D. Lee

[veryzer]

<!--quoteo(post=64040:date=Sep 22 2009, 02:58 PM:name=jstraw)-->QUOTE (jstraw @ Sep 22 2009, 02:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=64035:date=Sep 22 2009, 02:30 PM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Sep 22 2009, 02:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=64023:date=Sep 22 2009, 01:26 PM:name=jstraw)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jstraw @ Sep 22 2009, 01:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I used to argue that MVP didn't mean simply "best." If you were the best...but on a loaded team...then your year may not have made a difference...and if you were the best but on a last place team...then it clearly made no difference. What was your VALUE? It should go to the player who's excellence made the most difference to his team.

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there have been many examples of the best player in the league not winning an mvp. most of the time (not all of the time) the mvp comes from a contending team, whether that player had the best year or not.
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That's as it should be...though I'm not confident that there are many examples where this occurred when there were incontrovertibly "better" players that did not win.
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trust me, there are lots. go find the list. ted williams won two triple crowns and didn't win an mvp either time. marty marion won an mvp one year and he was brutal.