Return Of The Penguin

Not that Penguin. What's it take to get the Penguin, Ron Cey, in the press during this World Series? A WSJ article on the cleanup spot, which strangely is not the place in the batting order that has generated the most WS MVPs: A guy who hits eighth is on the verge of becoming World Series MVP. Which, given the inscrutable history of the award, sounds about right. From No. 8-hitting Bobby Richardson in 1960 to (potentially) Mike Napoli this year, World Series MVPs have historically come from all over the batting order. Edgar Renteria won it last year with the Giants while predominantly hitting eighth. Scott Brosius—at the height of the Yankees' dynasty in 1998—won the MVP while hitting seventh and sixth. Granted, Napoli, the Texas Rangers' slugging catcher, is obviously not a typical bottom-third-of-the-order hitter. He hit 30 home runs this season and had a 1.046 OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage), best on the team among regulars. [...] Because anyone can get a...