Joe Mauer named A.L. MVP
by Adam J. Morris on Nov 23, 2009 1:11 PM CST
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PrintJoe Mauer has been named the A.L. MVP for 2009. Back in August, there seemed to be some sentiment that Mark Teixeira was the favorite and that Mauer would be on the outside looking in, but by the time the season ended that seemed to have shifted, and the question was whether Mauer would be a unanimous pick or not.
Mauer was not a unanimous pick -- he got 27 of 28 first place votes, and while Teixeira and Derek Jeter finished second and third, neither of them got the stray first place vote that didn't go to Mauer. Rather, it was Miguel Cabrera who someone put first on their ballot.
Cabrera finished fourth, and there was some talk that he wouldn't appear on some ballots because of the drama surrounding his late-season drunken episode that caused some distractions in the midst of the pennant race.
UPDATE -- Michael Young and Ian Kinsler are in the "others receiving votes" category.
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@d_a_cameron Miguel Cabrera’s offense: +40.9 runs. Ben Zorbist’s offense: +40.2 runs. You don’t have to care about UZR to see that this voting is nuts.
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
Zobrist should've gotten more consideration
He was a good offensive contributor and he was above average at at least 3 positions.
by Josh Lile on Nov 23, 2009 5:33 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Some Jap
@KenDavidoff Keizo Konishi of Kyodo News, based in Seattle, voted Miguel Cabrera first.
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
by Kinslerhomer on Nov 23, 2009 1:25 PM CST up reply actions
It's probably just one of his Jap plays
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"-Wayne Gretzky"-Michael Scott
by ReallyCreativeScreenName on Nov 23, 2009 1:34 PM CST up reply actions
"Some Jap"
Come on man. Is that acceptable terminology anymore?
Apparently you were stationed at Pearl Harbor, or shot in Okinawa? Iwo Jima? Did “some Jap” give you lip while you were stationed at his internment camp?
You’re better than that man.
"you stupid motherfucker?!?!!?" - Josey Wales
I think he's referring to jalapenos
"BIg whoop, wanna fight about it?"
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
by lost in space on Nov 23, 2009 1:39 PM CST up reply actions
Not to go off-topic,
but The Pacific looks damn good. Hopefully it’s up to par with Band of Brothers.
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"-Wayne Gretzky"-Michael Scott
by ReallyCreativeScreenName on Nov 23, 2009 1:40 PM CST up reply actions
Just finished watching WWII in HD
on the history channel. Incredible documentary. I highly recommend it.
"you stupid motherfucker?!?!!?" - Josey Wales
Really?
The footage really made it for me. Although I was a bit disappointed that they skipped D-Day for the most part (because none of their interviewees fought @ Normandy.)
"you stupid motherfucker?!?!!?" - Josey Wales
Was that the reason they gave?
I’ve always heard that the film from D-Day was dropped into the water and destroyed. Or maybe that was just the film from Omaha beach. There is a rather famous 5 second clip of a soldier moving in from the landing craft, and it’s the “only footage”.
by Oracle Galvez on Nov 23, 2009 2:52 PM CST up reply actions
To me, it wasn't the footage
it was the personal stories of these guys.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
THE CHINAMAN IS NOT THE ISSUE HERE also, Dude, Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please.
by Inkara1 on Nov 23, 2009 2:02 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
You're an idiot.
Not mediocre. Right about average
I hit post by accident idiot
I switched pages to look up the correct selling of “Japanese,” got distracted came back and posted before i could change it to "Japanese writer. " BTW, people go all ape shit if you don’t use the perfect term about Blacks and Asian’s but they can call Mexican’s and Latino’s alot of crap and get away with it.
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
by Kinslerhomer on Nov 23, 2009 3:04 PM CST up reply actions
And I should have just stopped there
I don’t care to talk about this much more.
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
by Kinslerhomer on Nov 23, 2009 3:09 PM CST up reply actions
Lone Star Ball: the only site on the web that truly cares about being politically correct.
"It's kind of a new stat that's in vogue" - Joe Buck on OPS
"...he wasn’t a good hitter, just a good middle of the order bat that hit a lot of homers." - NYTXFAN on Mark McGwire
You're right.
Why should any of us care about being associated with a place where different ethnicities are disparaged?
Not only should everybody have the right to be a complete dipshit, but they should also have the right to have everybody around them accept it at face value.
by brettgardner on Nov 24, 2009 9:38 AM CST up reply actions
Who the fuck "disparages different ethnicities" around here?
Kinslerhomer used an old slang term by mistake, and you guys jumped on him like he was calling them “chinks” or “gukes” or something.
LSB is getting pretty haughty about insignificant BS lately, apparently because it’s the offseason and nobody has anything better to do, and the petty infighting it’s causing is more tiring than Josey dominating the morning threads. Next thing you know we’ll be jumping on people for saying “goddamnit” or limiting members to one “fuck” per month.
"It's kind of a new stat that's in vogue" - Joe Buck on OPS
"...he wasn’t a good hitter, just a good middle of the order bat that hit a lot of homers." - NYTXFAN on Mark McGwire
I think the term you are looking for is actually "idito"
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Nov 23, 2009 3:35 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
Rangers
Kinsler got a 10th. Young got a 7th, an 8th, two 9th’s and two 10th’s.
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
Jeter-Haters
I’m not a Jeter-lover. But what do the Jeter-Haters say about this? Is everyone fooled again?
Depends on who you mean by "Jeter-Haters"
If you are talking about the stathead types who have criticized his deification by the MSM and said he’s been a lousy defender most of his career, I think those folks generally have said Jeter was one of the top handful of players in the league this year.
by Adam J. Morris on Nov 23, 2009 4:15 PM CST up reply actions
Yup.
I never made a full MVP ballot for any website (and there’s a couple I’m still getting emails about for it) because I’m lazy, but I’m pretty sure I was going to put Jeter about 4th.
Good to know...
because I remember plenty o’ 2008 off-season diatribe against him. Backed up with stats.
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