ARod Wins Baseball's Most Valuable Player Award
Well, well, well. We have us the makings of a controversy. Alex Rodriguez of the NY Yankees has won the MVP Award of the American ( baseball ) league. He beat David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox.
Both are great hitters who put up huge numbers for their teams. It's pretty clear that ARod won out because he plays a defensive position, third base, and plays it well. Ortiz is a specialist " designated hitter " who is excused from playing the field.
The Red Sox pitcher does not have to come up to bat- Ortiz bats for him. When teh pitcher is on the mound, Ortiz sits in the dugout picking his nose, waiting for his next time up at bat.
I don't care if he hit a home run every time up-- no DH does deserves an award for anything. They're not baseball players.
Both are great hitters who put up huge numbers for their teams. It's pretty clear that ARod won out because he plays a defensive position, third base, and plays it well. Ortiz is a specialist " designated hitter " who is excused from playing the field.
The Red Sox pitcher does not have to come up to bat- Ortiz bats for him. When teh pitcher is on the mound, Ortiz sits in the dugout picking his nose, waiting for his next time up at bat.
I don't care if he hit a home run every time up-- no DH does deserves an award for anything. They're not baseball players.
It was the DH more than anything else that drove me away from being a fan of the American League (although I did root for the White Sox against the Astros, but that was one of those one-time code of honor things conceived of my extreme dislike for Houston).
I don't know if ARod deserved the AL MVP, but he was certainly more qualified than Ortiz.
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Dave the Oklahomilist |
November 19, 2005 12:22 AM