This is the best post-mortem I read, by somebody who would have voted for Bautista:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/cliff_corcoran/11/21/justin.verlander.al.mvp/index.html
From everything I read afterwards, the writers (non-voters, I guess) seemed perfectly okay with the Verlander pick, and were more bothered by Braun over Kemp.
― clemenza, Monday, 28 November 2011 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
been done
xp
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 28 November 2011 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
And? If you know of anything online, please point me to it...
― clemenza, Monday, 28 November 2011 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
at first I was mad about Braun v. Kemp but I didnt notice that Braun had good steal #s and the main difference between their numbers were 'protection' and defense which nobody gives a shit about.. if the dummies at the bbwaa want to use playoff participation as a tie breaker than so be it, I guess..
― mayor jingleberriez, Monday, 28 November 2011 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
wasn't close enough for a "tie"
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 13:01 (twelve years ago) link
I won't bother starting a new thread...This is sort of related: a handy guide to the question of "Who's the best player/pitcher in the game?" over the years:
(Player) http://highheatstats.blogspot.com/2011/12/baseball-behemoths-rolling-three-year.html
(Pitcher) http://highheatstats.blogspot.com/2011/12/baseball-behemoths-rolling-three-year_09.html
― clemenza, Saturday, 10 December 2011 00:48 (twelve years ago) link
I'm still interested in that question I posed a few posts back, about whether late-season success disproportionately correlates to winning pennants, and whether that should factor into an MVP vote. So I took a break from wild gossipy horserace politics and sent a "Hey Bill" out today (fourth from the top temporarily, before it disappears behind the firewall):
http://www.billjamesonline.com/hey_bill/
He doesn't really come down one way or the other--a little bit in my direction, but not much.
― clemenza, Friday, 30 December 2011 05:10 (twelve years ago) link