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2008 Awards - Is The Win Losing Value?
This is just a short conversation starter about the awards that have been announced so far. Cliff Lee was kind of a no-brainer for AL Cy Young, but it's worth noting that his Indians were out of the race by the All-Star Break so Lee won the award pitching most of the season for a team that spent...
Top Fifty Players Of 2008
As a conclusion to the series on the most productive players at each position, I'm going to run down the Top Fifty among all positions. Speaking of those positional articles: 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | DH | LF | CF | RF | CA As a reminder, I'm using Justin's Stats, which, in my opinion, are the best...
A Historic Election
via www.voanews.com November 4th, 2008, perhaps the most historic day in U.S. History. Today, the hopes and dreams of millions of Red Sox fans were realized, when Most Valuable Player (MVP) candidate Dustin Pedroia was selected as MVP in the Internet Baseball Awards. The results were called by...
MVP: Morneau of the Same
Crowd, chanting "MVP! MVP! MVP!" via www.sportsbusinessnews.com Voiceover: Two years ago, America elected Justin Morneau as its most valuable player. He promised to end corrupt Cooperstown politics, and to change baseball for the better. via imagecache2.allposters.com Voiceover: But has...
MVP: "K is for Krazy" - Rod?
Voiceover: "It's 9pm, and a phone is ringing in the dugout. Do you want a calm, collected leader to assess the situation? Or do you want this man?" [Cue song, "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley] via a.abcnews.com "Or him?" via www.southernledger.com "Or him?" via mlb.mlb.com [End...
Friday Applesauce
It was linked to in this FanPost, but it deserves another plug. At Beyond the Boxscore, Sky Kalkman breaks down the National League MVP race using clutch performance, playing time and defense, among other things. Sky clarifies the "clutch" point thusly: Let's start with that last claim, that...
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