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BBA: AL MVP Picks

Found October 25, 2009 on SoDo Mojo:
PLAYERS: Joe Mauer,  Ben Zobrist,  Derek Jeter,  Evan Longoria
TEAMS: Minnesota Twins,  Tampa Bay Rays,  New York Yankees

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Once again, sorry for the lack of interesting content. All 3 of us are pretty busy right now, and for the time being there just isn’t anything interesting to cover. Anyway, My American League MVP picks for the Baseball Blogger’s Alliance are as follows: 1. Joe Mauer, MIN 2. Ben Zobrist, TB 3. Derek Jeter, NYY 4. Evan Longoria, TB 5. [...]
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