Comments on: On Notice: MVP Voters http://www.jeffjsnider.com/archives/on-notice-mvp-voters/ (for lack of a better name) Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:29:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Generic Sara http://www.jeffjsnider.com/archives/on-notice-mvp-voters/comment-page-1/#comment-4400 Generic Sara Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:21:16 +0000 http://www.jeffjsnider.com/archives/on-notice-mvp-voters/#comment-4400 Hey! I want to know why Justin Morneau was a lousy choice for AL MVP! If you say that Jeter should have won, I shall heartily disagree with you EVEN MORE! (But I won't back up my argument, because it mainly consists of "I hate the Yankees and their giant payroll.") Hey! I want to know why Justin Morneau was a lousy choice for AL MVP! If you say that Jeter should have won, I shall heartily disagree with you EVEN MORE! (But I won’t back up my argument, because it mainly consists of “I hate the Yankees and their giant payroll.”)

]]> By: Steven Gardner http://www.jeffjsnider.com/archives/on-notice-mvp-voters/comment-page-1/#comment-4142 Steven Gardner Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:18:48 +0000 http://www.jeffjsnider.com/archives/on-notice-mvp-voters/#comment-4142 I think you make a strong case for Pujols' value this year. I think he got hurt because everyone expected the Cardinals to be better than they were. Remember, this award is supposed to be for the regular season, not the post. The Cardinals barely made the playoffs after leading by so much for so long. I don't remember what the expectations of the Phillies were. Besides the long ball, the other factor Howard had in his favor was that he was a surprise. People are ho-hum about Pujols' exploits any more, because we expect it of him. All that said. You're right. Pujols should have won. Now, Kirk Gibson was the legitimate MVP over Darryl Strawberry in 1988 despite the fact that his numbers were far worse, because in the regular season no player meant more to his team that Gibson. I bring this example up again and again and again because there are times when the numbers don't mean as much as things we may not easily quantify, like making it to home from second on a passed ball. I think you make a strong case for Pujols’ value this year. I think he got hurt because everyone expected the Cardinals to be better than they were. Remember, this award is supposed to be for the regular season, not the post. The Cardinals barely made the playoffs after leading by so much for so long. I don’t remember what the expectations of the Phillies were. Besides the long ball, the other factor Howard had in his favor was that he was a surprise. People are ho-hum about Pujols’ exploits any more, because we expect it of him. All that said. You’re right. Pujols should have won.

Now, Kirk Gibson was the legitimate MVP over Darryl Strawberry in 1988 despite the fact that his numbers were far worse, because in the regular season no player meant more to his team that Gibson. I bring this example up again and again and again because there are times when the numbers don’t mean as much as things we may not easily quantify, like making it to home from second on a passed ball.

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