"Miguel Cabrera might be the forgotten man in the AL MVP race, if only because of the attention showered on his teammate, Justin Verlander, and on the Yankee candidates.

But as he proved with Sunday's three-hit, three-RBI effort, few have the capabilities of the AL batting champion. The Yankees decided to pitch to him Sunday and they paid for it.

"The best hitter in the league," Reggie Jackson said of Cabrera. "Maybe the best in baseball."

Cabrera accomplished what Robinson Cano did a night prior - flashing a quick and powerful bat to break open the game. Only a hitter as talented as Cabrera could have turned Freddy Garcia's down-and-away pitch in the first inning into a home run."