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The Sporting Blog (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

Today's Calls: Vince Young vs. Manning and Brees, Urban Meyer vs. Notre Dame, Joe Mauer vs. Albert Pujols, Miguel Cabrera vs. Ben Zobrist, Tennessee vs. Purdue, Chris Bosh vs. Summer 2010, Rex Ryan vs. Eric Mangini and More. The Opening Pitch: The NFL's most intriguing team is in last place in its division. The Titans started 0-6. Vince Young was named starting QB. The Titans are 4-0 since, including...

Zobrist Rocking The First Pitch

Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

Only a 8th place finish in the AL MVP voting for Ben Zobrist despite being the best positional player in the American League statistically (if you believe in WAR). Zobrist made huge leaps in his plate discipline this season, walking .88 times for every strikeout which is among the leaders in the Majors. Walks isn’t [...]

Zobrist Rocking The First Pitch

Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

Only a 8th place finish in the AL MVP voting for Ben Zobrist despite being the best positional player in the American League statistically (if you believe in WAR). Zobrist made huge leaps in his plate discipline this season, walking .88 times for every strikeout which is among the leaders in the Majors. Walks isn’t [...]

Zobrist Rocking The First Pitch

Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

Only a 8th place finish in the AL MVP voting for Ben Zobrist despite being the best positional player in the American League statistically (if you believe in WAR). Zobrist made huge leaps in his plate discipline this season, walking .88 times for every strikeout which is among the leaders in the Majors. Walks isn’t [...]

Where's the outrage?

Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

Where's the outrage? So many sportswriters got their panties in a bunch over Keith Law leaving Carpenter off his ballot, what about Ben Zobrist on the MVP ballot? I'm glad Joe Mauer won and would have voted for him, but Zobrist was clearly the second best position player in baseball this year, yet he was left off 17 ballots and his highest vote was 6th. The top three in AL MVP should have been Mauer,...

Joe Mauer Wins AL MVP While 17 Voters Forget Who Ben Zobrist Is

The Sporting Blog (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

Joe Mauer started his season on the DL and ended it as the American League Most Valuable Player . There really was no other choice, as Mauer got 27 of the 28 first-place votes. It seems one of the BWAA members must be related to Miguel Cabrera, as that's the only way you can make a case that Cabrera should get the other first-place vote. Mauer hit .365 with 94 runs, 96 RBI and a 1.031 OPS while playing...

BDD: No Respect for Zobrist

crashburnalley.com (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

At Baseball Daily Digest, I give some props to Ben Zobrist of the Tampa Bay Rays, who did not receive one vote higher than sixth place. Zobrist was just as good a hitter as Cabrera as evidenced by his .408 wOBA. He was a supremely good fielder at two positions (30.8 UZR/150 at second base; 40.2 [...]

Ben Zobrist 8th Most Valuable American Leaguer

Rays Index (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

Joe Mauer has been named the 2009 American League MVP. Ben Zobrist 8th place finish, was the highest ever for the Rays. Zobrist’s highest vote was a sixth-place vote. Evan Longoria finished 19th. Carlos Pena had the highest finish ever by the Rays in the AL MVP voting with 9th place finishes in 2007 and 2008. He also [...]

Teixeira and Jeter settle for 2nd, 3rd MVP

lenNY's Yankees - A Yankees Blog (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

Joe Mauer was just announced the MVP after receiving 27 of 28 first place votes. From there, it went: 2. Mark Teixeira 3. Derek Jeter 4. Miguel Cabrera 5. Kendry Morales 6. Kevin Youkilis 7. Jason Bay 8. Ben Zobrist 9. Ichiro Suzuki 10. Alex Rodriguez 14. Mariano Rivera 18. Robinson Cano 21. CC Sabathia This marks the second time in three years when a Twin took an MVP award away from Jeter (this year...

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Ben Zobrist Finishes 8th in AL MVP Voting

DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

Congrats to the much-deserving Joe Mauer . Miguel Cabrera received a first place vote, Ben Zobrist did not finish above sixth on any ballot. Zobrist: played meaningful defensive position, hit .297/.405/.543 with 27 home runs. Cabrera: plays first base, hit .324/.396/.547 with 34 home runs. Full results here . That's really all I care to write about this.

AL MVP: Zobrist About To Become Face In War Between Statheads And Sabermetric Defamation League

Rays Index (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

The AL MVP award will be announced today, which means Ben Zobrist is about to become the latest and maybe most controversial name in the fight between those that believe stats are the end-all, be-all and those that think Sabermetrics is synonymous with Satan. According to Wins Above Replacement (WAR), Zobrist was the most valuable player [...]

Gabe Kapler is Off the Bases like the Spiderman Logo

DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

by Jim Prisching - AP I know the Spiderman joke doesn't entirely make sense other than my insistence on saying Kapler plays the field like a spider on acid ... but his arms here seem to support my theory on Kapler's arachnid nature. View full size photo » As hopefully everyone knows, WAR does not account for baserunning. Stolen bases and caught stealing are included, but stuff like advancing...

What Can Be Learned From the AL MVP Voting?

Beyond the Boxscore (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

More photos » by Reinhold Matay - AP Browse more photos » On Monday afternoon, I fully expect Joe Mauer to win his first MVP award after finishing sixth in 2006 and fourth last year. Joe led the AL in batting average while hitting for respectable power (28 HRs) in only 138 games, most of which were as a catcher. He led the Twins into the postseason after they trailed by three games with...

AFL Championship GameThread: Phoenix Desert Dogs vs Peoria Javelinas.

Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

Phoenix Municipal Stadium home of the Phoenix Desert Dogs, who play the Peoria Javelinas at 2:35 pm EST (12:35 pm MST) Saturday in the Arizona Fall League Championship game. View full size photo » AFL Championship... • Top 5 Reasons You Should Still Watch The AFL Championship Game. - Federal Baseball "So you don't get to see the '09 No. 1 overall pick Stephen Strasburg pitch, you do...

An Interview with Tampa Bay Rays Director of Pro Scouting Matt Arnold

DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

More photos » by Gene J. Puskar - AP Arnold has ties to newly-acquired Rays reliever, Ramon Ramirez. Browse more photos » A few weeks ago, the Rays quietly (is there any other way the Rays announce things') announced a couple staff moves for the upcoming season. One of the moves that intrigued me was the promotion of Matt Arnold to the newly created position of Director of Pro Scouting....

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