boston.com - 11/18/2008
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The one thing Dustin Pedroia absolutely had in his favor? The story. No bigger than the neighborhood paperboys, Pedroia excelled in a world dominated by oversized freaks.
rangersblog.dallasnews.com - 11/18/2008
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rangersblog.dallasnews.com —
I'm sorry it's taken me so long to
actually post this, but I've been trying to answer...
e-mails and respond to phone calls about why I left Dustin Pedroia off the AL ballot. Let me first say this to the...
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My MVP vote
bugsandcranks.com - 11/19/2008
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bugsandcranks.com —
As I’ve said on numerous occasions, I think
individual awards like the MVP are crap, because every...
sportswriter comes up with their own definition of “most valuable.” That’s fine, really. I have no problem if someone doesn’t think that Dustin Pedroia is one of the 10 most valuable players in the Ame
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Meet Evan Grant, your resident MVP-voting moron
tiricosuave.com - 11/19/2008
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Dustin The Win!
Boston Dirt Dogs —
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MVPedroia By a Landslide... And Manny Can't Believe It Mazz: For Pedroia, Size Mattered
FJM Exit Interview
The Joy of Sox —
... Also, I wanted to write a post about how Kevin Youkilis was probably more valuable (to the Sox, in the AL, in general) than Dustin Pedroia, but I never found the time. Tony Massarotti "goes there" in his Globe column, though he uses far fewer numbers than I would have.
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Red Sox 2B Pedroia wins AL MVP (AP) —
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Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia has won the American League Most Valuable Player award. Pedroia got 16 of the 28 first-place votes and easily beat out Minnesota slugger Justin Morneau. Pedroia became the first AL second baseman to win the ...
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Major League Baseball News 11/19/2008
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