Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site utastro.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!mordor!ut-sally!utastro!jeff From: jeff@utastro.UUCP (Jeff Brown the Scumbag) Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: RE: AL MVP, and other stuff Message-ID: <743@utastro.UUCP> Date: Sat, 21-Sep-85 14:30:59 EDT Article-I.D.: utastro.743 Posted: Sat Sep 21 14:30:59 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 25-Sep-85 08:03:02 EDT References: <268@mb2c.UUCP> Organization: U. Texas, Astronomy, Austin, TX Lines: 38 [..] The MVP debate rages on, and I suspect that of the two leading NL candidates on the net (Guerrero & McGee) the winner will be the one on the team which makes it to the playoffs. If both the Cards and Dodgers make it, then odds go to Big Pedro simply because L.A. is a bigger media town, which means a lot in this kind of ballot. (What? Baseball? What do the facts have to do with sort kind of thing? :-) In the AL the question is more difficult since the Blue Jays lack a central personality (they do things as a unit). If the Royals make it to the playoffs I suppose Brett will win the MVP by default, simply because the unwritten rule exists that the MVP has to be on a playoff team (which hurts Mattingly's chances, and without prejudice I think things look grim for the Yanks right now). I would like to open quietly the issue of Comeback Players of the Year (because it gives something for us fans of second-division teams to be partisan about). In the NL there is really no one competitive with the Pirates' Rick Rhoden. In the AL my bias leads me to choose Seattle's Gorman Thomas. If anyone cares enough I'd like to see this one kicked around a little. Also, who are the Rookies of the Year (is Coleman a rookie? I can't remember... if so, he's a lock)? And will Rose (groan) win Manager of the Year? NBC seemed to think so this afternoon.... Jeff Brown the Scumbag {allegra,ihnp4}!{noao,ut-sally}!utastro!jeff jeff@astro.UTEXAS.EDU Astronomy Department, U. of Texas, Austin --- At the beginning of the year I had this twisted dream of a Mets versus Seattle World Series, where late in the seventh game a crucial situation came up where Thomas Gorman was pitching to Gorman Thomas......