Jump to content
SportsWrath

Plax 4 Prez

Members
  • Posts

    4,708
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by Plax 4 Prez

  1. I honestly don't see a reason we wouldn't bring Carney back for at least one more year. He was consistant and he did make some good kicks over 35 yards. Coughlin just likes to go for it more in those situations for some reason.

  2. Yes, I know you've been gone but this topic has been gone over a couple of times. Basically the Saints hold all the cards here and they would be retarded to sign him prior to the start of free agency. Just be happy with the extra 2nd and 5th, I am!

    Yeah I'm sorry if this had been posted before, I should probably find that thread so I can read up on it. It kind of irks me cause I thought all Vilma had to do was complete atleast 75% of the snaps. I didn't know there was any other clause in that. Thanks though, bro.

  3. Nice to see someone is able to put their heart aside and reason with their head. :) Aside from that Manny statement. ;)

     

    Frankly, my answer was not purely based on my love for the Phillies or Ryan Howard, but more on the statement made about how stats get you the MVP award. Hate him or not, Ryan Howard leads BOTH leagues with his numbers. What good does an impressive batting average do if you don't have the things that count like RBI's and HR? Sure Howard spent alot (too much,IMO) of time striking out and not being the producer he is supposed to be. All you Delgado fans know he spent his share of time on the non productive side. :ph34:

    And that's what I'm trying to say to everyone. Delgado had too horrible of a first half of the season to get the MVP. He honestly doesn't deserve to even be considered in the conversation as far as I'm concerned. To me it's only up to Sabathia and Pujols, and Pujols gets my vote.

  4. Since you put this in the Mets forum, I assume you only want biased responses. But I will give you my opinion anyway:

     

    1. Pujols- by a country mile

     

    2. CC Sabathia

     

    3. Adrian Gonzalez

     

    3. Carlos Delgado (tie)

    By far I agree with the Pujols or Sabathia, but Delgado? For that matter what about Ryan Howard or Lance Berkman? I hate both of them, but they both have been as important to thier clubs as Delgado. Delgado is batting .267 with 35 homers, Howard's batting .244 and 44 homers, and Berkman's batting .321 with 28 homers. I love Delgado as much as every other Met fan, but he is not going to get it.

    Lets not forget Manny, either. :ph34r:

  5. So is it coincidence that Carlos has played better since Willie was fired? I understand that Delgado was one of his guys, well maybe not, I don't think he liked Willie. I didn't either.

    I don't know, but back to back games with 2 home runs is making me feel pretty damn good ;)

  6. Other then the anti-New York Bias there is no reason why he shouldn't be....

    To ESPN he's top 3.

     

    Also in this column:* Zambrano needs to zip it* Betancourt overtakes Jeter* A Drew-for-Burrell swap?* More news and notes

    For the first time in 52 years and only the third time in baseball history, both league MVPs may play the same position in the same city.

    Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez has a hammerlock on his third American League MVP award. Let's face facts: This is one race that's already over. A-Rod probably would have to finish the season 0-for-100 (or thereabouts) to not win it.

    Meanwhile, Mets third baseman David Wright is quickly gaining steam in a wide-open NL derby, thanks to go-ahead homers in back-to-back games to put the Queens team back in a commanding position in the playoff picture -- not to mention fine across-the-board numbers, a superb all-around game and a leadership role on the NL's best team. If the vote were held today, he'd get my support in a narrow call over Brewers slugger Prince Fielder and Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins -- though, of course, a lot can still happen.

    Anyway, it's surely no stretch to think Rodriguez and Wright could repeat the same-city, same-position MVP feat previously accomplished only by Yogi Berra and Roy Campanella twice in the 1950s. Berra and Campanella, catchers for the Yankees and Dodgers, both won MVPs in 1951 and '55.

    It's often imprudent to call an MVP race in early September, but while the Tigers' Magglio Ordonez and the Mariners' Ichiro are having superb seasons in the AL, there's no realistic reason to think someone other than A-Rod could or should win the award. He has 45 homers and on Monday notched his 130th RBI (the same as Mickey Mantle in his Triple Crown season of 1956). Plus, he has been terrific in the clutch and in the field in a season where the pressure of his contractual situation and last year's oft-dissected failures increased his burden.

    Meanwhile, playing across town without the same microscope (not to mention anything approaching the same sort of fanfare), Wright has worked his way toward the top of a very crowded field by playing an exemplary all-around game (he's now hitting .320 with 26 homers, 91 RBIs, 94 runs and 30 stolen bases) and by heating up as things got hotter. Wright went from .244 at the end of April to .271 by the end of May, then kept going up, month by month, to .288, .300 and .319 through August.

    While a few VORP devotees and other statistical mavens may support Hanley Ramirez, in my estimation Wright's main competition should come from the Brewers' Fielder and Ryan Braun, the Phillies' Rollins and Chase Utley, the Rockies' Matt Holliday, the Dodgers' Russell Martin and Wright's teammate Jose Reyes. But as of today, of all those players, only Wright and Reyes would be in the playoffs, something else that could put Wright over the top.

×
×
  • Create New...