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It feels as if the Reds won MVP in both leagues.
Fourth time a player has won the MVP award after leaving the Reds (and each began their ML career with the Reds): Hank Sauer, Jim Konstanty, Frank Robinson & now Josh Hamilton.
Glad to see Hamilton win it.
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I wonder how many players have won the MVP while missing basically the entire month of September.
Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
Frank Thomas and Jeff Bagwell in 1994 for sureOriginally Posted by RedsManRick
Sauer had an oven mitt for a glove and couldn't get Walters or Mcketchnie to give him any rope, Konstanty... worst MVP pick of all time IMO
None? I thought Carlos Quentin might have won in '08 if his injury hadn't been, or hadn't been known to be, self-inflicted, but we'll never know now.
"Reality tells us there are no guarantees. Except that some day Jon Lester will be on that list of 100-game winners." - Peter Gammons
If you go to Baseball-Reference.com and check for the most comparable player in baseball history to Joey Votto, you will find that it is....Josh Hamilton. Check for the most comparable player to Josh Hamilton, you will find that it is Joey Votto.
"Hey...Dad. Wanna Have A Catch?" Kevin Costner in "Field Of Dreams."
That's a whole other thread. Jackie Robinson should have been named NL MVP in 1952 rather than Sauer, and Konstanty was a poor pick in 1950, but there have been quite a few other terrible MVP selections. How did Marty Marion win the MVP instead of his teammate Stan Musial in 1944? How was Charlie Gehringer selected as MVP in 1937 instead of Joe DiMaggio? How was Maury Wills named the 1962 NL MVP instead of Willie Mays?
"Hey...Dad. Wanna Have A Catch?" Kevin Costner in "Field Of Dreams."
Couldn't be happier. Another uplifting chapter in one of baseball's greatest stories. I hope there are many more chapters to come.
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." -- Albert Einstein
Willie Hernandez in 1984 always seemed like a head scratcher to me.
How do we know he's not Mel Torme?
Congrats to Josh!!
"I tried to play golf, but I found out I wasn't very good." -Joey Votto on his offseason hobby search
An MLB.com reporter asked what one thing Votto couldn’t do. “I can’t skate or play hockey,” Votto said. “Well, I can skate ... but I can’t stop.”
Neat.
Go Gators!
Happy for Josh but hard not to be driven a little crazy playing the what if game.
Good for Josh Hamilton!
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