Saturday, September 30, 2006
MVP?
Ryan Howrad and Albert Pujols. Who is the MVP?
I hate the MVP award. I do not know if they want the award to go to the player that had the best season statistically or to the player that was most valuable to their team.
You would think if it was the most valuable to their team, that is the MVP. But that is the most valuable to their team. Does that make him the most valuable to the league?
If that is the case, Albert Pujols should win the MVP. He has 48 home runs with 146 RBI and a .328 average and .430 OBP. He is also a very cluth hitter. The other night, he hit a walk-off right at the moment where it seems the Cardinals are seeming to fade, and he comesin the clutch. Yeah right.
If he is as clutch as all the media types are saying, where is he during this collapse that they are having? One game and people want to give him the award? Please. He is having a good season.
But Ryan Howard is having a better season. 58 home runs, 147 RBI, and .313 average and .421 OBP. 58 home runs people. Rememebr when 60 was sacred? He is only 2 away from that. I do not care if the Phillies miss the playoffs, he deserves the award. HE is the beat player statistically. IF MVP means you have to be the clutch, the official defintion of the MLB Award is the player that has contributed the most to the success of their team.
So if we go by that, can it really be Pujols? No. The Phillies are on contention for the wild card as of today and Howard has been a critical part of the wild-card run.
But the MVP needs to have a broader definition. There needs to be something about the best player statistically being added to the criteria.
I hate the MVP award. I do not know if they want the award to go to the player that had the best season statistically or to the player that was most valuable to their team.
You would think if it was the most valuable to their team, that is the MVP. But that is the most valuable to their team. Does that make him the most valuable to the league?
If that is the case, Albert Pujols should win the MVP. He has 48 home runs with 146 RBI and a .328 average and .430 OBP. He is also a very cluth hitter. The other night, he hit a walk-off right at the moment where it seems the Cardinals are seeming to fade, and he comesin the clutch. Yeah right.
If he is as clutch as all the media types are saying, where is he during this collapse that they are having? One game and people want to give him the award? Please. He is having a good season.
But Ryan Howard is having a better season. 58 home runs, 147 RBI, and .313 average and .421 OBP. 58 home runs people. Rememebr when 60 was sacred? He is only 2 away from that. I do not care if the Phillies miss the playoffs, he deserves the award. HE is the beat player statistically. IF MVP means you have to be the clutch, the official defintion of the MLB Award is the player that has contributed the most to the success of their team.
So if we go by that, can it really be Pujols? No. The Phillies are on contention for the wild card as of today and Howard has been a critical part of the wild-card run.
But the MVP needs to have a broader definition. There needs to be something about the best player statistically being added to the criteria.
# posted by ttheman @ 8:13 AM 
