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From: radio@spuxll.UUCP (Rick Farina)
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Subject: Re: Dr. K, MVP, Cy Young!
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Date: Wed, 4-Sep-85 09:54:12 EDT
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>  "If Guerrero isn't the most valuable player in the league, it's fixed"
>  -- Enos Cabell
>  
>  "Guerrero definitely deserves the MVP" -- Dale Murphy

Well there you have it: out of more than 600 players in MLB, two
think Guerrero deserves the MVP. That's two votes for, 598+ unknown.
Sounds like a hands-down victory to me.

Why don't we just wait until the NL division winners are decided?
The MVP will come from one of those two teams anyway.

>  Well, it seems like when the fans from the east talk about the MVP,
>  all they have in mind is Gooden, Andujar, Hernandez, and other
>  Mets. They simply ignore a guy who single-handedly carried the
>  Dodgers to a seven-game lead (as of 8/31) from a five-game deficit;

Fans "from the east" have a right to bandy about the names of numerous Mets
and Cardinals for MVP honors -- the Eastern Division is quite simply 
vastly superior to the West this season. Both the Mets and Cardinals
have a good shot at winning 100 games; the Dodgers have merely
had to fend off the upstart Reds and the wounded Padres.
Even though the Dodgers have been getting fat all season off teams like 
the Giants, Braves, Reds, and Astros, they still aren't likely to 
win 100 games -- a national disgrace!

The fact is that Gooden will have many MVPs to his 
credit before his career is done, this season notwithstanding.
He is, afterall, only 20. On the other hand, Guerrero has toiled for
many seasons, and is arguably in his peak years. 
Besides, he had a great June.

Yes, I too would rather see Pedro get the MVP. It's only fair.

raf
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