Morneau is AL MVP
Yes. Finally, baseball got it right.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
So well-deserved.
Now we have the Cy Young winner, the batting champ, and the MVP.
Hopefully, we can do better than losing in the first round of the playoffs next year.
[This is where I typically would type an anti-Jeter sentiment, but since I'm in a genial mood, I won't.] Screw that, since everyone from NY and ESPN is bitching. You all suck, you sore, pathetic whiners.
Edit: Wow. ESPN sure didn’t waste any time moving the story off the main page. It’s now on the sidebar, with not one, but two links as to why Morneau shouldn’t have won. Something tells me Jeter’s name will be mentioned no less than 867 times. Sad.
Despite the murky criteria of the award, Jeter did not deserve this award. Hell, he shouldn’t have even placed second. If Jermaine Dye’s White Sox hadn’t tanked, I would’ve considered Dye to be MVP. The man was an impossible out; a true threat no matter what the score. As far as ESPN’s erroneous statement that Morneau shouldn’t have even been MVP of the Twins, with Mauer or Santana taking that honor – it’s ridiculous. Santana pitched every fifth game; Mauer struggled late in the year in key situations.
Regardless, it is the Most Valuable Player award for this particular baseball season, not the Lifetime Achievement Award. By the numbers, Morneau had MVP-caliber stats. And looking at the intangibles, Morneau definitely contributed more to his team than Jeter did. He came through with more game-winning hits, he was a tough out and he forced pitchers to throw to him because they didn’t want to pitch to Hunter. Bottom line? If Morneau didn’t perform like he did, the Twins wouldn’t have won the division – a division that was the best in baseball all year. If Jeter didn’t perform like he did, the Yankees still would have won a weakened AL East.
One of my friends, who relocated to New York this summer, reported back that everyone is pissed there, asking, “Who the f- is Morneau?”
He’s just the guy who didn’t even make the All-Star team, and instead of whining about it, blew your millionaire lineup-supported boy out of the water.
