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2013 NL MVP Poll

 BBWAA

Name	Points
Andrew McCutchen	409
Paul Goldschmidt	242
Yadier Molina	219
Matt Carpenter	194
Freddie Freeman	154
Joey Votto	149
Clayton Kershaw	146
Hanley Ramirez	58
Carlos Gomez	43
Jay Bruce	30
Craig Kimbrel	27
Shin Soo Choo	23
Jayson Werth	20
Andrelton Simmons	14
Yasiel Puig	10
Hunter Pence	7
Troy Tulowitzki	5
Allen Craig	4
Adrian Gonzalez	4
Buster Posey	3
Adam Wainwright	3
Michael Cuddyer	3
Matt Holliday	2
Russell Martin	1

Felz Poll

Name	Points
Andrew McCutchen	19
Paul Goldschmidt	13
Matt Carpenter	7
Gary Carter	4
Hanley Ramirez	4
Joey Votto	4
Jay Bruce	2
Michael Cuddyer	2
Freddie Freeman	1
Buster Posey	1

2013 AL MVP Poll

 BBWAA

Name	Points
Miguel Cabrera	385
Mike Trout	282
Chris Davis	232
Josh Donaldson	222
Robinson Cano	150
Evan Longoria	103
Dustin Pedroia	99
Adrian Beltre	99
Manny Machado	57
David Ortiz	47
Jason Kipnis	31
Max Scherzer	25
Adam Jones	9
Edwin Encarnacion	7
Greg Holland	3
Carlos Santana	3
Coco Crisp	3
Jacoby Ellsbury	3
Torii Hunter	2
Hisashi Iwakuma	2
Koji Uehara	2
Yu Darvish	1
Felix Hernandez	1
Salvador Perez	1
Shane Victorino	1

 Felz Poll

Name	Points
Miguel Cabrera	24
Chris Davis	10
Mike Trout	6
Gary Carter	4
Josh Donalson	4
Adrian Beltre	3
Robinson Cano	2
Adam Jones	2
Adam Longoria	2
Alfonso Soriano	1
Koji Uehara	1

I think ARod is lying.

Not because I analyzed his body language, but because I analyzed his language language.

2013 NL Cy Young

 BBWAA

Name	Points
Clayton Kershaw	207
Adam Wainwright	86
Jose Fernandez	62
Craig Kimbrel	39
Matt Harvey	39
Cliff Lee	32
Jordan Zimmerman	21
Zack Greinke	18
Madison Bumgarner	3
Francisco Liriano	3

 Felz Poll

Name	Points
Clayton Kershaw	20
Adam Wainwright	11
Gary Carter	4
Jordan Zimmerman	4
Jose Fernandez	3
Francisco Liriano	2
Zack Greinke	1
Craig Kimbrel	1
Kyle Lohse	1

2013 AL Cy Young

Not much interest in my poll this year, including respondents who didn't bother to figure out which league the players are in, but here you go.

 BBWAA

Name	Points
Max Scherzer	203
Yu Darvish	93
Hisashi Iwakuma	73
Anibal Sanchez	46
Chris Sale	44
Bartolo Colon	25
Koji Uehara	10
Felix Hernandez	6
Matt Moore	4
Greg Holland	4
James Shields	2

 Felz Poll

Name	Points
Max Scherzer	24
Bartolo Colon	9
Yu Darvish	6
Gary Carter	4
Felix Hernandez	3
Anibal Sanchez	3
Adam Wainwright	3
Zack Greinke	2
C.J Wilson	2
Phil Hughes	1
Hisashi Iwakuma	1
Cliff Lee	1
Mariano Rivera	1

Describing Bill Madden as a hypocrite is an insult to hypocrites.

"But if he doesn’t get Granderson, where might Alderson go for the bats he needs? I say he should think Biogenesis.

After all, Alderson has never seemed to have a problem with drug-tainted players, going all the way back to his days in Oakland when, whether he knew it or not, the Bash Brothers, Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire, were alleged to have been shooting up steroids in the bathroom stalls of the A’s clubhouse.

...

There is one other added advantage in signing Cruz or Peralta. Both of them have demonstrated they know how to beat a drug test."

Not that a clown like Bill Madden ever sought noble goals such as "journalistic integrity" or "consistent principles," but the next time the name "Alex Rodriguez" is moving up his throat, he should choke on it.

I know nothing.

I would have bet the ranch on Farrell.

Mount Rushmore of Heroes

Mike Lupica can't think of anything interesting to write about the Yankees or baseball.

If you don't believe me, ask Mike Lupica:

"There was a time, and it wasn’t so terribly long ago, when you got the idea that you could lead a paper like ours with Yankee news in or out of season, like they were the big game in town no matter what else was happening in football or basketball. But those days are long gone, starting with the way pro football has gotten as big as it has over the past several years, because of the Giants winning two Super Bowls that stand with any dramatic World Series the Yankees have ever won.

There is more to it than that, you know there is. Rex Ryan got to town and was an immediate game-changer for the Jets until things went sideways for them. There is this arms race between the Knicks and Nets now in New York, the teams and their owners apparently as obsessed with beating each other as they are with beating the Heat or the Bulls or the Pacers in the Eastern Conference.

You even wonder what happens to the whole dynamic of the baseball summer if ’14 is the year when the Mets make another run at the playoffs.

(What, a guy can’t dream?)"

I think the problem is that you are unskilled at your profession.

Worse, you are whining about it in public.



"If you’re a Yankee fan, and you’ve been watching the way teams like the Cardinals and San Francisco Giants and now the Red Sox win the World Series, are you really willing to pay Robinson Cano whatever he wants?"


Of course not.

I also didn't pay much attention to the World Series because that has little to do with my analysis.

I did pay attention to the 2013 Yankees ... I know that's boring torture for you ... being your job and everything.

Listen to what you're saying, part two.

MLB is accused of singling out ARod and putting emotion ahead of prudent, blind justice. Rob Manfred responds by emotionally singling out ARod.

Manfred also inadvertently accuses MLB of either ignorance or injustice:

"Mr. Rodriguez's use of PEDs was longer and more pervasive than any other player, and when this process is complete, the facts will prove it is Mr. Rodriguez and his representatives who have engaged in ongoing, gross misconduct."

Either:

1) MLB knows of a lot of other players who took PEDs and evaded punishment.

2) MLB has no idea how many other players took PEDs.

Scenario #2 is more likely.

But if that is the case, then Manfred shouldn't proclaim with certainty that ARod took more PEDs than Sosa, Dykstra, Canseco, Bonds, and ... most likely ... some AA muck-a-luck catcher who never batted above .250.

Listen to what you're saying, part one.

Jon Lester defends David Ortiz against Colin Cowherd's accusations:

"You couldn't be more wrong," Lester said about Ortiz. "You really haven't seen the power numbers spike up. He's really just become a more complete hitter. It's not like he's all of a sudden hitting 50 homers and driving in 140. He's done it the right way for a long time."

Right.

It's not like he's hitting 50 HRs and driving in 140 ... like the first time he used PEDs.