Wednesday, November 19, 2008

DUSTIN PEDROIA? YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME

I know automatically before reading this rant all you people are saying to yourselves "hes just a bitter Yankee fan".

But COME ON!!!!!

Dustin Pedroia?!?!?!?

I heard whispers about this late in the regular season but immediately dismissed them. Why would a player who doesn't lead the league in any major categories win the highest honor that MLB has to offer?

Just look at his stats.

AB 653 R 118 H 213 2B 54 3B 2 HR 17 RBI 83 TB322 BB50 SO52 SB20 OBP.376 SLG. 493 AVG.326

Joe Mauer won the batting title edging out the Red Sox's bald little elf by a few points.

Ichiro was tied with Pedroia for most hits .

His amount of doubles are Very misleading and were a product of the monster (I think, I didn't look at the splits)

This one is great. Get this Pedroia was tied with 5 other players ranking 43rd in the AL in Home runs. That means there were 42 other players (or more) that hit more HRs than him. (this is a joke)

Wait, there's more... He was 27th in the league in RBI's.

(He didn't even lead his team in those last two major stats.)

He was tenth in the league in OBP and once again didn't even lead his own team. (Youkilis was 6th in the league.)

Ill finish off with this one. He was 15th in the league in Stolen Bases.

I seriously don't understand why the current system is still in place. These baseball writers are flat out dumb.

For example, (courtesy of RAB) A Milwaukee writer had 3 or 4 1st baseman ahead of Pujols on the ballot. He had a few Brewers ahead of him. Why isn't there a uproar that this popularity contest is still in place is beyond me.

My choice for the AL MVP is Justin Mornoe. His Stats are far and beyond better than This Little mans were. If your of the school of thought that you must be on a winning team. (which in my mind is another incoherent thought, if one of you peers are better , don't punish him because the team around him sucks...but whatever I'll save that for another post.) Mornoe actually led his team to a one game playoff with the Chi Sox.

Also, Mornoe edged out Jeter a few years back with the same kind of stats he put up THIS season. Although I was extremely pissed off that Jeter was robbed of highest honor (which would of put a cherry on top of his already HOF career). I couldn't do anything about it. The opposing argument was, that Mornoe's power numbers were far and beyond Jeter's (which is true). So if that's the case, How in the Hell is it possible that this year Mornoe didn't win again? The scenario is was eerily similar. Except Jeter was better that season than Pedroia was this season. I just don't get it.

(This reminds me of when Ichiro won the ROY then when Matsui was up for the award he loses to Angel Berrowa. WHY may you ask? well, the reason they gave was "Matsui isn't considered a rookie, hes a Japanese vet". WTF, so where was that theory when it came to Ichiro...just pathetic)

Just because he plays in Boston and hes short and scrappy, Doesn't Justify him getting this award.

Does he get more out of his talent than say Cano? The answer to that is HELL YES. But that doesn't warrant this pathetic choice.

This Red Sox Bias has gotten to a point of ignorance and patheticness . End of Story

2 comments:

abie said...

orge Arangure Jr.
ESPN The Magazine

Joe MauerC, Twins

Howard Bryant
ESPN.com

Francisco RodriguezRHP, Angels

Jim Caple
ESPN.com/Page 2

Joe MauerC, Twins

Jerry Crasnick
ESPN.com

Dustin Pedroia2B, Red Sox

Peter Gammons
ESPN

Dustin Pedroia2B, Red Sox

Pedro Gomez
ESPN

Francisco RodriguezRHP, Angels

Orel Hershiser
ESPN

Justin Morneau1B, Twins

Eric Karabell
ESPN.com Fantasy

Dustin Pedroia2B, Red Sox

Jonah Keri
ESPN.com/Page 2

Cliff LeeLHP, Indians

Bob Klapisch
ESPN.com contributor

Dustin Pedroia2B, Red Sox

John Kruk
ESPN

Justin Morneau1B, Twins

Tim Kurkjian
ESPN The Magazine

Dustin Pedroia2B, Red Sox

Keith Law
ESPN.com/Scouts Inc.

Grady SizemoreCF, Indians

Sean McAdam
ESPN.com contributor

Dustin Pedroia2B, Red Sox

Amy Nelson
ESPN.com

Dustin Pedroia2B, Red Sox

Rob Neyer
ESPN.com

Joe MauerC, Twins

Buster Olney
ESPN The Magazine

Kevin Youkilis1B, Red Sox

Peter Pascarelli
ESPN/Baseball Today

Dustin Pedroia2B, Red Sox

Steve Phillips
ESPN

Dustin Pedroia2B, Red Sox

Karl Ravech
ESPN

Dustin Pedroia2B, Red Sox

Phil Rogers
ESPN.com contributor

Dustin Pedroia2B, Red Sox

Enrique Rojas
ESPNdeportes.com

Dustin Pedroia2B, Red Sox

John Shea
ESPN.com contributor

Dustin Pedroia2B, Red Sox

Chris Singleton
ESPN

Justin Morneau1B, Twins

Larry Stone
ESPN.com contributor

Joe MauerC, Twins

Jayson Stark
ESPN.com

Dustin Pedroia2B, Red Sox

Gene Wojciechowski
ESPN.com

Justin Morneau1B, Twins

Overall:
Dustin Pedroia (14)
Joe Mauer (4);
Justin Morneau (4);
Francisco Rodriguez (2);
Cliff Lee (1);
Grady Sizemore (1);
Kevin Youkilis (1)

abie said...

SAM i think this sums up ur argument.. if found this quote
"Makes sense considering Pedroia led the league in RBIs, oh wait he didn't? Hmm, how about batting average? Nope, not that either... How about press coverage, we have a winner!"