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• Fornelli said November 22, 2006

  I don't know if he's an idiot. He probably just hates Derek Jeter, something a lot of people probably feel. He's actually one of the better beat writers I've come across as he covered the White Sox this season for the Sun-Times.

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• SimonOnSports said November 22, 2006

  Eh, he voted for AJ including the logic of he was part of the deal which brought the Twins Nathan, Bonser and Liriano.
  He didn't vote for Mauer.
  He voted for Arod.
  
  All three things are pretty stupid.

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• Fornelli said November 22, 2006

  Until MLB gives guidelines on the voting to the voters, they should all be allowed to vote however they want. If he want's to put AJ on there cuz they're friends, let em.

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• whitejordan32 said November 22, 2006

  let him vote for who he wants to. what was so amazing about jeters year. morneau had a great bating average for a slugger and jeters ba was only a little bit bigger. its just the new york hype machimes that get you believing jeter was an mvp candidate. jeters numbers weren't spectatular. if you look at the stats without knowing who's stats are better without looking at the name of the player, morneau is a better choice. don't let the news articles on espn fool you. all they talk about is the yankees and red sox. the yanks dd Nothing against the tigers,and talk about the red sox, who didn't even make the playoffs and occasionally the white sox because of ozzie acting like a dumbass. think for yourself!

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• SimonOnSports said November 22, 2006

  And the Twins were just as spectacular in the playoffs right? I they do anything but look at the HR and RBI stats. Apparently those are the only two that are valid in baseball. How about batting average with RISP and average with RISP and two outs? Those are the most important statistics in baseball. Jeter was .380 and .370 in those categories.
  
  And the complaint wasn't that he voted Morneau first, it was how stupid the rest of his ballot was. He put Arod on the ballot. Who was top 2 in AL third baseman in errors, GIDP, and Ks. Those are super stats, MVP worthy.

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• ProspectGuy said November 23, 2006

  All of these awards are flawed. Jeter had a much better case for the MVP this year than he did the gold glove, yet he won the latter, which in all honesty, he didn't deserve.
  
  I think if you have a vote, you should be allowed to use it however you see fit. However, all votes should be made public so that those with them are held accountable. I don't mind that Cowley used his vote on Pierzynski. I'm just glad he's getting heat for his stupidity.

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