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The Real All-Star Lineups
American League
Early NL MVP Candidates: Edition 2
(Yes, I know I did not do an edition one, but we’ll just pretend I did)
1. Albert Pujols, 1B, Cardinals
Who Else? Pujols has already one a pair of Cy Young, he has 349 homeruns at age 29, he’s the greatest hitter ever etc. I’ll go ahead and outline Pujols accomplishments for 2009 anyway. As we approach the all-star break, Pujols leads the NL in, homeruns (30), runs (61), rbi’s (77), on-base percentage (.453), slugging percentage (.743), total bases (197), and on-base+slugging percentage (1.197). Pujols is not far behind David Wright in batting average. MVP in pocket? Triple Crown?
2. Raul Ibanez, LF, Phillies
The Phillies were ridiculed for signing Ibanez to replace Pat Burrell, creating a L-L-L, 3-4-5 part of their lineup. Don’t look now, but Ibanez is third to Pujols in HR’s (22), second in .SLG (.656), third in .OPS (1.027), and total bases (164), fourth in RBI (59), and sixth in runs (15). Ibanez has never come close to winning an MVP award, and won’t this year because of Pujols, but he is one of the top three hitters in the NL.
3. Adrian Gonzalez, 1B, Padres
The only good offensive player in the San Diego lineup, Gonzalez is second in homeruns (24), leads in walks (63), is fifth in OPS (1.002), ninth in total bases (154), and ranks in top ten in many other categories. If only A-Gone had some offensive help, (like people getting on base in front of him), he’d rack up extraordinary numbers.
- Joke Of The Day: Jeff Francoeur’s ultimate sandwich!
It starts with French bread, because he’s frenchy, then swiss cheese because its full of holes, just like his swing, don;t forget the bacon, sausage, ham, because somehow, he’s the meat of the Braves’ order. No vegetables, because if he ate his, he wouldn’t be flirting with the Mendoza line.
- Welcome to the Golden Sombrero Club Jason Bay
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What’s A DH?/AL .OPS Teams
- What was a DH?
Originally, a DH was just an opportunity to put an extra hitter in the lineup, an attempt to pull the AL out of a era of great pitchers. The popular notion was that fans preferred high-scoring games over low scoring games, and that having higher-scoring games would entice more fans to attend games. In short, it was just another way to make money.
- What is a DH?
The DH spot is now a spot to stick overweight multimillionaires who have no idea how to play the field, (see Ortiz, David) . These players earn a comfy salary for tearing the cover off the ball every 2-3 innings, (or not tearing the cover off the ball, see Ortiz, David), while their teammates stand out in the field for 9 innings doing most of the work. The DH has done what is was supposed to have done!!! Now get rid of it!!!!!!
Early AL MVP Candidates