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July 18, 2006
JokeVP
What was the ridiculous justification from Yankee fans last year for the game's biggest choke artist, Alex Rodriguez, being named American League MVP while the best clutch hitter of his generation, David Ortiz, was robbed of his rightful award? "Oh, A-Rod plays in the field," they said. "Papi is just a DH. A-Rod saves a dozen runs per week because of his defense. That's why he's more valuable than Ortiz."
Yeah. Uh huh. Yet again last night, the Choke Artist gagged again. "After making a career-worst three errors, Rodriguez was lifted in the eighth inning because of a sore left big toe... The three errors raised Rodriguez's season total in that category to 16, his highest single-season total since 2001."
Yeah. MVP because of his defense. Whatever. You Yankee$ fans can shut the hell up now and give Papi back his award.
Comments
hmmm...
Sounds to me like you just cant face being beaten, so youll take your lucky-ass 7 point win from 2 years ago into retirement.
As for the above post, quit your whining. The DH position should not even be considered for MVP. He plays 1/2 the game, in only one league. Papi's hitting is unmatched, but without any defensive game his value is dramatically decreased.
Don't take this the wrong way, I don't like that A-rod got the award either. He made 12 E's at 3rd, so they moved him to short. He's never been all that strong defensively.
My vote for last years MVP was Mark Texiera. .301/43/144 with only 3 errors in 155 games(fielding,162 total.)
Posted by: Cuzin Jose at July 18, 2006 06:42 PM
It's not that I "can't take being beaten." More to the point, I just can't be bothered to give a spit enough to bother to know enough about the game to make it worth playing. If I gave a spit, I'd win. Since I don't, what's the point of playing?
Posted by: Curmudgeon at July 18, 2006 07:22 PM
