NL MVP, Who gets your vote?

[rib217]

There is so much more to Baseball than HR and RBI's. Pujols basically dominates Howard in most other categories as has been shown in post after post of numbers. Howard Obviously has hit the HR's and RBI's....what else does he beat Pujols in. And what is Pujols beating Howard in? Pujols is the MVP!!!

[RynMan]

Look at VORP in the 2nd half, and VORP down the current stretch...and then hail King Howard.

If the season started after the All Star break, then I would.

Howard's WOI rating dominates Pujols's though, before and after the all-star break. His 6.2 CE Wins can't be ignored either.

Edge goes to Pujols in FKR, EQ, and KTG though. Don't bring that noise to me!!

Neither of you fools adjusted for EFC frequencies. Once you do that, Pujols is the clear favourite.

[Geek]

There is so much more to Baseball than HR and RBI's. Pujols basically dominates Howard in most other categories as has been shown in post after post of numbers. Howard Obviously has hit the HR's and RBI's....what else does he beat Pujols in. And what is Pujols beating Howard in? Pujols is the MVP!!!

Pujols has the edge in batting average and runs scored, and Howard has the edge in HR and RBI.

But Howard's gonna win it this year. 60+ and 150+ just is too much to be denied.

[TheYanks04]

There is so much more to Baseball than HR and RBI's. Pujols basically dominates Howard in most other categories as has been shown in post after post of numbers. Howard Obviously has hit the HR's and RBI's....what else does he beat Pujols in. And what is Pujols beating Howard in? Pujols is the MVP!!!

Pujols has the edge in batting average and runs scored, and Howard has the edge in HR and RBI.

But Howard's gonna win it this year. 60+ and 150+ just is too much to be denied.

I agree. If Howard posts 61+ homers with the rest of his numbers he will beat out Pujols at this point imo. Being the first "clean" player to break Maris' record along with the rest of his numbers will just be too much for most writers to bypass. The many Bonds apologists here a(along with whatever few Sosa and Mcwire apologists exist) can spout their obfuscating arguments all they want, but the entire world knows they were/are cheaters.

[mweir145]

There is so much more to Baseball than HR and RBI's. Pujols basically dominates Howard in most other categories as has been shown in post after post of numbers. Howard Obviously has hit the HR's and RBI's....what else does he beat Pujols in. And what is Pujols beating Howard in? Pujols is the MVP!!!

Pujols has the edge in batting average and runs scored, and Howard has the edge in HR and RBI.

But Howard's gonna win it this year. 60+ and 150+ just is too much to be denied.

I agree. If Howard posts 61+ homers with the rest of his numbers he will beat out Pujols at this point imo. Being the first "clean" player to break Maris' record along with the rest of his numbers will just be too much for most writers to bypass. The many Bonds apologists here a(along with whatever few Sosa and Mcwire apologists exist) can spout their obfuscating arguments all they want, but the entire world knows they were/are cheaters.

You can't be a cheater if you never broke the rules. Also, none of those guys ever failed a drug test, much the same as Howard (although I'm not sure why anybody would straight out just assume he's clean, there is undetectable stuff out there as well as HGH, which is the new substance of choice in baseball according to Jason Grimsley).


As for who should win MVP...Pujols should, but Howard will.

[ukrneal]

There is so much more to Baseball than HR and RBI's. Pujols basically dominates Howard in most other categories as has been shown in post after post of numbers. Howard Obviously has hit the HR's and RBI's....what else does he beat Pujols in. And what is Pujols beating Howard in? Pujols is the MVP!!!

Pujols has the edge in batting average and runs scored, and Howard has the edge in HR and RBI.

But Howard's gonna win it this year. 60+ and 150+ just is too much to be denied.

I agree. If Howard posts 61+ homers with the rest of his numbers he will beat out Pujols at this point imo. Being the first "clean" player to break Maris' record along with the rest of his numbers will just be too much for most writers to bypass. The many Bonds apologists here a(along with whatever few Sosa and Mcwire apologists exist) can spout their obfuscating arguments all they want, but the entire world knows they were/are cheaters.

You can't be a cheater if you never broke the rules. Also, none of those guys ever failed a drug test, much the same as Howard (although I'm not sure why anybody would straight out just assume he's clean, there is undetectable stuff out there as well as HGH, which is the new substance of choice in baseball according to Jason Grimsley).


As for who should win MVP...Pujols should, but Howard will.

Actually, that is not quite true. You can not break the rules and cheat. "Cheaters violate the spirit and/or the letter of the rules of competition." You wouldn't agree?

[mweir145]

There is so much more to Baseball than HR and RBI's. Pujols basically dominates Howard in most other categories as has been shown in post after post of numbers. Howard Obviously has hit the HR's and RBI's....what else does he beat Pujols in. And what is Pujols beating Howard in? Pujols is the MVP!!!

Pujols has the edge in batting average and runs scored, and Howard has the edge in HR and RBI.

But Howard's gonna win it this year. 60+ and 150+ just is too much to be denied.

I agree. If Howard posts 61+ homers with the rest of his numbers he will beat out Pujols at this point imo. Being the first "clean" player to break Maris' record along with the rest of his numbers will just be too much for most writers to bypass. The many Bonds apologists here a(along with whatever few Sosa and Mcwire apologists exist) can spout their obfuscating arguments all they want, but the entire world knows they were/are cheaters.

You can't be a cheater if you never broke the rules. Also, none of those guys ever failed a drug test, much the same as Howard (although I'm not sure why anybody would straight out just assume he's clean, there is undetectable stuff out there as well as HGH, which is the new substance of choice in baseball according to Jason Grimsley).


As for who should win MVP...Pujols should, but Howard will.

Actually, that is not quite true. You can not break the rules and cheat. "Cheaters violate the spirit and/or the letter of the rules of competition." You wouldn't agree?

Are we talking about the same sport here? The same sport that Jose Canseco once wrote 85% of major league players were taking steroids at one point in the mid 90s? The same sport where owners and the league knew full well about the massive steroid use but chose not to do anything about it? Where was this spirit of the competition you're talking about among these guys?

[The Miner Part 2]

pujols' glove dominates howards btw.

[bigh0rt]

There is so much more to Baseball than HR and RBI's. Pujols basically dominates Howard in most other categories as has been shown in post after post of numbers. Howard Obviously has hit the HR's and RBI's....what else does he beat Pujols in. And what is Pujols beating Howard in? Pujols is the MVP!!!

Pujols has the edge in batting average and runs scored, and Howard has the edge in HR and RBI.

But Howard's gonna win it this year. 60+ and 150+ just is too much to be denied.

I agree. If Howard posts 61+ homers with the rest of his numbers he will beat out Pujols at this point imo. Being the first "clean" player to break Maris' record along with the rest of his numbers will just be too much for most writers to bypass. The many Bonds apologists here a(along with whatever few Sosa and Mcwire apologists exist) can spout their obfuscating arguments all they want, but the entire world knows they were/are cheaters.

If we're crucifying Mac, Sosa, etc. why are we assuming Howard is clean again? Just trying to follow the train of logic here. I would say, "Are only Bonds, Mac, and Sosa capable of taking steroids and hitting a ton of HRs?" but you've already thrown guys like Todd Helton under the bus too, so it doesn't really apply...

I'm just curious why you assume one party is guilty, while the other is innocent, without much question.