morneu MVP

[thesightless]

justin morneua (spelling) got it. congrats to the twinkies, gonna have one helluva team next year if liriano comes back.

and david ortiz will be issuing a statement on how he got robbed at 5 PM.

jeter, wont care.

PS, that kid is good, really really good. hope he doesnt get injured. what a hitter.

[Garrick]

Re: morneu MVP

eh, i still thought jeter had it in the bag. congrats though to justin.

[Lrn]

Re: morneu MVP

yea his got a pretty swing, wanting for thesiteless' emo rant about jeter and how hes pussy burns for him

[thesightless]

Re: morneu MVP

well you're not gonna get it. when it comes to sports i pull for my temas but know enough and. for baseball in particular, love the game more than anything.

yeah, jeter had a MVP case, but so did about 4 others. personally, i would have went with mauer if i picked a twinkie, as he juiced that team early on. and called one hell of a game. go ask the big two they have in the rotation.

the only one i dont like is papi. baseball is a 5 tool game. he has only one tool. while its second or third best in the game, his other 4 tools arent even decent. he is a liabilty for basehitting, running, feilding and throwing. no one can argue that. when he has played first in the few inter league games he ahs played in, he chumped it up with errors. and he is a lock for an out when on first.

[day_for_night]

Re: morneu MVP

a Canadian wins the NBA mvp, now another wins the MLB mvp!?!

in a million years i wouldn't have guessed it would happen...

[Jenks]

Re: morneu MVP

Pujols Vs. Howard

— If you want to use the more traditional statistics, Pujols was the only hitter in the NL to finish in the top five in average (3rd), homers (2nd), RBIs (2nd), runs (5th), on-base percentage (1st), slugging percentage (1st), and batting average with runners in scoring position (1st).

— If you want to use sabermetrics, Pujols was first in the NL in Value Over Replacement, first in Win Shares, first in Equivalent Average, first in Runs Created, first in Win Probability Added.

— If you want to zero in on clutch hitting, Pujols led the NL with a .397 batting average with runners in scoring position. Howard ranked 51st in the NL with a .256 average with runners in scoring position. With runners in scoring position and two out, Pujols hit a preposterous .435. Howard batted .247.

— If you want to downgrade Pujols because the Cardinals struggled in September, then I would simply ask why this should be held against him. In the final month, Pujols batted .372 with 10 homers and 28 RBIs. In the final week of the regular season, Pujols batted .370 with four homers and eight RBIs. And if I'm not mistaken, Philadelphia was in strong position to win the wild card, only to go 3-4 in the final week.

— Pujols was the NL's best defensive first baseman. In the Baseball Prospectus defensive-rating stat, Fielding Runs Above Replacement, Pujols was a plus 25. Howard was a minus 5.

— Pujols finished eighth in the NL in extra bases taken as a runner; he would have rated even higher on the chart had he not missed nearly three weeks with a strained oblique.

— If you want to say that Howard "carried" the Phillies' lineup, then I must simply ask why is it that two of Howard's lineup mates received MVP votes? Philly second baseman Chase Utley finished eighth overall in the voting and was named on 26 of 32 ballots. Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins also received a ninth-place vote. No other Cardinals position player received a vote. So how can anyone possibly argue that Howard carried the Phillies more than Pujols carried the injury-ravaged Cardinals?

— Pujols hit 49 homers and drove in 137 runs. Howard is the undisputed HR champion, and we salute him. But what about RBIs? The voters love RBIs. And Howard had 149 RBIs, 12 more than Pujols. But let's look beneath the surface numbers. Howard had more RBIs than Pujols for an obvious reason: He had more RBI opportunities. Howard had 358 plate appearances with runners on base; Pujols had 301 plate appearances with runners on base. The Phillies had 509 runners on base for Howard's at-bats; the Cardinals had 429 runners on base for Pujols' at-bats. Howard had 164 at-bats with runners in scoring position; Pujols had 126 at-bats with runners in scoring position. And despite having 38 fewer at bats in those situations, Pujols actually drove in more runs than Howard, 88-83.

[dannyboy]

Re: morneu MVP

a Canadian wins the NBA mvp, now another wins the MLB mvp!?!

in a million years i wouldn't have guessed it would happen...

got to love canadians.