As a Tampa Bay Rays fan I am happy to see Carl Crawford win the MVP, but as a baseball fan I can provide arguments for some other player(s) to win. Carl Crawford did "grab" Brad Hawpe's ball out of mid air but Rays fans are used to seeing that flash of Defense in the Trop. I mean B.J. Upton plays a shallow center or deep infield every night and chases down a white ball on a white background every home game.
Carl Crawford went 1-3 with a single and he didn't even do what got him there...steal a base. Now he didn't have the most hits in the game but no one had a two hit game. And it was a great defensive play but if the AL would have turned a double play to save a run would that trio have won the MVP??
Speaking of multiple winners, it has happened once in 1975, I wasn't there or alive but it was Madlock and Matlack....were the voter confused??? I think you have to look at the pitchers of the AL. After "ace" Roy Halladay left the game the bullpen gave up one hit in seven innings. Paplebon got the win, Nathan got the Hold and Rivera got the Save. I say give it to the trio of closers.
I think Curtis Granderson had more of an impact than C.C. Granderson hustled for a clutch triple. And scored on a sac fly....a lost art in baseball. If a walk is as good as a hit then a sac fly is as good as a run scoring double and a LOB.
It has been a great year for Rays fans. Last year we had two All Stars for the first time, both had an impact in the AL's win. Went to the World Series. Got five players to the All Star game, our whole infield. And we won the MVP of the All Star game. I am very happy for the Rays but I have to throw the argument out there.
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I can't believe as a Rays fan you are thinking there are other individuals more deserving than Crawford for MVP. That was the best and most memorable play of the game and decided the outcome. Pitching a 1-2-3 innning isn't spectacular, nor did each pitcher strike out the side to deserve the MVP. Your cases for the relievers and Granderson are weak, just like your fantasy baseball team.
ReplyDeleteAs a Yankee fan, I would of loved to have seen Mariano Rivera win MVP.
ReplyDeleteCesar
Great Job Drew I also agree CC did NOT dseserve the MVP ;)
ReplyDeleteDrew, I agree in part with your thoughts. CC shouldn't had won it because they never give MVP's based on defensive plays. Do you guys remember the play that Torii Hunter did a few years ago on a ball batted by Barry Bonds? and he wasn't even on the talks for MVP.
ReplyDeleteI also disagree with the trio because of all the relievers, Nathan was the only one that allowed BB's and hits, and none of the other ones had 3k's or anything like that.
The winner should had been Granderson. He had a triple, which no one else had and is a play that doesn't happen unless you play the game the right way, and scored the winning run. In a game where mostly everyone performed at the same level, his play made the difference and that should have been rewarded.