What if … Pujols had Howard’s RBI chances?

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Fungoes found this 10/3/2008 on www.stltoday.com [flag]
SOUTH GRAND — A few years, the biggest challenge to Albert Pujols’ MVP candidacy was a slugger in the National League East who had big numbers in home runs and RBIs, but couldn’t quite match Pujols when it came to just about everything else. So, we’ve seen this before. ... [link]

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Sabermetric MVP: Did Pujols pull it off?
Published 10/3/2008 by Pip at Fungoes
... So, while it’s very close, we’re still comfortable with Berkman winning. Whether or not he will, of course, is another story. Indeed, some have already taken up the case for Manny. Pujols has support from near and far. Berkman isn’t even being mentioned, and the oft-mentioned Ryan Howard didn’t even crack our top 20. As was the case last year, the most valuable player isn’t always the MVP. Will it be true again in 2008?

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