From: niepornt@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (David Marc Nieporent)
Subject: Re: Eck Wins MVP in Horrible Voting
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Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 18:48:40 GMT

In article <BxzrFM.9tJ@cs.dal.ca> niguma@ug.cs.dal.ca (Gordon Niguma) writes:

>  Well I still don't like him and I don't see much evidence to think that 
>he deserves it, but Dennis Eckersley wins the MVP. Congratulations are given
>grudgingly.

I don't think Eckersley, who had a good year, deserved either the MVP
*or* Cy Young, but we'll let that pass; at least he had a good year, and
it's unclear (to me) how to weight his performance, anyway.

But the *rest* of the voting was the most pathetic thing I have ever
seen.  Forget drug testing Steve Howe, forget suspending Pete Rose.
Replace them with the mediots.

>  Anyways, who are these idiots that were voting anyways? I'll leave Eck alone
>because he had a good year; I won't dispute that. But Joe Carter third?
>  What kind of idiot can believe that Joe Carter had more to do with the
>Jays success than Roberto Alomar? Really? I saw both play around 130-140 games
>this year and there's no way Joe Carter can beat Alomar in overall
>effectiveness. Joe came in third while Alomar came fifth or sixth.
>  Can anyone justify picking Carter over Alomar with things that can shown to
>be true? How can a .309 OBP justify Carter? A .900 SLG? Perhaps but Joe
>clicked in at only .498.
>  Some people in the voting picked Joe Carter first (he had 3 or 4 first
>place votes). These people should be banished and sent to Colarado, who are
>planning their dynasty with names like Jerald Clark and Charlie Hayes.
>  Ban the mediots!

How anyone could pick Joe Carter over Olerud,Alomar,Winfield,Henke,Cone,
Guzman, or Ward is a better question.  Okay, to be fair, he was more
deserving than Cone, at least for AL MVP.

But the *rest*?

MIKE DEVEREAUX FINISHED AHEAD OF FRANK THOMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rickey Henderson got *no* votes, while GEORGE BELL got some?
Jack Morris finished ahead of Roger Clemens!!!!!
Rickey Henderson got no votes?
Shane Mack got no votes.
Rickey Henderson got no votes!!!!!!!
Edgar Martinez came in behind Cecil Fielder!
Brady Anderson came in behind Mike Devereaux.
Juan Gonzalez got more votes than Ken Griffey.
Jack McDowell got more votes than Mike Mussina.
John Olerud got *no* votes; MIKE BORDICK got some.
Albert Belle got more votes than Lou Whitaker.
Mickey Tettleton didn't get any votes; Pat Listach did.
If Eckersley can win, where was Duane Ward in the voting?

ARGGHH!

Well, enough of this.  I could go on and on and on and on and on and on
and on about the voting, but I have work to do.

Mediot is too kind a word.  Moron would be closer, but that would be
insulting to morons.  These people don't have brains that large.  Maybe
more of the size of dead frogs.  Bowls of Jello?

ARRRRRRGGGGGGGH!

At least they didn't vote for Carney Lansford.
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