Archive for August, 2008

* Its about that time again. No, not just the time when football starts (Keep an eye out for my Week 1 Picks on Wednesday) but the time when “M-V-P…M-V-P” chants begin to rain down at MLB stadiums. This year the chants at Fenway are not for David Ortiz, but instead for the smallest of the Red Sox. And Dustin Pedroia deserves it.

The numbers don’t lie and neither does Sports Fan Paradise: Pedroia is the best candidate for the American League MVP award, and here are some of DP’s stats to prove it…

.327 - batting average, which leads the league.

185 - hits, the most in baseball.

106 - runs scored, the most in baseball.

17 - stolen bases. He has only been caught once.

.990 - Pedey’s fielding percentage. He has been filthy this season.

Nobody will even be able to make a good case for guys like Justin Morneau, K-Rod, or some schmuck on the Rays, especially considering the fact that DP is on pace for 200+ hits, 75 RBIs, 20 Stolen bases and a batting title.

And to think, we were all ready to give up on this guy 16 months ago and have Alex Cora play everyday.

* I also have strong feelings about the N.L. award. While Brandon Webb and Tim Lincecum have certainly turned in the best season-long pitching performances in the Senior Circuit, and deserve to compete for the Cy Young award, CC Sabathia gets my vote for MVP.

Think about it, when the Brewers aquired Sabathia in July they were a game behind St. Louis for the NL Wild Card. Today they sit 5.5 games up. If these guys make the playoffs I don’t see how CC doesn’t win the award. The “front runners” to win MVP are probably Chase Utley, Albert Pujols, Lance Berkman and Hanley Ramirez, but if the season ended today none of these guys would make the playoffs.

In his time with Milwaukee Sabathia has pitched in 11 games. His stats? 9 wins, 6 of them complete games, 85 strikeouts and a 1.43 ERA. Like I said, Webb and Lincecum each put an entire season together and deserves the Cy, but what CC has been more valuable to the Brewers in 2 months than most any other player has been all season.

* While we’re at it, why don’t we get out September 1st Baseball Award Predictions out of the way. I was 6 for 8 last year and going for the sweep.

A.L. MVP
Pedroia

N.L. MVP
Who should win: Sabathia
Who will win: Pujols

A.L Cy Young
Cliff Lee

N.L. Cy Young
Brandon Webb

A.L. Rookie of the Year
Evan Longoria

N.L. Rookie of the Year
Geovanny Soto

A.L. Manager of the Year
The Winner of the East
(If the Rays pull this off then Madden has to get it, but if the Sox can catch them, considering all the injures and the Manny bullshit, it has to go to Tito)

N.L. Manager of the Year
Lou Pinella

* And finally, a quick congrats to Vijay Singh who won at the Deutsche Bank Championship in Mansfield this weekend and has been carrying my fantasy golf team (2 Girls, 1 Couples) for the last month.

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I have been a Democrat my entire life. I am pro choice, pro taxes, and pro gay people. But it seems that John McCain is pro coug, and you know what? Thats something I can get behind.

I’ll take Sarah Palin over Joe Biden any day.

(You guys understand that McCain is like 85 and will die in 2 years. If he wins then this babe will be our President by 2010.)

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Apparently Beirut is not outside of the spectrum of things that the New York Yankees lose at

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No.

Sadly, it turned out not to be.

I told myself when I concluded the eHarmony experiment that I would no longer write about my personal life on the blog, but sometimes a guy has to vent. So bear with me.

The crazy thing is that I actually had known this one for years, since high school even. We didn’t get close until I began college though, and it wasn’t until my junior year that we finally, you know, did the deed. From that day forward our relationship was sort of tumultuous, lots of highs and lows. Our issues were partially my fault, giving way too much slack and being way too forgiving. The problem was, when things were good they were really good, and there was nobody better to be with.

It wasn’t until a couple weeks ago that things finally ended for good. They had to. As much as I didn’t want the relationship to cease (there will surely be an huge empty void in my life), I know that this finally had to happen. It wasn’t fair to Terry Francona or the other 24 guys in that clubhouse who don’t have the kind of ego that Manny has and played hard every night.

So yeah, when I see Manny hitting .450 for the Dodgers and saying that he loves the fans there I feel like he is personally slapping me in the face. Like an ex-girlfriend who gets a boob job the day you break up, I can’t help but get jealous. But you know what? We’re better off.

Manny said that Boston didn’t deserve him. Apparently $25 mil a year didn’t do it for him. Apparently the fact that 95% of the fans supported him and cheered for him no matter what bullshit he pulled. You know what? Manny didn’t deserve us. So as much as I don’t want to enter September with Drew/Lowell/Youk/Bay batting cleanup for us, I’d rather do it this way.

I just hope that we win the breakup.

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Tomorrow and Saturday is the WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio Telethon. This is the only time all year that the Big O removes his head from Bill Belichick’s ass and does something good.

You can call the hotline to donate or follow this link.

Even if you only donate $20, you’ll feel good about yourself, trust me. If you get a chance in your car this weekend turn on 850 and listen to some of the stories. The Sox are the only pro sports organization with such deep ties to a charity…this thing goes back to Ted Williams. I know we’re all broke and there is tons of shit wrong in the world, but these donations help give a kid with cancer a shot at life. They are able to raise $3 million in 2 days every year because thousands of poor sports fans throw in a few bucks, so pound a 12er of Natty before you go to the bar and use the extra money to do a good deed.

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White castle cheese burgers, hormel chili, velveeta, and tater tots. What UP

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