A-Rod took home the AL MVP trophy yesterday, becoming the first player since Andre Dawson to do so from a losing team. What's most galling about this is not that Rodriguez didn't have a good year, I'm sure he did. However, the award is supposed to go to the player who is most valuable to his team. In order for this to carry any water, that team has to have been competative at some point in the season, which the Rangers never were. As Marc said yesterday, if Rodriguez hadn't played for the Rangers, they would have lost games 12-6 rather than 12-8. By the by, A-Rod is trying to get traded in order to play for a competitive team. Competitive tems, however, are having a hard time with his $25 million a year contract, because their money's already tied up in the things that make them competitive, like, for example, pitching.Is anybody surprised that the Raiders are the team currently on the hot seat regarding the designer steroid controversy? Wilbon's not. Plus, he's got some great stuff on how big a dick Bill Romonowski is.
I've got two, count 'em two, soccer links today. Norman Chad explains (as if it needed any explanation), why the MLS's playoff rules make the league, and the sport itself, a joke. If that doesn't fill your soccer hole, Freddie Adu, the 14 year old soccer phenom has just signed with the D.C. United. Yeah, that's right, you heard me. (There's some good, nutty stuff in here about how the MLS signs players to the league, and not individual teams.)
And finally, we all know that there's traffic on the Wilson Bridge, but find out what else is nearly lodging into the torsos of motorists.
Peace & Love,
Tony
