Tag: Justin Verlander

First pitcher in almost 20 years wins the MVP Award

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In the history of the Major League MVP Award, including when it was called the “League Awards” and the “Chalmers Award”, American League pitchers have only won the award 13 times before yesterday (National League pitchers can boast 10 MVP…

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No MVP for Jacoby

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I want to be happy for Justin Verlander.  If I’m being honest, my first reaction to the news that he won MVP was “They chose a pitcher!!!” with much joy behind it.  So I will say that, generally speaking, I’m…

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My Harshed Mellow

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Aviles at Fenway 2010 (Photo courtesy of Kelly O’Connor used with permission) I’ll be honest, as a woman, Mike Aviles makes my eyes happy.  And since, lately, I’ve been looking for things to be happy about instead of focusing on…

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Who’ll Stop the Rain?

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ESPN deserves a tremendous amount of thanks because, honestly, they pay to have exclusivity on Sunday night and aside from good publicity, I don’t imagine they get much out of allowing NESN to cover the game (they’re also allowing Detroit…

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