11/21: Morneau Wins MVP Over Jeter
Posted by: James
According to Peter A. over at the LoHud Yankees Blog, Minnesota's Justin Morneau won the American League MVP over Derek Jeter.
Morneau had 320 points and 15 first-place votes. Jeter had 306 points and 12 first-place votes. Pete A. found the link to the official BBWAA release, includes the voting breakdown. Morneau hit .321/.375/.559 with 34 homers, 130 RBIs and 3 steals while Jeter batted .343/.417/.483 with 14 homers, 97 RBIs and 34 SBs.
Much like Alex Bleth over at Bronx Banter, I could have lived with Jeter losing to Mauer and Santana but losing to Morneau is just plain annoying. He was CLEARLY the THIRD most valuable player on that Minnesota team behind Mauer and Santana and yet he beats out Derek Jeter for the MVP. I might sound like a fanboy here but to me, that's just ridiculous.
Update: Say what you will about Derek Jeter, he was all class in his remarks about his getting hosed, I mean, losing, the MVP award. For those of you who side with me, I'd check out Mike A.'s thoughts as well as what NoMaas has to say. The comments over at David Pinto's Baseball Musings are also definitely worth a look.
Morneau had 320 points and 15 first-place votes. Jeter had 306 points and 12 first-place votes. Pete A. found the link to the official BBWAA release, includes the voting breakdown. Morneau hit .321/.375/.559 with 34 homers, 130 RBIs and 3 steals while Jeter batted .343/.417/.483 with 14 homers, 97 RBIs and 34 SBs.
Much like Alex Bleth over at Bronx Banter, I could have lived with Jeter losing to Mauer and Santana but losing to Morneau is just plain annoying. He was CLEARLY the THIRD most valuable player on that Minnesota team behind Mauer and Santana and yet he beats out Derek Jeter for the MVP. I might sound like a fanboy here but to me, that's just ridiculous.
Update: Say what you will about Derek Jeter, he was all class in his remarks about his getting hosed, I mean, losing, the MVP award. For those of you who side with me, I'd check out Mike A.'s thoughts as well as what NoMaas has to say. The comments over at David Pinto's Baseball Musings are also definitely worth a look.
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