Thursday, November 30, 2006
Grandpa's pissed
Albert Pujols is feeling pretty cranky today. In a story from the Associated Press:
The St. Louis Cardinals' slugger is upset he lost out to Philadelphia's Ryan Howard for the National League MVP award, saying Wednesday the honor should go to someone on a playoff team.
"I see it this way: Someone who doesn't take his team to the playoffs doesn't deserve to win the MVP," Pujols said in Spanish at a news conference organized by the Dominican Republic's sports ministry.
While he should have won the award, he would have been much better served pointing to his statistical advantages over Howard, not the miscast "the MVP should come from a playoff team" argument. Because, after all, the Phillies won more games than the Cardinals this year.
And it's also unfortunate that a guy who just won a World Series is spending his offseason moaning about individual awards. Tough life, I guess.
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