How can the voters vote for anyone else. He was clearly the best player in the AL this year. Is it just writers hating on the Yankees?
2007-11-19 11:12:38 · 16 answers · asked by KEVIN 3 in Sports ➔ Baseball
HE ONLY MISSED TWO FIRST PLACE VOTES.....
NOT BAD.
2007-11-19 11:16:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
he's still a P U S S Y!
I wished he would have signed somewhere else and jinx their post season. I thought MVPs have to perform when it matters, like during the Post Season.
Since he only plays 2/3 of the season, why is he worth $28 Million a year???
2007-11-19 20:18:35 · answer #2 · answered by Tomo718 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The 2 voters who gave Mags the #1 vote were from Detroit.
Tom Gage has been covering The Tigers for at least 30 years.
2007-11-19 19:23:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Does it really matter that he didnt get ALL the first place votes. Does it take away the fact that he won it. NO. Who cares, the guys that voted for mag were in Det. and they saw him play all the time that probley swayed their vote.
2007-11-19 19:36:08 · answer #4 · answered by sirknightrob 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's anti-Yankee bias, just hometown voting. Both of those are Detroit-based writers (from the Oakland Press and Detroit News). It's a case of them going with the guy they saw play most all season, and who obviously carried their local team:
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071119&content_id=2304106&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
2007-11-19 19:17:33 · answer #5 · answered by Craig S 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
well, frankly i wasn't paying attention to him cuz i'm pretty tired of a rod talk.. especially when it's playing everyday
but i do agree that he's a great player
writers just don't like a rod as a person i think..
cuz he's kinda. well.. i'll let u figure that out
2007-11-20 01:27:27 · answer #6 · answered by ♥ mimi ♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are correct it was HOME TOWN biased voting,,,, both the Non 1st place votes came from a couple of Detroit HOMERS who are passing themselfs off as Writers... so they voted for Magglio Ordonez....Yea i really dont think he even came close as far as numbers go..
2007-11-19 19:38:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well, he lost by 2 votes made by two michigan writers, for Magglio Ordonez (Detroit). Rodriguez was clearly the best player, but those Michigan people- I tell you what. =]
hope that helped.
2007-11-19 19:17:58 · answer #8 · answered by frenchbeanie 2 · 5⤊ 2⤋
because the 2 votes were writers from michigan.there were dumb writer not voteing for home rod
2007-11-19 21:20:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because A R O D still gets paid less than Clemens, per inning.
2007-11-19 20:42:24 · answer #10 · answered by jasonpickles 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Who cares he won the MVP award now quit crying like a little b***h
2007-11-19 19:49:44 · answer #11 · answered by Eaglesfan19 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋