Comments on: Pujols wins NL MVP unanimously

By: watch tv and movies

watch tv and movies — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:36:51 +0000

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By: screenprinting tshirts

screenprinting tshirts — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:56:00 +0000

I’m a little ticked about the outcome of last night’s Super Bowl what do you guys think who should’ve won the colts! or the Saints?

By: Beverley Chavez

Beverley Chavez — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:28:48 +0000

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By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:35:01 +0000

If you can give Barry Bonds and A-Rod any kind of justification for using performance enhancing drugs, then McGwire should be in the HOF. If you can’t justify McGwire, then the other two can not be considered as MVPs for any time period.

By: Shely

Shely — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:13:16 +0000

I think this is the reason Carpenter or Wainwright were not voted the Cy Young. Too many writers are really haters of Tony LaRussa. Someone wrote that last week. I think he is correct. Albert was a shoe in for the MVP, and many writers did not want TLR to have both award winners on his team. How you can give the Cy to a guy who was 5 & 5 after the All star game is beyond me.

By: D.J. Short

D.J. Short — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:55:49 +0000

It’s a three-horse race, for sure. Can’t go wrong with any of them, really. I mean Bonds had a .609 OBP and 1.422 OPS in 2004! That’s insane. Fairly or unfairly, sometimes we are guilty of overlooking these historic totals because of who he is. I’m partial to Pujols because of his consistency, but that’s just me. Different ways to measure it.

By: CTJ

CTJ — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:27:55 +0000

I would give Player of the Decade to Barry Bonds. Three missed years and all. Then Pujols close behind, then A-Rod.
If ARod is in the conversation we dont have a problem with drugs, so Bonds is the best

By: Astrozac

Astrozac — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:22:57 +0000

“From 2000 through 2009, A-Rod led the major leagues with 435 homers and 1,243 RBI.
A-Rod won just as many MVP awards (3) and World Series titles (1), and made as many playoff appearances (6), while playing more challenging defensive positions (SS/3B vs 1B/OF, plus 96 games of 3B).
Yes, Pujols has higher rate stats, including OPS+, and he hasn’t admitted to steroid use, if that’s a criterion. Still, I don’t think the Decade MVP award is as clear-cut as you state.”
Good points, but A-Rod had one more year in the decade and not to mention Pujols had a rookie season in there(though its not like he had bad numbers) while A-Rod was a vet. Plus since 04 A-Rod has just been a cog in the machine playing in the largest market.

By: JLM

JLM — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:18:21 +0000

To bad I can’t spell, I meant ‘ROIDS, but I”ll take the opportunity to correct myself and add “and drama…..”

By: JLM

JLM — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:15:16 +0000

Yeah AROD is just as good, except for the ‘RIODS…..

By: Mike J

Mike J — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:15:48 +0000

Anyone who took juice openly should not be in the competition period. Pujols is probably the best right handed hitter of all time, and will most likely be on of the top three hitters of all time when said and done. A guy that hits 40 homers and strikes out like a lead off guy hitting .330 every year is about as rare as it gets.

By: JBerardi

JBerardi — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:05:13 +0000

“Who epitomizes what’s good about baseball and who epiotmizes what’s become bad about baseball?”

This is about value, not about a largely fictional storyline.

By: Jeff Lewis

Jeff Lewis — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:50:45 +0000

Granted he’s only halfway to a HOF career, but remember votes like these when people start arguing about Utley not belonging. He should probably have been second or third this year (for the 2nd or 3rd time in a row), he should have at least 2 Gold Gloves, and the voters will ask, “If he was so good how come he never came close to an MVP or won any Gold Gloves?”

By: kme

kme — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:47:22 +0000

Who would you rather have to build a team around Albert or A-rod? Who epitomizes what’s good about baseball and who epiotmizes what’s become bad about baseball? That makes pretty easy to determine who is decade’s MVP.

By: D.J. Short

D.J. Short — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:34:00 +0000

Totally right. Screwed that up.

By: Elkboy

Elkboy — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:23:37 +0000

Isn’t the modern or “sabermetric” triple crown BA/OBP/SLG? OBP/SLG/OPS is only two stats and one that is the other two added. If a player was first in OBP and SLG, he would by nature be first in OPS, so that seems silly.

By: Bill@TDS

Bill@TDS — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:19:33 +0000

I think I’d give the Player of the Decade Award to Barry Bonds. three missed years and all. Then Pujols close behind, then A-Rod.

By: Chaz

Chaz — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:01:41 +0000

“We’re not giving away an MVP of the decade or anything, but if we did, Pujols would wear the crown. Pujols, now a three-time MVP winner, didn’t even make his debut until 2001, but he leads all major leaguers this decade with a .334 batting average, 366 home runs and 1,112 RBI. And to think he gave everyone else a year head-start.”
From 2000 through 2009, A-Rod led the major leagues with 435 homers and 1,243 RBI.
A-Rod won just as many MVP awards (3) and World Series titles (1), and made as many playoff appearances (6), while playing more challenging defensive positions (SS/3B vs 1B/OF, plus 96 games of 3B).
Yes, Pujols has higher rate stats, including OPS+, and he hasn’t admitted to steroid use, if that’s a criterion. Still, I don’t think the Decade MVP award is as clear-cut as you state.

By: StevenEll

StevenEll — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:46:22 +0000

Jeremy Affeldt was probably the 12th best player on the third best team in the NL West. So voting him 10th for MVP surely is defensible.

By: OH YEAH

OH YEAH — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:44:07 +0000

A-Rod is just as GOOD. STOP MAN CRUSHIN DJ

By: OH YEAH

OH YEAH — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:43:42 +0000

A-Rod is just as GOOD. STOP MAN CRUSHIN DJ

By: dl3

dl3 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:38:02 +0000

“It’s a great time to be a baseball fan.”
It is indeed.