AL MVP = Vlad

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He's been carrying that team and if they win the AL West crown, it shouldn't even be close.

38 HR, 124 RBI, 123 runs, 39 doubles, 15 steals, 51 BB, 204 hits, .338 BA, .598 SLG, .990 OPS

― Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 1 October 2004 02:00 (twenty years ago)

manny:

43HR, 130 RBI, 103 runs, 44 doubles, 2 steals, 82 BB, 174 hits, .310 BA, .617 SLG, 1.016 OPS.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Friday, 1 October 2004 03:34 (twenty years ago)

The Johan Santana Thread

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 1 October 2004 05:51 (twenty years ago)

A PITHER FOR MVP?

― Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 1 October 2004 06:30 (twenty years ago)

although upon further review I agree

― Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 1 October 2004 06:30 (twenty years ago)

Vlad has definitely played like an MVP for the past week. Too bad the Angels couldn't make up any ground starting when the A's swoon started a little over two weeks ago. They only made their move in the past week.

Still, they can't beat having to win 2 of 3 to get a one game playoff or sweep to win the division out right.

If Vlad keeps going bonzo and has a couple of games like he did this past week and leads them over the A's, I think the MVP award might rightly be his.

It should be an interesting weekend.

― Earl Nash (earlnash), Friday, 1 October 2004 09:50 (twenty years ago)

Winning 2 of 3 gives either team the division. No playoff necessary here.

― Roy Williams Highlight (diamond), Friday, 1 October 2004 15:13 (twenty years ago)

so did anyone see where john kruk picked chone figgins as his mvp - of all baseball? i'm probably chone's biggest fan here, but...where does one begin, really?

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=kruk/040924

in kruk's defense, i think he was going for an under the radar awards thing with this, but if so, he should've been more explicit about it. if i'm right, good for him i guess - i knew all about figgins, but i didn't realize lidge's stats were as eye-popping as they are. 143 strikeouts as a setup-man/closer???

but yeah, that's some really inane shit, all-round.

[sorry, should've posted this to the BBTN assface of the week thread but i didn't want to dig for it]

― John (jdahlem), Sunday, 3 October 2004 15:29 (twenty years ago)

Kruk is the Professor Irwin Corey of analysis.

My ballot, in order:

Vladimir Guerrero 1
Johan Santana 2
Miguel Tejada 3
Ichiro Suzuki 4
Melvin Mora 5
Manny Ramirez 6
Carlos Guillen 7
Gary Sheffield 8
Travis Hafner 9
David Ortiz 10

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 15:13 (twenty years ago)

nine years pass...

http://vine.co/v/MptdYeqY3Ep

― Andy K, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 21:07 (ten years ago)

hahaha

― k3vin k., Tuesday, 3 June 2014 21:11 (ten years ago)

two years pass...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cz06aY_XUAA67Q-.jpg

― mookieproof, Friday, 16 December 2016 21:14 (eight years ago)

Does that support his HoF case?

― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 16 December 2016 23:14 (eight years ago)

i dunno. it definitely supports the common perception that he would swing at anything tho

― mookieproof, Saturday, 17 December 2016 00:24 (eight years ago)

i dunno, looks like he slacked off on swatting at low & away and high & inside ones.

tho, 40-43% on balls gazing the surface of the plate is fantastic.

― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 17 December 2016 18:27 (eight years ago)

Dude could absolutely golf some pitches. What the bat could reach, Vlad could hit.

― earlnash, Sunday, 18 December 2016 06:50 (eight years ago)

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