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I don’t comment on baseball very often, and today I was amazed at how far my interest had drifted from America’s favorite pastime when I realized I had never heard of the 2006 American League MVP: Justin Morneau.
I found this post from the blog of Keith Law at ESPN very interesting:
The reality of baseball is that a great offensive player at an up-the-middle position is substantially more valuable than a slightly better hitter at a corner position. And when that up-the-middle player is one of the best fielders at his position in baseball, there’s absolutely no comparison. Joe Mauer was more valuable than Justin Morneau this past season. If you don’t understand that, you don’t understand the first thing about baseball.
Perhaps the voters were just sick of both the Yankees and Red Sox.