Joe Mauer almost unanimous as AL MVP

Joe Mauer became only the second catcher in 33 years to win the American League Most Valuable Player Award, finishing first in a near-unanimous vote Monday. The Minnesota Twins star received 27 of 28 first-place votes and 387 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

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Fair choice

They don’t get within a few light years of Detroit without him.

You can't fix stupid. Stupid is forever.

by sluggo 2.0 on Nov 23, 2009 2:44 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

hooray!

Some Day, Matt Wieters Will Make The Cooperstown Crowd Laugh By Talking About The Time He Batted Behind Melvin Mora And Luke Scott. -Keith Law via Matt Wieters Facts

by Stacey on Nov 23, 2009 2:57 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Hoooold on

I’m thrilled with the result, but who’s the dingus that gave their first place vote to Miguel Cabrera? When I saw that Mauer missed unanimity by one vote, I assumed it was Jeter or Teixeira that got the other one…

Then again, it’s pretty funny that the MFY got no first place votes. Little victories.

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by Brotz13 on Nov 23, 2009 3:17 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Some dude from Seattle. He sounded Japaneese.

by VB O's Guy on Nov 23, 2009 3:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Keizo Konishi of Kyodo News, a member of the Seattle chapter

From espn.com

by VB O's Guy on Nov 23, 2009 3:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Teixeira finished ahead of the Captain

is what i said then and is what i’m sayin now.

who said what i’m sayin? i said what i’m sayin.

who said what he sayin? he said what he sayin.

who said what happened? i said what happened.

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by thewaywardO on Nov 23, 2009 3:44 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

That also makes sense

A 1Bman who can actually play 1st without pulling or tearing or rupturing something everytime he tries to bend over.

Haven’t seen that in the Bronx in a while.

You can't fix stupid. Stupid is forever.

by sluggo 2.0 on Nov 23, 2009 4:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I’m happy as long as long as Douchiera doesn’t win.

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by birdman on Nov 23, 2009 3:50 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Go Joe!

I always love it when guys play for their hometown teams. Makes me all fuzzy inside.

"He's a gazelle." -Adam Jones on Nolan Reimold.

by LenaO on Nov 23, 2009 5:40 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Wow

they got MVP and Cy Young both right? In the same year? Bravo.

by daveh873 on Nov 23, 2009 5:44 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Zack Greinke plays for the Royals, dude

Some Day, Matt Wieters Will Make The Cooperstown Crowd Laugh By Talking About The Time He Batted Behind Melvin Mora And Luke Scott. -Keith Law via Matt Wieters Facts

by Stacey on Nov 23, 2009 5:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I think

he meant they picked the correct person for the award.
Though I interpreted it the same way you did the first time I read it as well.

"He's a gazelle." -Adam Jones on Nolan Reimold.

by LenaO on Nov 23, 2009 5:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

yep

Sorry. Guess I should have said “correct” instead of “right”. Or perhaps that that they got both the Cy Young and MVP right. My bad.

by daveh873 on Nov 23, 2009 6:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

ahahahah no it was my bad

I imagined a comma, as in “They got them both in the same year, right?”

Some Day, Matt Wieters Will Make The Cooperstown Crowd Laugh By Talking About The Time He Batted Behind Melvin Mora And Luke Scott. -Keith Law via Matt Wieters Facts

by Stacey on Nov 23, 2009 9:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs