sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 11/21/2007
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By Joe Sheehan, BaseballProspectus The "Most Valuable Player" award continued its evolution into the "Most Valuable Copy Creator" award today as Jimmy Rollins was named the NL MVP by the Baseball Writers Association of America. While Rollins had an excellent season, playing in every Phillies game and accumulating large numbers of at-bats, hits, runs, extra-base hits and stolen bases, he also ...
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Jimmy Rollins MVP round up
umpbump.com —
... giddy.
Today was “Jimmy Rollins Day” at Bugs and Cranks. Seriously.
Vegas Watch is incredulous.
“Four of the voters didn’t have Wright on their ballot. Four people, whose job it is to write about baseball, did not think that David Wright was one of the ten most valuable players in the National League.”
Joe Sheehan blogged on both Baseball Prospectus and SI that the MVP Award has morphed into the Most Valuable Copy Award. He thinks David Wright ...
Was Rollins even the Phillies' MVP?
11th and Washington —
This isn't me. I'm not whining here or spitting out sour grapes (or whatever that lame phrase is). Yeah, I thought Jimmy Rollins had an amazing year and seemed to be there in so many clutch situations for the Phillies down the stretch, but he's not even the MVP of the Phillies. That would be Chase Utley, in my mind. But Utley was overlooked because he didn't have the numbers, because he missed a month. But for those of you into WARP and VORP, this might be interesting. Personally, I think Rollins won because: 1.) He has a big mouth. He said in ...
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ROLLINS WINS NL MVP, WRIGHT FINISHES FOURTH —
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The banner hung from the third-base gate outside Citizens Bank Park, a 25-by-75-foot testament to Jimmy Rollins' spectacular season, one that earned him the National League Most Valuable Player Award. The need for such a banner may have been cemented ...
