Comments on: Debating K-Rod’s MVP Candidacy

By: ShooterB

ShooterB — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:47:23 +0000

My dog is a cat, and has absolutely no problem beating the crap out of a pencil-pushing pooch with glasses.

Hilarious pic…

By: Bill Baer

Bill Baer — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:58:51 +0000

Shooter, all I have to say is that my dog (pictured above) is smarter than your dog. And my dog can probably beat up your dog, too. Michael Vick knows for sure.

By: ShooterB

ShooterB — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:01:10 +0000

Good argument. None of it is valid though, because MVP is a political campaign that is in no way required to make sense.

Why don’t we just give it to Gary Sheffield? His terrible year might be a big reason that the Tigers aren’t really in contention, so he could be the White Sox MVP. Like I said, it doesn’t have to make sense.

Write something political, will ya?

By: Bill Baer

Bill Baer — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:50:05 +0000

True. I’m trying to think of some scenarios where .375/.450/.650 with 85 HR would work, but I’ve come up empty so far.

By: I'm just sayin'

I'm just sayin' — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:04:10 +0000

If John Q. Awesomeplayer had an average of .375 and hit 85 HR, his slugging percentage would be well north of .650.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:23:32 +0000

I guess it’s not really clear, I do support K-Rod using the standards of “best player on a playoff team”, but my standards are like yours, it’s just best player. I was outraged when David Wright lost it last year. So, yea, you got it right. It was tasteful and everything, and I’m always up for a good debate. I like it that people disagree, that’s why I do this.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:20:20 +0000

It’s a little bit of both, you got it right. Using their standards of voting, it’s going to be K-Rod. USing my standards, I’d go with J-Hamilton. But yea, at the end I wrapped it up with this:

So, by default, it looks like Francisco Rodriguez is going to be your 2008 AL MVP. I don’t think that Rodriguez should win the MVP, but with the way voting is, along with a serious drought in star power among the contending teams, it looks like it’s going to happen. You never know, though. Last year Jimmy Rollins stole it after taking the Phillies on a run in September, so it’s possible something like that could happen this year in the AL. Then again, the right man got snubbed in that voting process too. Rodriguez isn’t the worst candidate, if he breaks the saves record I could see where there would be some justification, but a closer? I hated it when Eric Gagne won the Cy Young.

By: Bill Baer

Bill Baer — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:10:27 +0000

Oh, from what I gleaned I thought those were your arguments. I didn’t realize you were pointing at the BBWAA.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:57:12 +0000

Hey, at least together we got on Deadspin. You got the link, I got the quote… wait, how’s that work? Lol. Good stuff, though. Like I said, personally if I had a vote, I wouldn’t give it to him. MVP, is MVP. The whole playoff team thing is stupid, as you’ve pointed out, but that’s the way they vote. If a guy plays on a garbage team and helps them win 70 games, isn’t he more valuable than the guy that puts up the best numbers on a loaded team? I’ve never got that, but, like I said, using the voters standards, K-Rod will win it.

By: GW South

GW South — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:19:27 +0000

He also hasn’t come into a game with a runner on base, or thrown a pitch before the 9th inning. The closer is a mop-up role – he doesn’t win games for the Halos, he just manages to not lose them. I disagree entirely with putting closers even into the discussion of being MVPs.