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We also find ourselves compelled to take this Pedroia-for-MVP ...

We are the jockeys; the jockeys are we.So a lot of people have been talking up the idea of Dustin Pedroia winning the MVP award lately: the Fenway crowd chanted it at him, Ozzie Guillen famously called him a "jockey," David Pinto used his success in the cleanup role as an excuse to post the video of Andy Kaufman performing the Mighty Mouse theme on Saturday Night Live, and even Rick Sutcliffe floated the possibility during the broadcast of Wednesday's Rays-Yankees game. On Sons of Sam Horn, they're comparing him to the likes of George Brett, Derek Jeter, Pete Rose, and vintage Nomar. He is hitting (ready for this?) .667/.667/1.222 when batting fourth in the lineup (sample size, etc.) He's leading all second basemen in Nerdy McNerderson stats like VORP and Wins Probability Added. He is awesome. The question, of course, is not whether or not he deserves the MVP award. He deserves to be considered as a serious candidate, for sure, along with Carlos Quentin, Justin Morneau, Josh Hamilton, ...
Originally from: http://thephoenix.com/blogs/soxblog/archive/2008/09/05/we-also-find-ourselves-compelled-to-take-this-pedroia-for-mvp-stuff-seriously.aspx

6.9.08 00:11, comment

Hotline After Dark -- Sitting, Waiting, Wishing

VP speculation continued last night. NBC's Allen talked with Sen. Lieberman: "You want me to answer that one? Well, I don't think -- I don't think I'm going to be asked. Mike Huckabee: "I can't imagine Joe Lieberman being on the ticket. And I think John McCain knows that while Republicans could accept Joe Lieberman as secretary of defense or secretary of state, that's fine. ... Republicans want to elect a Republican not only to be president, but to be in the position should something happen and be the next president" ("Hannity & Colmes," FNC, 8/20). New York Times' Herbert: "If he were to select Lieberman, I think that by them going and saying 'I'll only serve one term,' it mitigates the advantages of having Lieberman on the ticket. I mean on the one hand, you've got Lieberman there, which would be a move towards the center, trying to get these independent votes and some Democrats. And on the other hand, you have, 'I'm only going to serve one term,' which just highlights the age i...
Originally from: http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2008/08/hotline_after_d_435.html