Well, the writers got it right. Hallelujah.
And yet, even as I celebrate Albert Pujols winning his supremely deserved second MVP Award, I still just can't let go and simply be happy about the results.
Even thought Jack is wearing this shirt for Kobe, it's still pretty cool. I bet he's a Pujols fan anyway.
They're at it again.
On Monday, November 17, the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) announced that Albert Pujols had won the 2008 National League Most Valuable Player Award.
The announcement was followed, of course, by a spirited round of bleating from the sports press -- who are, let us not forget, the baseball writers of America. While Pujols' margin of victory was decisive, it was by no means unanimous. So you'd figure there'd be some carping/hair-splitting/meta-analysis.
Of c
All right, I'll admit it. In spite of my disdain for the Home Run Derby, I was on the edge of my seat last night when Albert had to win a hit-off to advance to the second round. I just kept thinking, "You have to hit more than Joe Mauer, Albert. You just have to!" Nothing against Joe Mauer, of course; in fact, when my friends and I play that game, the one where you're starting a team from scratch and have to come up with what players you would choose, Mauer is always my second position play
​With the Cardinals out of the playoffs, I've had to decide what team I'm going to root for the rest of the playoffs. Sure, I could just watch the games impartially and enjoy the sport itself, but where's the fun in that? No, I'm one of those people who are always going to set up a team to root for and a team to root against in virtually any athletic competition. Just the way I am. Just in case you happen to be the same way, I thought maybe we should take a look around at the remaining pl
Wikimedia Commons​Near the end of 2006, a tempest boiled over in the local sports teapot when Albert Pujols, in an interview with reporters in his native Dominican Republic, opined that maybe he, and not Ryan Howard, was entitled to that season's Most Valuable Player award, by virtue of the fact that Pujols' St. Louis Cardinals reached the postseason that year and Howard's Philadelphia Phillies didn't.The thing was, when the story washed up on American shores, the English-language media spun i
