Those of you who were fretting that Melky Cabrera could win this year's National League batting title despite serving a 50-game suspension for PED use can fret no longer. Major League Baseball ruled the the San Francisco Giants outfielder ineligible for the honor in a surprise move on Friday. The ruling came one day after commissioner Bud Selig said he was not inclined to close a loophole that would have allowed Cabrera to add one hitless at-bat to reach the minimum 502 plate appearances necessary to qualify for the title at .346. But a contrite Cabrera apparently made the request to not enact Rule 10.22(a) and the race will now come down to a battle between Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutchen (.339) and San Francisco's Buster Posey (.335). Andrew Baggarly of CSN Bay Area had the story first on Friday afternoon:
Melky Cabrera won’t be eligible for NL batting title
Published September 21, 2012 at 1:40 PM
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