It's Mauer. Only an idiot would vote otherwise. Fortunately for idiots, there is at least one party favor in the BBWA, because Miggy Cabrera picked up a first-place vote (but came in fourth overall). Catcher Mauer's slashes EACH led the AL: 365/.444/.587. Read that again and remember he is a catcher. Wow.
Teix and Jeets finished second and third. Props and all, love dem Yankees, yada yada, but whatever. Smells. Bad. Lazy.
edit: Cabrera's first-place vote came from Keizo Konishi of Kyodo News, a member of the Seattle chapter.
Teix and Jeets finished second and third. Props and all, love dem Yankees, yada yada, but whatever. Smells. Bad. Lazy.
edit: Cabrera's first-place vote came from Keizo Konishi of Kyodo News, a member of the Seattle chapter.
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That was a foregone conclusion...I doubt Tex or Captain Clutch would trade their rings for the MVP Trophy!!! :)
Posted by: krueg | Monday, November 23, 2009 at 02:45 PM
Indeed, Krueg.
Posted by: attackgerbil | Monday, November 23, 2009 at 02:49 PM
Youkilis sixth, Bay seventh, V-Mart way down there with a couple ninth-place votes. Congrats to Mauer, who finally got what he deserved.
Posted by: Paul SF | Monday, November 23, 2009 at 03:04 PM
"Congrats to Mauer, who finally got what he deserved."
Um...won't that be next year when he realizes his life long dream of putting on the Pinstripes??? ;)
Posted by: krueg | Monday, November 23, 2009 at 04:03 PM
You shut your dirty mouth, Krueg! ;-)
Posted by: Atheose - SF | Monday, November 23, 2009 at 11:04 PM
mauer's outstanding season made this particular award meaningFUL, because he really removed any doubt about who had the best mvp-type year...in the absence of any clear cut criteria, and several "deserving" candidates, like the MOY discussion we had, that's when the debates get interesting, and the word "meaningless" gets batted around...
Posted by: dc | Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 07:30 AM
mauer's outstanding season made this particular award meaningFUL, because he really removed any doubt about who had the best mvp-type year
Well said.
Posted by: Atheose - SF | Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 08:22 AM
HEHE...I don't think he's coming to the Bronx Ath. Can you even imagine if Minny let's him go??? Riots up there.
Posted by: krueg | Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 10:07 AM
I think we can all agree that it's best if Joe Mauer stays right where he is.
Felix Hernandez, however, cannot join my Yankees soon enough.
Posted by: AndrewYF | Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 10:18 AM
he may not wind up a yankee, and i'd expect minnesota to pull out all the stops, whatever that means, to sign him, but it's hard to imagine him not testing free agency when the time comes...a catcher as good as he is overall only comes along once in awhile...with the yankees and sox, and others i'm sure, in need of a young solid, did i say awesome?, catcher, his value will be sky high...can/will minnesota pay sky high $ ?...
Posted by: dc | Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 11:18 AM
But the guy is from St. Paul, a Twins fan his whole life...you have to think he will stay. He knows what he means to that town and so do the Twinkies. They have to offer him part ownership or perhaps a Prince signed guitar? Give him the Timberpuppies?
Posted by: krueg | Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 11:34 AM