Comments on: NL MVP Dropoffs

By: zilla

zilla — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:03:04 +0000

i knew rollins didn’t even have that great of a season last year…but a WPA of just over 2 wins the MVP? god i hate sportswriters

By: Berkmaniac

Berkmaniac — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:23:47 +0000

I wonder how much of the dropoff is due to IBB or unintentional IBBs? Maybe after the player got more “press” teams started to pitch to him less in big situations.

By: big baby

big baby — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:49:01 +0000

When they gave Morneau the MVP, they were clearly pandering to the French-Canadians.

I’m glad somebody else noticed this.

By: Eric Seidman

Eric Seidman — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:25:11 +0000

I tried typing seven different responses to this, but deleted each one. I’m honestly speechless here. At this point I would prefer nobody respond to the above comment and focus more on the article’s content.

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:50:44 +0000

I only meant colored as a way to separate whites from non-whites. Of course Bonds deserved them all, but even after you remove Bonds, only 11 of the past 35 winners dating back to 1987 have been white whereas from 1960 to 1986, 31 of the 55 winners were white. It doesn’t take a degree in mathematics to spot the trend, and Rollins is only the latest manifestation of this. There was not one but four white position players far more deserving of the award than Rollins yet somehow he came out ahead of all of them. It’s a disturbing trend and one I never thought I’d see in our nation’s pastime.

By: Eric Seidman

Eric Seidman — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:14:08 +0000

Yes, I as well hope it was a joke. There have been some weird comments here lately and I’m hoping it stops.

By: Berkmaniac

Berkmaniac — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:08:52 +0000

I hope that post was a joke Jay. Bonds, based on his numbers, deserved every MVP, as did Pujols. I mean, your post has to be a joke. I am not a regular on here, so maybe I missed something….but “coloreds”…are you serious?

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:38:57 +0000

It’s called affirmative action and it’s sickening. The fact that no white American has won the award since 2000 is no coincidence. Compare this to pre-1990 when the award was evenly distributed between whites and coloreds and you’ll see.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:35:23 +0000

Erik – Sorry to get you fired up. It just bothers me when a player as undeserving as Rollins wins such a major award. Meanwhile someone like Pujols gets jobbed out his rightful awards due to PED users (Bonds) and one-trick ponies (Howard).

By: Eric Seidman

Eric Seidman — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:26:07 +0000

Well, duh. I’m not saying in any way, shape or form that Rollins is along the same lines as Pujols. Albert is going to be, at career’s end, one of the best of all time (if he isn’t already there). What I’m saying is that there shouldn’t be any “joke” because he should have won several awards by now. The fact that he hasn’t is a shame, but he should not be in the position where he and Rollins share the same number of awards…. which is exactly why I wrote the post last week that we should’t care who wins awards because we know they mean nothing towards the evaluation of a player.