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boston.com - 11/18/2008

Most Valuable: Pedroia

— boston.com — Dustin Pedroia has collected his share of trophies and accolades this offseason, and this afternoon, the Red Sox' little second baseman claimed the biggest individual honor of all. Pedroia was named the American League Most Valuable Player today, ... (more) Most Valuable: Pedroia

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Dustin Pedroia

Boston Red Sox

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rangersblog.dallasnews.com - 11/18/2008

My MVP vote

— 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... (more) My MVP vote

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Dustin Pedroia

Al Reyes

Boston Red Sox

Kevin Youkilis

Francisco Rodriguez

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bugsandcranks.com - 11/19/2008

Meet Evan Grant, your resident MVP-voting moron

— 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 (more) Meet Evan Grant, your resident MVP-voting moron

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Dustin Pedroia

Kevin Youkilis

Evan Longoria

Boston Red Sox

Justin Morneau

Francisco Rodriguez

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MVP - More Thoughts
Sports Cards Uncensored — More thoughts on the asinine voting system and people involved in the MVP voting, and yes I now have a grudge almost as big as my grudge against Beckett. Rob Neyer seems to agree that Pedroia was chosen more because of where he plays than what he actually proved with his 2008 season, but uses stats in a more eloquent way than I did. Check it out, for sure. Here are some idiot comments I want to go over because its fun: From "Coneway": Who is this "Rob Neyer" guy with all this mealy mouthed nonsense?? Don't give me this hooey about statistics. The only way a person can really tell who's most valuable is to get your head out of ...

Dustin v Mauer. Rob Neyer, put the bottle of scotch down!
BOSTON IRISH — Naturally, with awards, there is always someone that doesn't like how it went down. There is always someone that thinks somebody else deserved it way more than the actual recipient. Take ESPNs Rob Neyer, who thinks the Twins catcher Joe Mauer should have taken the AL MVP award over Dustin Pedroia. He puts across a case that seems to have been written with a bottle of Scotch in one hand, a torn betting slip that reads 'Joe Mauer AL MVP' in the other. Two points grate in particular. The first is completely erroneous. Neyer claims; ''Clutch hitting? Pedroia's career numbers in the clutch are nothing ...

Not Robbed!
YFSF — ... A picture split hair is worth a thousand words. Or, according to Microsoft Word (and including the title), 1172.

Great Moments in Trolling for Traffic
ShysterBall — As I mentioned yesterday, I'm quite pleased with the fact that ESPN has apparently freed Neyer, Law, and the others from the subscription prison that was Insider. I don't know what that means for ESPN financially, but it seems to me that it's the right move for long-term readership, bloggy interactivity, and plain old karma. ...

Guest Blogger: Rob Neyer
High and Tight. — OK, not really... but as I promised to explain why Mauer was the best choice for MVP today, I came across Neyer's article which stated everything I wished to and probably more eloquently. Thus, I present a snippet from the esteemed Mr. Neyer: ...

The final word on MVP voting, from the great Joe Posnanski
Mets Tailgate — Joe Posnanski is one of the best, if not the best, baseball writers in the country. He embraces sabermetrics and has a seemingly endless well of entertaining stories. I also link to his great blog. Today, he took a writer named Thomas Boswell from the Washington Post to task for a poorly written article which explained that Ryan Howard and not Albert Pujols was the deserving NL MVP. As most people with a brain can comprehend, Pujols was by far the most valuable player in the NL (and all of baseball) in 2008. If you have a few minutes, read Joe's blog entry linked ...