Jeff Suppan should get MVP for completely folding on third base and allowing Boston to take a stranglehold in game 3.
The season awards always get announced the week after the World Series is over.
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Jeff Suppan should get MVP for completely folding on third base and allowing Boston to take a stranglehold in game 3.
The season awards always get announced the week after the World Series is over.
TSN named Barry Bonds its MVP. But in terms of the AP, they usually do it after the WS.
The NBA traditionally does it after the first round or so.
yay SOX!!! :D
I still think Sheffield should be AL MVP. None of the 3 other canidates like Guerrero, Ramirez, or Ortiz plays defense like Sheffield, and none of them have the arm that Sheffield does.
Sheffield's numbers are just about equal to every other canidate, but his defense should propel him to the award...and he played on the best REGULAR season team in New York, since awards favor winning teams...it should go to Sheffield.
Whoa, Dingo are you serious?! Vlad is a much better defensive player than Sheffield and he just might have the strongest arm in MLB history. I saw him throw a ball from the batter's box over the left field fence before a Yankees game earlier this year.
Sheffield had a great year, but Vlad single-handedly took the Angels into the playoffs. It's a tight race, but I give the MVP to him.
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I agree with the Captain. Sheff's arm does not compare to Vlad. The Yankees would have been in the playoffs without Sheffield. Tha A's would have been in the playoffs if Anaheim didn't have Vlad. It's just that simple. He was the only constant on that injury-ridden team.
TSN voted Buck Showalter and Ron Gardenhire co-Managers of the Year. Now, nothing against Ron Gardenhire, but Buck deserved that award by himself. Gardenhire led his team to the playoffs the last two years, and it probably helped to have Santana randomly do what he did, which is not a luxury that Showalter ever had. He led a team that was expected to lose 100+ games in the playoff hunt for 158 games this season. There is no "co-MotY" here. There should be no question that Showalter has done the best job in the majors this year.
I can't believe the Sox did it. Congradulations to them thou.
Buck did a good job, I agree with you and your see-through-like-paper-plate-of-KFC Rangers bias for once KB. But if the words 'Kenny Rogers' and 'Cy Young' ever start creeping into the same sentence I'm going to have to excuse myself from the table. :D
You can look at the Fielding percentage this year. Sheffield will win the Gold Glove for his position. His fielding percentage his higher than Guerrero's and Sheffield made 5 errors all season compared to Guerrero's 9.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Captain
I don't think Vlad alone propelled Anaheim to the playoffs, if he did he should've propelled them to the WS. As good as Sheffield is, he didn't take his team into the playoffs alone, but he's been as consistent a defender as there is, and making only 5 errors through the year is enough to give him a gold glove...maybe, Ichiro might get his 4th straight gold glove, but I think Shef will get it though.
EDIT: Scratch that. Shef will not win a GG. Ichiro will. Anyone who makes 3 errors in 158 games and has a .992 fielding percentage should win.
LMAO, you're damn right about KB's bias.Quote:
Originally Posted by Super Delete
But it's not like Kenny Rogers was bad himself. And don't tell me Minnesota's lineup is nearly as potent as Texas'. Minnesota has a better pitcher, Texas has a better lineup, so you trade off. I agree, but I give the slight edge to Gard.
EDIT: USe edit/delete next time please. -SD
The thing with Gold Gloves in the outfield is that I think they just give 3 of them to outfielders and not specifically to each position of the outfield, so for instance, three Left Fielders could all win Gold Gloves. Or, perhaps I'm mistaken.
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I'm pretty sure each position gets one. I hope Kotsay gets one, he's played some great d this year, though Torii Hunter is outstanding.
No one hits a bad ball better than Guerrero. You can one hop the pitch home and he'll still hit it out.
I have to disagree. Carlos Beltran and Barry Bonds are the 2 best bad ball hitters.Quote:
Originally Posted by Super Delete
Proof? Remember when J. Tavarez injured his hand in the NLCS? That's because he threw a low and away pitch, so low it was at Beltran's ankle. What did Beltran do with the pitch? He jacked it for a HR, he hit it like a tee shot.
Bonds...well, I don't think I need to say anymore than that.
Actually, the thing with Bonds, and I think you'll agree with me Dingo on this, is that Bonds doesn't see or hit any bad balls because he won't swing at them.
Vlad has been doing it for longer than Beltran so I give him the current title of best bad ball hitter and this is due not only to the fact that he's played longer, but also because he's much more of a free swinger. Though I wouldn't mind having either on my team.
Doomsday, perhaps you're misreading what I wrote, but I said Vlad deserves the MVP as well.
Take care all.