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...Geez, David Ortiz...
...look at Ortiz, who deserved the MVP even more than Delgado. In the last two months of the season, Ortiz hit 19 homers and drove in 47 RBI. He collected an astounding 16 game-winning hits for the Red Sox, which was in the middle of a heated race, first for the AL East and then for the wild card...
...there was no Barry Bonds or Albert Pujols this season. We’re left with A-Rod and Carlos Delgado, the two “statistical” MVPs, and a bunch of feel good, fuzzy stories—like David Ortiz, Jorge Posada and Shannon Stewart—who had nice seasons but who only garnered consideration because their teams...
...core is made up of players developed through their own system (Williams, Jeter, Posada, Rivera, and Pettitte) or acquired in shrewd trades (like the pitcher in the “twilight of his career”), the Red Sox are made up almost entirely of free agents, like Manny, Ortiz, Millar, and Walker, or players picked up in fire sales, like Pedro Martinez...
...have home field advantage and had the best at-home record in the Majors this season. They have two lefties starting against a Sox lineup that is filled with lefties (Johnny Damon, Ortiz, Todd Walker, Trot Nixon). Nixon will not be 100 percent throughout the series, regardless. Jason Varitek has a career average of under .235 against Oakland. Mueller hits much better against righties than lefties. Nomar has been terrible on the road this season...