And Last But Not Least...

In 1967, Carl Yastrzemski lead all of American League Baseball in home-runs, batting average and runs batted in. This feat is referred to as The Triple Crown and has not been accomplished since Carl performed it with the Boston Red Sox. Baseball has lived without a King for 43 years but a new hero has emerged on the scene and has the potential to snap the Major league drought.

The annual All Star Vote had come and gone but left room for a final vote to allow one more player for both the National and American Leagues. The winner of the last spot on the NL roster was Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto. The virtually unknown Toronto native has seemingly come out of the woodwork so to speak, as he started his career in 2007 with the bottom place Reds. With the help of Votto the Reds have managed to climb atop the National League Central this season.

Votto has put up solid numbers across the board as he is third in the National League in batting average with a solid .321 average, as he trails Carlos Gonzalez of the Colorado Rockies. His competition is the legendary St Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols who has 35 home-runs, three more than Votto's 32. Votto is also leading the league in runs batted in with an impressive 97 with the dangerous Pujols breathing down his neck at 95. With Votto in control of two of the three legs there is a hope that the next Triple Crown winner will be a Canadian.

Why would such a young talented player be left to the very last of the All-Stars to get into the game? This could be attributed to the fact that the Reds have a small fan base on a national scale to the point that their players would not get the promotion they deserve as stars of the game. Votto may of been the last into the game but certainly proved to be far from the least.

This would of course be a huge accomplishment for Canadian baseball in gaining recognition from the neighboring United States. Votto has a great chance to make history but also to become a Canadian hero by snapping this kingless streak.