Joey Votto finishes 22nd in NL MVP Voting!

Congratulations, Jo-eh! Oh, and congrats to Albert Pujols too, for winning the award unanimously...or whatever.

Yay, Joey!

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YOU DA MAN JO-EH

Im surprised he didn’t get any points for his chiseled features and the ability to grow such a full beard over the coarse of a couple innings.

by Excalib8 on Nov 24, 2009 2:41 PM EST reply actions

you're right

but he still needs to get past that anti-Canadian bias ;)

by Red_Poodle on Nov 24, 2009 7:31 PM EST up reply actions

Jeremy Affeldt snuck onto the board somehow

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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Nov 24, 2009 3:10 PM EST reply actions

is... is he good?

by GrooveLeg on Nov 24, 2009 3:47 PM EST up reply actions

wow, he had a way better season than Danny Ray

and even Arthur Rhodes

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by Cy Schourek on Nov 24, 2009 4:53 PM EST up reply actions

thats just plain sad

even for the BBWAA

I love that not even he knew that he scored and he continued to try to put it in - Evilducks

by sharks on Nov 24, 2009 5:52 PM EST up reply actions

why is it sad?

Ryan Howard (2008) is the only player to finish in the top 3 in voting in the last 7 years while receiving a 10th place vote – he finished 2nd. The 10th place votes mean nothing. Why not give it to some random dude?

Definitely a good argument.

by Slyde on Nov 24, 2009 6:04 PM EST up reply actions

not the end of the world or anything

but if you’re deemed a professional worthy of a vote and given the task of voting for the 10 most valuable players in the national league, it’s my opinion that you should pick the ten most deserving candidates, not the guys you like. not really all that big a deal really, but it’s the integrity of it in my mind.

I love that not even he knew that he scored and he continued to try to put it in - Evilducks

by sharks on Nov 24, 2009 6:34 PM EST up reply actions

there's always one or two

Back in 2006, there was a bit of a brouhaha when Joe Cowley, the White Sox beat writer, gave Jeter a sixth place vote. One person had him 4th, everyone else had him first or second.

When asked why he voted that way, he said it was because Jeter wasn’t clutch. He also said he thought people were too concerned with numbers…but admitted that he didn’t watch much baseball that year, and didn’t know what kind of year Jeter had.

A couple of years before that, he had been suspended from voting because he “wasn’t taking it seriously” and had “embarrassed the BBWAA” with his picks.

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by BubbaFan on Nov 24, 2009 7:10 PM EST up reply actions

how the fuck does a beat writer "not watch much baseball"?

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by justin007000 on Nov 25, 2009 12:44 AM EST up reply actions

He probably meant

not much baseball aside from his own team.

Someone asked him how often he watched the Yankees that year, and he replied, “How often did they play the White Sox?” (Answer: 6 times)

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by BubbaFan on Nov 25, 2009 2:12 AM EST up reply actions

I just want to find a reason not to like Puljols

anything, steroids, serial killer, doesn’t squeeze his toothpaste from the bottom, anything. He is too fuckin good and I want a reason to not like him other than he has ruined my hopes and dreams.

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by justin007000 on Nov 24, 2009 4:41 PM EST reply actions