Making A Case: Pujols & MVP

Think of this article as a courtroom. You have the jury, or the Baseball Writers of America, and the audience, or every person without a vote on end of the year Major League Baseball awards. The prosecution is trying to convince the jury that the player is in fact guilty of receiving an award. The defense? He’s trying to make his case to not give the award to his client. Yeah, it’s kind of backwards, but forwards at the same time. The defense protects his client from going to jail. In this case though, it makes sense that he doesn’t want his client to be found guilty (like defense lawyers try to do), but of an award he deserves (the backwards). I hope you kind of see how I’m looking at it because it’s extremely difficult to try to explain any further. Without further ado, we go to opening arguments. Prosecutor (DA): Mr. Albert Pujols, one of the greatest hitters of this era, or even of all-time, is in fact guilty of being the Most Valuable Player. Just look ... (link)