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Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Congratulations to the Most Valuable Canadian in MLB!
By Tangotiger, 04:23 PM
But MVP? Here is one of those “Morneau and Player B” comparisons:
G.. AB. H.. 1B 2B 3B HR SB R.. RBI BB SO. AVG.. OBP.. SLG.. 157 592 190 118 37 1 34 03 097 130 53 093 0.321 0.375 0.559 Morneau 153 591 187 117 34 3 34 18 117 117 94 110 0.317 0.415 0.555 Player B
Pretty dead-on match in most categories, with a clear win to Morneau on RBI (+13), and a clear win to Player B on Runs (+20), SB (+15), and walks (+41). While Morneau was the 10th best clutch hitter in the AL, Player B was the second-best clutch hitter in the AL. Fielding-wise, they were likely a match.
Wanna guess? The answer is…
Take half of Derek Jeter (#1 clutch hitter) and half of David Ortiz (#3 clutch hitter), and you have Player B.
And fielding-wise, half of Jeter and half of Ortiz probably gives you Morneau.
A horrible choice by the writers, which is good. First off, Canada gets some love. Secondly, by continually making such bad choices, it’s just a matter of time before the BABAWAWA loses their credibility among hardcore fans, if they haven’t already, and will further cement internet voting, like this one:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=5675
In the meantime, time to raise my flag.