Was Derek Jeter robbed?
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By Chris Ruddick Nov 22, 2006, 17:00 GMT
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Nice with the Jessica Biel bit at the end. If that's all that really matters, then why bother wasting my time with the foregoing lame argument against Morneau? Typical New York-centric viewpoint, as usual.
The argument is that Jeter plays in a lineup of all-stars every day.
Morneau does not.
Why is the MVP only reserved for a Yankee? Seems everytime that someone from another team wins the award there is lots of crying & second guessing the voters.
Jeter got more than he deserved with the Gold Glove, let it drop & quit whinning.
Hmmm, interesting abt the reporter who put Jeter on sixth. Nice mud slinging at him for putting the 'valuable' Jeter at sixth. To your question, would the Yankees made to the playoffs with Jeter, well yeah, he was a one amongst the 'superstars' in the yankee lineup. And maybe Chin-ming wang(or whatever his name is) should have won instead of him. And back to the Chicago writer, brings me back to a NY writer a few years back who didn't vote for Pedro during his sensational season a few years back in Boston saying pitchers are not MVP eligible, when infact he DID vote for pitchers in years before.
New York, wake up to the fact, the world series and MVP is not only for New Yorkers. And tip your hat when some more worthy than you overpaid superstars win, like a gentleman.
Dollar for dollar(salaries) who was better?! Interesting that the Twinkees (as White Sox fans call them) had 3 of the top 7 candidates. Year after year, the Twins develop or discover incredable talent.
Interesting that,unlike the Gothamites, no one ever wants to leave the Twins.
(none of which is meant to detract from Jeter's talent).
Someone's sour EH?
I would like to clarify your statement that Minnesotans are 'surprised that Morneau won'.
Yes, we are surprised...but not that he won - that Jeter didn't automatically get handed the award because he is a Yankee.
We are suprised because we are used to getting the East Coast shaft: If we are in the playoffs the Yankees are always going to get the primetime games - because the Yankees are oh-so-much-more-important than anyone else's games. Liriano only gets front page press because he kicked Clemens' ex-Yankee ass. etc, etc, ad nauseum.
Yes, we are surprised. Surprised people can take the 'Yankees goggles' off long enough give talent the recognition it deserves. ...and I thank the BBWAA for that.
Jeter doesn't even deserve the designation of 'Captain' on that team, much less the league MVP. Here is a guy who supposedly is the Captain of the Yankees and when did he stand up for A-Rod during his year-long bashings? No, he says it's not his position to say anything, even though if he would have, some of the A-Rod bashings would have diminished and his play would have probably improved (thereby helping the Yankees). Or did he act like the 'Captain' when he came to the defense of Torre to help him keep his job? Oh, wait, he didn't do that either, which everyone knows that if Jeter went to the Boss there would have been no question about Torre coming back. But Jeter should be the 'Captain' of MVPs not just the MVP! Yeah, right!
The reasons Twins fan didnt think Morneau would get the award is becasue all you heard about was how much it was Jeter's award. ESPN and many news outlets hailed him MVP before it was even awarded. New yorkers were the ones talking and listening...both to themselves. All in all they are both great players but obviously mornea is the mvp.
As for the .300/30/100 swap...jeter could be replaced with anyone. His nubers did not even match that! Morneau on the other hand blew those out the dome. In that regard, i think your argument is far far off (point to mornea).
One thing I wish ESPN and other outlets would talk about is the salary difference. 20,600,000 vs 385,000. That is a joke! Doller per rbi/hr/anything morneau smokes jeter. Its not even a comparison. Did this factor into voteing? I sure hope so...
Either way...new york yankees fans should learn from their mvp and lose graciously. He knew he was beat congratulated morneau. A real class act...unlike all you whiners complaining...
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NoMeGustaNYCBeisbolNov 22nd, 2006 - 17:40:27
Yeah yeah yeah, go on whining and moaning about Jeter, the only baseball player fruity enough to have his own frangrance... maybe you can take comfort in the fact that he SOMEHOW got (stole??) the gold glove for shortstop when Alex Gonzalez committed half as many errors. Amazingly, no one on the team (*cough* RED SOX *cough*) that set the MLB record for most consecutive games without an error got a gold glove. Can anyone say ripoff???
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