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AL - MVP

Frayed Knot Nov 19 2007 12:30 PM

To no one's surprise it's ARod - although to mine it was NOT unanimous. Magglio Ordonez gets 2 1st place votes (1 from a Detroit writer) while finishing 2nd overall Ortiz was 3rd That's his 3rd MVP award, the 9th guy to win more than 2.

Centerfield Nov 19 2007 12:34 PM

Jetes was robbed.

Valadius Nov 19 2007 12:48 PM

Actually, both 1st place votes for Magglio came from Detroit writers - one from The Detroit News and one from The Oakland Press (from Pontiac, MI).

metirish Nov 19 2007 12:49 PM

Well now his deal for $275M+ looks a real bargain.

Nymr83 Nov 19 2007 01:04 PM

Valadius wrote: Actually, both 1st place votes for Magglio came from Detroit writers - one from The Detroit News and one from The Oakland Press (from Pontiac, MI). while i don't doubt that thats true do you have a source for the vote breakdowns for all the awards (i never see one) or is this just an assumption?

Valadius Nov 19 2007 01:42 PM

From [url=http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AuSnHID0H0dJmdArOzsDymIRvLYF?slug=ap-almvp&prov=ap&type=lgns]this article[/url]: ]The only two first-place votes that didn't go to Rodriguez were from Tom Gage of The Detroit News and Jim Hawkins of The Oakland Press in Pontiac, Mich.

Frayed Knot Nov 19 2007 02:07 PM

My bad. I read it quickly, saw Oakland and assumed California. Not defendable votes IMO. * Hey, I Gotta Believe I just became Tug!

Nymr83 Nov 19 2007 02:28 PM

Ordonez had a higher OBP (lower SLG% though) and he hit in a lineup with less help than Arod had. Arod deserved to win the award but you can defend Ordonez's votes

metirish Nov 19 2007 02:29 PM

I thought the voting was secret , probably harder to keep things secret now days though.