to even take the "eye test," considering those who play the game and coach it and scout it know exactly what to look for....but I don't think you have to be a former big leaguer to appreciate what Miguel Cabrera or Mike Trout did this year.  It's been well-noted: Cabrera won the first triple crown since 1967; became the first triple crown winner since Frank Robinson in 1966 to win every category outright (Yastrzemski tied Harmon Killebrew for homers in 1967); became the first since Mickey Mantle in 1956 to lead the MAJORS in two of three categories (home runs and rbi's because Buster Posey had a better average); just the fourth triple crown winner in the modern era to lead his team to a division title (Carl Yastrzemski, Frank Robinson, and Mantle); and just the second Tiger to ever do it behind Ty Cobb in 1909. Trout became the first player to ever boast 30-homers, 125 runs scored (129 total) and steal 45 bases (49 total), so these two, along with the feel-good story of the Washington Nationals and improbable division title run made by the Oakland A's have given us a summer to remember.  We can only hope the fall is as exciting and memorable. We should thank baseball for the intrigue, drama and magical moments of 2012, but especially Cabrera and Trout for giving us a reason to watch and follow so closely every single night they played.  Great theatre.