thefightins.com - 11/19/2008
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Today, on November 19th, Phillies slugger and 2008 MVP runner-up Ryan Howard celebrates his 29th birthday. To honor this occasion, an assortment of entertainers from the music industry decided to film their own unique happy birthday messages via YouTube. Don’t ask me why, just watch.
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voices.washingtonpost.com - 11/19/2008
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voices.washingtonpost.com —
Thirty years ago, I created the statistic Total
Average. Now I'm almost ashamed to have been one...
of the original baseball geeks. Where did we go wrong? This week, Albert Pujols won the NL MVP Award. Why? Mostly because he had a better OPS and VORP ...
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MVPs: Howard & K-Rod, Not Pujols & Pedroia
joeposnanski.com - 11/21/2008
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joeposnanski.com —
If you are about my age*, then you
grew up as a baseball fan with three statistics...
and only three statistics. There was batting average. There were home runs runs. And there were RBIs. That was it. *You might also groan when you get out of a ...
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Batting Average, Home Runs, RBIs
dugoutcentral.com - 11/17/2008
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dugoutcentral.com —
I guess Albert Puljols is glad nobody was
listening to him two years ago when he claimed...
that someone who doesn't lead their team into the playoffs doesn't deserve the MYP. Puljols took home the MVP trophy today although it was Ryan Howard, not him took his team to the playoffs. Sweet irony!
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By Pujols’ Own Logic, Howard Will Win MVP
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Q-Tip Wishes Ryan Howard a Happy Birthday
The Sports Complex —
... Baseball Prospectus is to be trusted, that means he’s just one year away from losing his ability to see, hit, or field a baseball - enjoy it big fella. It also means the perfect time for guys trying to fighting hard to gain, maintain, or reclaim relevance to try to hop on your World Champion Q rating and publicly send you their best: In a totally unrelated note: Happy Birthday Ryan! h/t Meech
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