By definition, of course, the award is exclusive. It's the Most Valuable Player. There can be no sharing of a superlative, no splitting of ballots, no compromising of loyalties. Conceivably, two men could win. But you can only vote for one.
So who's it going to be in 2008?
Kevin Youkilis or Dustin Pedroia?This year, beyond the city limits, the decision obviously grows in complexity, wrote the Boston Globe. Come Tuesday at 2 p.m., when the American League MVP is announced, the list of those receiving votes will be considerable. The unofficial frontrunners are Twins first baseman Justin Morneau, Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez, and White Sox outfielder Carlos Quentin (who could receive ample support despite a season-ending injury suffered with roughly a m
onth left in the season), and two Red Sox players: first baseman Youkilis and second baseman Pedroia. Each is as worthy of the honor as any other candidate, yet only one man could be placed atop each ballot when votes were cast immediately after the regular season, before the start of the playoffs. Two of the 28 AL ballots were cast from Boston — each of the 14 AL cities gets two votes, distributed to members of the media who regularly cover the corresponding team — and even then, choosing between Youkilis and Pedroia was impossibly difficult.
After all, if Bostonians and New Englanders cannot agree on which player is the MVP of the 2008 Red Sox, how can they possibly agree on which is the MVP of the American League?
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Source: Boston.com
By definition, of course, the award is exclusive. It's the Most Valuable Player. There can be no sharing of a superlative, no splitting of ballots, no compromising of loyalties. Conceivably, two men could win. But you can only vote for one.
So who's it going to be in 2008?
Kevin Youkilis or Dustin Pedroia?This year, beyond the city limits, the decision obviously grows in complexity, wrote the Boston Globe. Come Tuesday at 2 p.m., when the American League MVP is announced, the list of those receiving votes will be considerable. The unofficial frontrunners are Twins first baseman Justin Morneau, Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez, and White Sox outfielder Carlos Quentin (who could receive ample support despite a season-ending injury suffered with roughly a m
onth left in the season), and two Red Sox players: first baseman Youkilis and second baseman Pedroia. Each is as worthy of the honor as any other candidate, yet only one man could be placed atop each ballot when votes were cast immediately after the regular season, before the start of the playoffs. Two of the 28 AL ballots were cast from Boston — each of the 14 AL cities gets two votes, distributed to members of the media who regularly cover the corresponding team — and even then, choosing between Youkilis and Pedroia was impossibly difficult.
After all, if Bostonians and New Englanders cannot agree on which player is the MVP of the 2008 Red Sox, how can they possibly agree on which is the MVP of the American League?
Relate: loan ,cash ,money
Source: Boston.com