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Let’s face it. Statistically, A-Rod blows Ortiz out of the water. A-Rod hit 47 homers. Ortiz hit 31. A-Rod had 124 runs and 118 RBIs. Ortiz had 79 runs and 101 RBIs. A-Rod had a .396 OBP and stole 17 bases to boot. Ortiz had a .369 OBP, and the Cookie Monster stole a whopping zero bases...
...While Ortiz spent the majority of the year playing DH, the least valuable position in baseball, Rodriguez plays the hardest position in baseball better than any other American Leaguer. To put up monster numbers and be the best shortstop makes A-Rod the clear...
...most valuable player to his Texas team? Without a doubt. No one comes close to matching his game-to-game production. But A-Rod can’t stop the opposition from hitting balls out of the park against his team. Was David Ortiz the most valuable player on the Red Sox? Honestly, I have no idea...
Wait—it has to be Manny. He hit 37 homers—six more than Ortiz. He had 104 runs and 117 RBIs, again, both significantly better than Ortiz. His OBP was .427, leagues above his poor-fielding Red Sox counterpart...
Hell, it could have been Trot Nixon or Mike Timlin! If Ortiz isn’t even the MVP of his team, how can be the MVP of the league...