Comments on: Color By Numbers: It’s A Major Award

By: William J.

William J. — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:54:17 +0000

[2] If it makes you feel better, Pedro was screwed out of an MVP in 1999. Of course, Jeter may have been too.

By: joejoejoe

joejoejoe — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:45:33 +0000

I’m stopped caring about awards when the gave Roger Clemens the MVP in 1986 over Mattingly. I was still nursing a grudge over Ron Guidry losing out to Jim Rice for MVP in 1978. I heard all the ‘pitchers don’t play everyday’ arguments in 1978, then a few years later it was ‘pitchers stop losing streaks, an ace is so valuable’.

25-3, 2.74, 248K > 24-4, 2.48, 238K
.352ba, .967ops, 238 hits, Gold Glove > .315ba, .970ops, 213 hits, LF butcher

And yet somehow the Red Sox players won both awards. Bah humbug.

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:58:08 +0000

Man, I remember when the Dodgers used to have a patent on the Rookie of the Year Award. the AL MVP is a good race. I’d give it to Kemp in the NL but it seems to me that the AL is up for grabs.

Another fine piece, William. Thanks.