AL MVP Watch: Josh Hamilton
Baseball Time in Arlington — Josh Hamilton (left) and Ian Kinsler (right) both netted AL MVP votes on Tuesday afternoon. - Samara Pearlstein/MVN.comEvan Grant of the Dallas Morning News reported on Monday evening that Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton -- who nabbed his first-ever Silver Slugger Award last Thursday afternoon -- would likely not garner a single first-place vote for the 2008 American League Most Valuable Player Award from the Baseball Writers Association of America, but would "almost certainly be in every voter's top five." And who ...

And Your AL MVP Is...
A Red Sox Fan From Pinstripe Territory — Dustin Pedroia! Woohoo! (I like how MLB.com's article before the award was announced said that Pedroia and four others--none of them Youk--were "the contenders" for AL MVP. And Youk got third! Ha!)

DUSTIN PEDROIA WINS MVP
Fenway West - A Boston Red Sox Blog — Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia has won the American League MVP. Fenway West- The Western Home to Red Sox Nation http://www.fenwaywest.com

Breaking News: Dustin Pedroia Wins AL MVP
Small White Ball — The unbelievable season of Boston second baseman Dustin Pedroia came to a close Tuesday as he was named American League MVP for the 2008 season. Pedroia hit .326 (2nd in AL) with 17 homers and 83 RBI. He ranked 1st in the league with 118 runs, 213 hits and 54 doubles. He also took home his first Gold Glove and Silver Slugger awards and was named to start the All-Star Game. Pedroia joins Cal Ripken Jr. and Ryan Howard as the only players to win Rookie of the Year and MVP in consecutive years. He is the first AL second baseman to win the award since Nellie Fox did so in 1959. Pedroia earned 16 of 28 first-place votes, one of five players to earn ...

Pedroia Wins AL MVP
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog — It was announced today that Red Sox 2nd baseman Dustin Pedroia has won the 2008 AL MVP award. He hit .326/.376/.493 with 17 HR, 83 RBI, 213 hits, 20 SB, and 118 runs scored for the Sox this year. He also won the Gold Glove for AL 2nd baseman and the Silver Slugger award. Justin Morneau finished second, Kevin Youilis third and Joe Mauer finished fourth. ...

Pedroia wins AL MVP
Lone Star Ball — MLB.com link BOSTON -- Just call him Mr. November. Or better yet, refer to Dustin Pedroia as the Most Valuable Player of the American League. The second baseman of the Boston Red Sox continued his rapid burst into the national spotlight on Tuesday, when he was recognized with that impressive honor. Though most pundits expected the race for MVP to be agonizingly close, Pedroia won in comfortable fashion, outdistancing a solid field that included, among others, Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis, Twins first baseman Justin Morneau, Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton and Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez..... ------------------- Oh well, I thought ...

Dustin Pedroia wins AL MVP
Over the Monster — ... The second baseman of the Boston Red Sox continued his rapid burst into the national spotlight on Tuesday, when he was recognized with that impressive honor. Though most pundits expected the race for MVP to be agonizingly close, Pedroia won in comfortable fashion, outdistancing a solid field that included, among others, Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis, Twins first baseman Justin Morneau, Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton and Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez. MLB.COM This is the happiest day of my life ... I swear.

Bartlett Finished Ahead of Ichiro, Kinsler and Teixeira in MVP Vote
DRaysBay — Bartlett Finished Ahead of Ichiro, Kinsler and Teixeira in MVP Vote Pedroia won the award, but who cares. Jason Bartlett finished 18th, baby. Pena finished 9th and Longoria 11th, but Bartlett is the MVP of our hearts

Breaking News: American Sports Media Still Wooing Scrappy White People
Lookout Landing — ... Well, that retarded puppy is all grown up now, and cashing in on the 24-hour news cycle and regional biases and the BBWAA just cannot get over that it's no longer needed. And so, they keep trying to woo their former dunce child back into the fold. They tried candy, they tried praise, and now they're moving on to gifts. ...

[AL MVP] Carlos Pena Repeats As 9th Most Valuable American Leaguer
Rays Index — For the second consecutive season Carlos Pena has finished 9th in the American League MVP voting. Dustin Pedroia of the Boston Red Sox took home the award with 16 of the 28 first place votes. Evan Longoria and Jason Bartlett each received votes. Longoria placed 11th after being named the unanimous winner of the AL Rookie of the Year award. Bartlett, who was named the Rays' team MVP, finished 18th. Pena received a single third place vote and appeared on 13 of the 28 ballots. Longoria's highest votes were two sixth place votes and he appeared on 12 ballots. Bartlett received a single 5th place vote, the only ballot he appeared ...

Dustin Pedroia is the American League MVP. ...
Deadspin — Dustin Pedroia is the American League MVP. Somewhere David Eckstein is weeping. [MLB]

Dustin Pedroia is your AL MVP; Youk takes 3rd
The Bottom Line — [image] Dustin Pedroia won the AL MVP Award in comfortable fashion, garnering 16 out of 28 first-place votes. He also received six second-place votes, four third-place votes and one fourth-place vote for 317 total points. Runner-up Justin Morneau of the Twins received seven first-place votes and finished with 257 points. Boston first baseman Kevin Youkilis finished third, tallying two first-place votes and 201 points in a third-place finish. Read more here . [image] BallHype: hype it up! Add to Technorati Favorites Bookmark and Share

Breaking: Dustin Pedroia Named AL MVP
Major League Jerk — In a wide open MVP field, the voters made a brilliant decision today choosing Boston second basemen and ASU alum, Dustin Pedroia as the AL MVP.  Pedroia received 16 first place votes to easily beat second place Justin Morneau.  Third place went to another Boston great, Kevin Youkilis. After an awful start to the season, Dusty P had a phenomenal summer.  He ...

Pedroia Wins AL MVP
The Joy of Sox — FY = MVP! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PTS Pedroia 16 6 4 1 317 Morneau 7 7 6 3 3 1 1 257 Youkilis 2 4 4 9 2 4 1 2 201 Mauer 2 8 1 3 4 3 3 2 1 188 Quentin 1 8 4 4 4 1 1 160 FRodriguez 1 2 6 1 6 3 2 2 143 Hamilton 2 2 3 7 3 2 4 3 112 ARodriguez 1 1 4 1 4 7 45 Pena 1 2 2 3 2 3 44 Sizemore 2 1 5 6 1 42Ian ...

Dustin Pedroia Wins A.L. MVP
RealClearSports - Blog — In what was supposed a close race but ended up being a comfortable win, Dustin Pedroia was named the 2008 American League MVP today. Pedroia joins Cal Ripken Jr. and Ryan Howard as the only players to win Rookie of the Year and MVP in consecutive years. By prevailing in the Baseball Writers' Association of America voting, Pedroia became the first Red Sox player to cart home the coveted MVP Award since Mo Vaughn in 1995. But unlike Vaughn, one of the most physically imposing figures in club history, Pedroia will go down as one of the slightest. Officially listed ...

Soothy
YFSF — It's time for our predictaroo retrospective.  Back in March, a nation looked towards a year of great debate as it set to choosing new leadership and the dawning of a bright new age of enlightenment and reason.  Instead, the Phillies won the series while a team from the spring training circuit stunned pundits everywhere, and for much of the year, gas cost more than milk, resulting ...

Pedroia named AL MVP
Camden Chat — Pedroia named AL MVP Congratulations, I guess. Kevin Youkilis, Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau, and Carlos Quentin also received some votes. Pedroia's line - .326 BA/.376 OBP/.493 SLG/50 BB/52 K/17 HR/83 RBI/118 R/Plays for Boston. Gold glove winner, posted a ...

Pedroia named AL MVP
Dom D's Mets Fan Blog — Dustin Pedroia was named the 2008 AL MVP. He beat out  MIN 1B Justin Morneau , followed by Boston 3B, Kevin Youkilis. Here is how the voting went down: 2008 AL MVP Award Voting Player, Club 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th ...

Nate McLouth Gets 1 MVP Vote
Raise the Jolly Roger — That makes him the 27th most valuable player in the National League. Voters had to rank the players from 1-10. [Nate got one 10th place vote]. As a result, [the winner, Albert Pujols, got 369 votes. Nate got one]. So in summary of the postseason awards, the Pirates were represented solely by McLouth, [who netted a Gold Glove that half the world ...

League further acknowledges Dustin Pedroia's superiority
Cursed To First - Sox and Pats forever. — ... Dustin Pedroia: 2007 AL Rookie of the Year 2007 World Series Champion 2008 Silver Slugger Award 2008 AL 2B Gold Glove And now...your 2008 AL MVP!! There hasn't been a young player like this for the Red Sox since the rookie and sophomore campaigns of Nomar Garciaparra. Pedroia is arguably even better; while Nomar finished high in MVP voting his second year, he did not capture the award. In honor of Pedey, then, a 2007-2008 digital scrapbook below the fold. 2007 ...

2008 Awards - Is The Win Losing Value?
Athletics Nation — ... Dustin Pedroia - In what turned out to be a runaway victory, Pedroia was named the 2008 AL MVP in a neat follow-up to his 2007 AL Rookie of the Year award. Only Cal Ripken Jr. and Ryan Howard can boast that feat, and Pedroia's field position is also rare; the last second baseman to win the AL MVP was in 1959. Pedroia hit .326 with 17 homeruns and 20 stolen bases this year, and added a Gold Glove. (I refuse to call it "gritty Gold Glove defense"; tm MLB.com.) Pedroia received 16 first place votes, 6 second place votes, and 4 third place votes. Justin Morneau took ...

Some Guy Makes Tom H Look Sober
Chuckie Hacks — If you thought Tommy H. was drunk while filling out his NL MVP ballot, some guy must have been completely blacked out. Don't know who, but someone gave Jason Bartlett an AL MVP vote...a 5TH PLACE MVP VOTE!!! Now, I certainly don't just look at numbers...but, come on ? Jason Bartlett: .289 AVG, .329 OBP, 1 HR, 37 RBI, 20 SB. Does his friggin 3 year old kid have a vote? Is he even the 5th most valuable Devil Ray ?

Things that Rhyme with Pedroia
Home Run Derby — Yesterday, Boston Red Sox 2B Dustin Pedroia was named the 2008 American League MVP by the Baseball Writers Association of America. . So in Pedroia’s honor, here’s a few things that rhyme with Pedroia (it helps if you use a Boston accent) … HOYA- The Mascot of the University of Georgetown GOYA - Famous Spanish painter Francisco Goya.  Also a brand of Mexican Foods. DESTROYER - A Navy battleship LAWYER - An attorney.  OSCAR DE LA HOYA - Mexican-American Boxer, “The Golden Boy” VERNE ...

Link Dump: June 15th, 2009
Mets-Prospectus — Hot Foot - Dog House Dweller of the Week: Daniel Mur–LUIS DROPPED THAT?! I was really glad when Daniel Murphy was brought north with the big club out of Spring Training, and even made him my first Man-Crush of the Week back in March, but I don’t remember the last time he looked as good as he did late last season and early this season. The struggling Murphy has only 1 hit in 10 ABs, with 2 walks and striking out 4 times.  He has only 2 RBI for the month of June. I really like the kid, but it’s been a rough go for him for quite awhile now. NY Post - Coverage in The ...