The most valuable player award is by definition argumentative and contentious. Who can argue with that? <\/p>\n
Was Albert Pujols really more valuable this year than Ryan Howard? If he was, then why did the Phillies make the playoffs and the Cardinals did not? What good is it to finish in second place when the whole point of the game is to win?<\/p>\n
Was Dustin Pedroia (bless his little heart) really more valuable than Kevin Youkilis? You can use statistics to \u201cprove\u201d that Youkilis was actually better. And you can use statistics to \u201cprove\u201d that Pedroia was better. I\u2019m not going to waste my time doing either. But I could.<\/p>\n
There are no statistical requirements for the MVP honor, no formulas, no benchmarks, and no computer machinations like they use to finagle the BCS college football ratings into a joke on us. <\/p>\n
When Kirk Gibson won the MVP for the Dodgers in 1988 with a pedestrian 76 runs batted in, I didn\u2019t complain. I took it like a man. \t<\/p>\n
Wait. I just realized Barry Bonds won four consecutive MVPs from 2001-2004. That ain\u2019t fair. Unless the award is for most violating performer. <\/p>\n
There is something magical about the tag \u201cMVP\u201d before or after someone\u2019s name (especially if it was yours). And once bestowed, it won\u2019t ever go away like cash money does. <\/p>\n
Well, yes, MLB could yank Bonds\u2019 trophies, in theory anyway, but he should keep the three before that (1990, 92-93).<\/p>\n
Three-time MVP (two seasons and The Bowl) Kurt Warner is playing like an MVP this season in what is yet another ascension from the ashes. Remember\u2014this is the guy who went straight from working in an Iowa grocery store to the NFL. Who else has done that? <\/p>\n
After just one season with the Giants in 2004 sharing the job with rookie Eli Manning, New Yawk junked Warner in favor of the young pedigree. That move proved positive 10 months ago when Peyton\u2019s kid brother won Super Bowl XLII MVP. <\/p>\n
Tomorrow it\u2019s Kurt vs. Eli. MVP vs. MVP. <\/p>\n
Sunday Showdown of Pigskin Propellers. <\/p>\n
Young gunslinger going up against grizzled vet. <\/p>\n
Duel in the Desert <\/p>\n
One of them is a sure loser. <\/p>\n
Now that\u2019s something that can\u2019t be argued. <\/p>\n
Oh wait. That\u2019s not true. There could be a tie. <\/p>\n
Ask Donovan McNabb. He knows about a tie game \u2026 now.<\/p>\n
****<\/p>\n
[I]Coldeen is a longtime journalist in the CNMI and is currently the news director of KSPN2[\/I]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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