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Idiotic sports writers
It's not the writers:Quote:
Originally Posted by RedsoxRockies
A committee made up of representatives of MLB and the editorial staff of its official website, MLB.com, shortlists six players in each league. The winner in each league is selected from the shortlist by an online poll of fans through MLB.com.
There was an online poll?
Actually, that's what Wikipedia says...
But I just checked the MLB.com article on it, and the voting total has A LOT more than 6 players in each league.
Ah. Yep. MLB.com beat reporters do the voting, 1 voter from each team. Let's move this discussion to the other thread, though.
I told you so! Reporters/writers, same difference. And either way, they are retarded when it comes to the sport they coverQuote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
Yeah, and Lidge was a terrible selection, IMO. He was solid last year...Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
Nate McClouth, Ryan Ludwick, Carlos Delgado, Kerry Wood, etc... all woulda been better selections.
What were McClouth and Ludwick coming back from exactly? Why does no one notice THAT THEY HAVE NEVER DONE WELL IN OR EVEN PLAYED A GOOD FULL SEASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by koolzach1
McLouth and Ludwick "emerged", to me, not "came back." I think you have to have at least one prior full season, and then an off-season/injury-season, before being able to really be considered for the comeback award.Quote:
Originally Posted by koolzach1
Iunno...
I look at it was them coming back from subpar seasons. What the F did Lidge come back from?
Lucwick got votes however, a lot. So obviously notQuote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
Technically, any player is eligible for the award. I just wouldn't vote for those types of players.Quote:
Originally Posted by RedsoxRockies
Same here. It is so amazing how uneducated the people are that make their living writing about baseball.....Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
Well, "coming back" implies that they had a previous level that they're returning too. Ludwick and McLouth were minor leaguers/subpar major leaguers, and now broke out.Quote:
Originally Posted by koolzach1
Yeah, no idea with that one.Quote:
What the F did Lidge come back from?
I'm guessing it has to do with the further "glorification" of the closer role. Brad Lidge lost his closer role last year, and then "came back to it" in a big way this year.
Ridiculous.
Now that the regular season is officially wrapped up:
AL MVP
1) Alex Rodriguez
2) Carlos Quentin
3) Cliff Lee
4) Josh Hamilton
5) Grady Sizemore
6) Joe Mauer
7) Justin Morneau
8) Dustin Pedroia
9) Kevin Youkilis
10) Roy Halladay
NL MVP
1) Albert Pujols
2) Lance Berkman
3) David Wright
4) Chipper Jones
5) Manny Ramirez
6) Chase Utley
7) Hanley Ramirez
8) Tim Lincecum
9) Johan Santana
10) Matt Holliday
AL Cy Young
1) Cliff Lee
2) Roy Halladay
3) Mariano Rivera
NL Cy Young
1) Tim Lincecum
2) Johan Santana
3) Derek Lowe
AL Rookie of the Year
1) Evan Longoria
2) Alexei Ramirez
3) Joba Chamberlain
NL Rookie of the Year
1) Geovany Soto
2) Joey Votto
3) Hiroki Kuroda
AL Relief Pitcher of the Year
1) Mariano Rivera
2) Francisco Rodriguez
3) Joe Nathan
NL Relief Pitcher of the Year
1) Brad Lidge
2) Hong-Chih Kuo
3) Carlos Marmol
AL Gold Glove
P) Kenny Rogers, Mark Buehrle, Jesse Litsch
C) Jose Molina, Joe Mauer, Dioner Navarro
1B) Lyle Overbay, Kevin Youkilis, Justin Morneau
2B) Placido Polanco, Akinori Iwamura, Dustin Pedroia
3B) Adrian Beltre, Mike Lowell, Jack Hannahan
SS) Orlando Cabrera, Michael Young, Jhonny Peralta
OF) Carlos Gomez, Adam Jones, Torii Hunter, Carl Crawford, BJ Upton, Ichiro Suzuki, Grady Sizemore, Nick Markakis, Curtis Granderson
NL Gold Glove
P) Greg Maddux, Roy Oswalt, Aaron Cook
C) Jason Kendall, Bengie Molina, Chris Snyder
1B) Albert Pujols, Lance Berkman, Adrian Gonzalez
2B) Freddy Sanchez, Orlando Hudson, Chase Utley
3B) Kevin Kouzmanoff, Pedro Feliz, Troy Glauss
SS) Jimmy Rollins, Jose Reyes, Cesar Izturis
OF) Aaron Rowand, Hunter Pence, Jim Edmonds, Mike Cameron, Kosuke Fukudome, Carlos Beltran, Matt Holliday, Matt Kemp, Jeff Francoeur
AL Silver Slugger
DH) Aubrey Huff, Milton Bradley, David Ortiz
C) Joe Mauer, AJ Pierzynski, Kelly Shoppach
1B) Justin Morneau, Kevin Youkilis, Miguel Cabrera
2B) Dustin Pedroia, Ian Kinsler, Brian Roberts
3B) Alex Rodriguez, Melvin Mora, Evan Longoria
SS) Jhonny Peralta, Michael Young, Derek Jeter
OF) Carlos Quentin, Josh Hamilton, Grady Sizemore, Nick Markakis, Jermaine Dye, Vladimir Guerrero, Raul Ibanez, Bobby Abreu, Magglio Ordonez, Ichiro Suzuki
NL Silver Slugger
P) Carlos Zambrano, Micah Owings, Brandon Backe
C) Brian McCann, Geovany Soto, Russell Martin
1B) Albert Pujols, Lance Berkman, Ryan Howard
2B) Chase Utley, Dan Uggla, Mark DeRosa
3B) David Wright, Chipper Jones, Aramis Ramirez
SS) Hanley Ramirez, Jose Reyes, Stephen Drew
OF) Matt Holliday, Ryan Ludwick, Manny Ramirez, Carlos Beltran, Ryan Braun, Adan Dunn, Nate McLouth, Andre Ethier, Matt Kemp, Pat Burrell
AL Comeback Player of the Year
1) Cliff Lee
2) Mike Mussina
3) Aubrey Huff
NL Comeback Player of the Year
1) Jorge Cantu
2) Fernando Tatis
3) Ryan Dempster
AL Manager of the Year
1) Joe Maddon
2) Ozzie Guillen
3) Mike Scioscia
NL Manager of the Year
1) Lou Piniella
2) Joe Torre
3) Charlie Manuel
AL GM of the Year
1) Andrew Friedman
2) Theo Epstein
3) Jon Daniels
NL GM of the Year
1) Ned Colletti
2) Michael Hill
3) Jim Hendry
I've changed my MVP and AL ROTY ballots:
AL MVP:
Cliff Lee
Roy Halladay
Grady Sizemore
Joe Mauer
Dustin Pedroia
Alex Rodriguez
Kevin Youkilis
Josh Hamilton
Justin Morneau
Brian Roberts
NL MVP:
Albert Pujols
Hanley Ramirez
Lance Berkman
David Wright
Chipper Jones
Carlos Beltran
Tim Lincecum
Johan Santana
Matt Holliday
Manny Ramirez
AL ROTY:
Evan Longoria
Mike Aviles
Joba Chamberlain