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Originally Posted by penchief
That's not really true. Whether some people will admit it or not there is an anti-Yankee bias in much of the media. And there is a pro-Red Sox bias. Jeter got jobbed a few years back when Morneau won it. His numbers were far superior to Pedroia who won it last year for doing pretty much what Jeter does but not as well.
A couple of historical examples. Guidry's great season in '78 when he went 25-3 with a 1.79 ERA was the sole reason the yankees won the penant that year. If ever a pitcher was going to get MVP that would have been it. But they saw fit to give the MVP to Jim Rice. Not really a big deal. The MVP is for position players, right?
However, just a few years later when Clemens had a seaon nowhere near as dominating as Guidry's, he gets the MVP over Mattingly who has an unbelievable year. Mattingly's numbers were far superior to Rice's and Guidry's were far superior to Clemens' numbers.
Unless it's just so obvious the writers will give it somebody other than a Yankee any time it's close, IMO.
I'd feel pretty good about Greinke's chances if I were you. He deserves it.
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Different awards. MVP is a really, really subjective award and always has been. Cy Young has (or should have) no such subjectivity.