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Andrea Kremer, consummate professional . [via TBL ] UmpBump interviews NL MVP voter Paul Hagen , whose thoughts on David Wright are predictably silly: "I think an argument can be made for David Wright. However, I have to say that in the years I vote, I put a lot of emphasis on the word “Valuable.” To me, that connotes intangibles. I think that’s what differentiates the MVP from, say, a “Player ... [link]

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Joe blows up.
Published 11/23/2007 by Coley Ward at umpbump.com
... big time writing talents. I’d never heard of Posnanski before this week. I probably should have heard of him, since he was recently voted the best sports columnist in America. But I hadn’t. Now it seems like his name is everywhere (online). First, I read where Yahoo’s Jeff Passan called him “among the best writers in the business” in an interview published on The Big Lead. Then, I saw the U.S.S. Mariner and Vegas Watch both linked to his blog, which argues that Curt Schilling’s new contract could ...

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Conlin's Losing Numbers

So, this is twice now that a journalist from the Philadelphia Daily News has been both tactless and unable to present a legitimate factual case for anything they’ve posited. I truly hope that Conlin isn’t a microcosm of American sports media — ignorant and close-minded. As for Wright over Rollins, the facts make it plain to see.
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Obligatory MVP Coverage

The voters went 50-50 this year. They got one right, the other not so much. Your 2007 AL MVP is Alex Rodriguez , which makes sense because with all due respect to Detroit’s Magglio Ordonez, A-Rod dominated the league in every conceivable way. ...
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Curt Schilling And His Bully Pulpit

Curt Schilling has really picked up his posting lately. The man loves his blog, especially now that the 2007 MLB season is over. As I have said in the past, I am not a huge fan of Schilling, but it is my responsibility to keep track of his writings and see if he ever mentions anything that could be dissected for your reading pleasure.
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Barry Bonds vs. Bill Conlin…

What struck me about it was the sheer hypocrisy. How often have we read rip jobs by writers about Barry Bonds as well as other media-unfriendly players? The biggest complaint about such ballplayers is their arrogance and how they treat the media as unworthy of their time or like the end of a canine’s digestive process on their shoes.
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Yada yada yada …

As Phil Garner once mulled during the strike of 1981, free agency wasn’t strictly business to many players. It was a cause, it was about freedom and rights respecting their careers. The MLBPA has turned free agency as more of an economic ideal than an ideological one. Ideals unite, economics divide and that is why the MLBPA is reeling. I hope that they can right their ship before they become ...
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