Jake The Dog
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I know that the football season started but doesn't anyone care about baseball anymore? The race between the Sox and Tigers or the Yankees and Orioles are going on is anyone still watching?
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Jake The Dog
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They sure do. I hope Baltimore edges them out. Wildcard always fun. So everyone's waiting for the playoffs or just forgot?
bo fli 7000
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Go TIGERS AL CHAMPS
marc88101
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Fool? Mike trout has done what no rookie in the history of baseball has ever done! So yea, I guess that's makes me a fool for thinking that.
Amaximus
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As long as R.A. Dickey wins the Cy Young (Which is probably a long shot, Fucking Gio!) I don't really care what happens in the AL as far as the MVP goes. But on a personal level I do not like Miguel Cabrera and I would rather have a youngster with speed and power rather than just power. If Trout broke 100 RBI's this might be a no brainer.
IMO, I see no reason why Ryan Braun shouldn't win for the second year straight. He is the best of both worlds. But no one seems to like him... Amazing.
Lol. I keep forgetting the Brewers are NL, not AL... *Eyeroll*
IMO, I see no reason why Ryan Braun shouldn't win for the second year straight. He is the best of both worlds. But no one seems to like him... Amazing.
Lol. I keep forgetting the Brewers are NL, not AL... *Eyeroll*
Amaximus
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.....................AB R HR RBI SB AVG
Mike Trout...... 559 129 30 83 49 .326 <--63 less AB's
Miguel Cabrera 622 109 44 139 4 .330
^^^Closer than you think. Batting average is almost the same. I refuse to argue over .004... So two categories each... With Trout having almost 20 games less worth of AB's.
Mike Trout...... 559 129 30 83 49 .326 <--63 less AB's
Miguel Cabrera 622 109 44 139 4 .330
^^^Closer than you think. Batting average is almost the same. I refuse to argue over .004... So two categories each... With Trout having almost 20 games less worth of AB's.
Amaximus
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Because the playoffs have something to do with the MVP award...
kountdown
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I agree that Trout has had the best rookie season of all time and had Cabrera not won the triple crown he would be an easier choice for MVP. The best case to make for Cabrera is the Tigers won their division and the Angels finished 3rd in theirs. How can you be the MVP when your team isn't in the playoffs?
Amaximus
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^^^That is the most rational you have been regarding who deserves the MVP so far, And I completely agree with your assessment. While I do not agree the MVP should automatically go to whoever makes the playoffs over a player who is on a team that doesn't make them. This doesn't discount the fact that "they" factor that into who they award it to. The Triple Crown and getting into the playoffs put Cabrera over the top as far as I'm concerned.
kountdown
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I don't recall making any irrational arguments. It is true that Cabrera won the triple crown and the Angels didn't make the playoffs.
Amaximus
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Maybe rationale was the wrong word... All i was referring to was the fact that you acknowledged that Trout might be an easier choice for MVP had Cabrera not won the triple crown and/or made the playoffs. Before that you were just saying that Cabrera flat out deserved it, Which I believe is not true when you just look at the stats and nothing else.
Amaximus
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Yeah, It must've been tough buying another pennant.