_________________ “You’re good kids, stay together. Trust each other and be good teammates to one another. I believe there is a championship in this room.”
-Ernie Accorsi in his final address to the NY Giants locker room before retiring as GM in January of 2007
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good Canadian boy!
_________________ Twenty years for nothing, well that's nothing new, besides, No one's interested in something you didn't do Wheat kings and pretty things, let's just see what the morning brings.
NEW YORK -- Minnesota's Justin Morneau edged the New York Yankees' Derek Jeter to win the American League's Most Valuable Player Award on Tuesday.
Morneau received 15 first-place votes, eight seconds, three thirds and two fourths for 320 points in voting by a panel of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Jeter got 12 firsts, 14 seconds, one fourth and one sixth for 306 points.
The other first-place vote went to Twins pitcher Johan Santana, who was seventh overall with 114 points.
It was the 16th-closest MVP race since the current format began in 1938 and the 10th closest in the AL.
Morneau hit .321 with 34 homers and 130 RBI, helping the Twins win the AL Central for the fourth time in five years. Jeter batted .344 with 14 homers and 97 RBI, finishing three points behind the Twins' Joe Mauer, who became the first catcher to win an AL batting title.
The only players other than Morneau and Jeter to be named on every ballot were Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz, who ranked third with 193 points, and Chicago White Sox right fielder Jermaine Dye, who was fifth with 156 points. Oakland Athletics DH Frank Thomas, who was on 26 ballots and had 174 points, was fourth. Rounding out the top 10 were Mauer, Cleveland Indians DH Travis Hafner, Los Angeles Angels right fielder Vladimir Guerrero and Detroit Tigers shortstop Carlos Guillen. In all, 33 players received votes.
Morneau became the second Canadian-born player to win an MVP following Colorado's Larry Walker in 1997. Morneau is the fourth Minnesota player to win -- Zoilo Versalles earned the honor in 1965, Harmon Killebrew in 1969 and Rod Carew in 1977.
Earning just $385,000 in just his third season as a regular, Morneau was a relative bargain. Philadelphia's Ryan Howard, voted NL MVP on Monday, made $355,000.
Ortiz earned a $100,000 bonus for finishing third in the voting and Thomas, who left the Athletics last week to sign with Toronto, got a $100,000 bonus for placing fourth. Dye gets $60,000 for winding up fifth.
Joined: Sat Jun 11, 2005 10:51 pm Posts: 1251 Location: St. Paul - Minneapolis Gender: Male
Not to pat myself on the back too much, but I called this result months ago!
That being said. I gotta brag about my Twins a little bit.
The Twins did pretty damn well this year.
AL Batting Champion = Joe Mauer
AL Cy Young (unanimous) = Johan Santana
AL MVP = Justin Morneau
AL Coach of the year Runner Up = Ron Gardenhire
AL Rookie of the Year 3rd Place (likely winner and possible Cy Young winner before injury) = Francisco Liriano
_________________ “You’re good kids, stay together. Trust each other and be good teammates to one another. I believe there is a championship in this room.”
-Ernie Accorsi in his final address to the NY Giants locker room before retiring as GM in January of 2007
This was a terrible choice. One would think if the Twins actually had three of the seven most valuable players in the AL they would have won their division.
I'm thinking 83 wins and third place. Unless Liriano learns to pitch with his right hand and Radke has a time machine.
_________________ “You’re good kids, stay together. Trust each other and be good teammates to one another. I believe there is a championship in this room.”
-Ernie Accorsi in his final address to the NY Giants locker room before retiring as GM in January of 2007
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Peter Van Wieren wrote:
This was a terrible choice. One would think if the Twins actually had three of the seven most valuable players in the AL they would have won their division.
Joined: Sat Jun 11, 2005 10:51 pm Posts: 1251 Location: St. Paul - Minneapolis Gender: Male
Peter Van Wieren wrote:
This was a terrible choice. One would think if the Twins actually had three of the seven most valuable players in the AL they would have won their division.
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