Original sentence: Ryan Howard was named the NL MVP, to become only the third player in major-league history (along with Cal Ripken and Ichiro Suzuki) to be named Rookie of the Year and MVP in consecutive seasons
Edited sentence: For some reason, these players were not leaders until somebody us told them they should lead.Ryan Howard was named the NL MVP, to become only the second player in major-league history (Cal Ripken was the other) to be named Rookie of the Year and MVP in consecutive seasons.Which kind of defeats the purpose of a leader