Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Making Stuff Up
Sunday night, ESPN graced all Cubs and Cardinal fans with three hours of decent baseball, and three hours of non-sense from Joe. As part of a discussion of MVP candidates Derrek Lee and Albert Pujoles, Joe mentioned that players from teams that win divisions / pennants tend to win MVPs over players on teams that lose.
Joe cited Ernie Banks, stating that Banks won two MVP awards on "last place teams."
Patently false.
Banks won MVPs in 1958 and 1959. The Cubs finished tied for fifth in each of those years. This is just more Ernie Banks trashing on Joe's part to go part and parcel with the "Banks Boulevard" crap from a few weeks back. I don't know if Joe has a problem with Ernie Banks, the Cubs in general, or, just a blatant disregard for facts.
My bet is all three.
For what it's worth, the first MVP on a last place team was Andre Dawson in 1987. Why Joe didn't pick on Dawson is beyond me. Unless, Joe's just afraid Dawson will beat him to a pulp on the Cooperstown stage the year Dawson gets enshrined.
Joe cited Ernie Banks, stating that Banks won two MVP awards on "last place teams."
Patently false.
Banks won MVPs in 1958 and 1959. The Cubs finished tied for fifth in each of those years. This is just more Ernie Banks trashing on Joe's part to go part and parcel with the "Banks Boulevard" crap from a few weeks back. I don't know if Joe has a problem with Ernie Banks, the Cubs in general, or, just a blatant disregard for facts.
My bet is all three.
For what it's worth, the first MVP on a last place team was Andre Dawson in 1987. Why Joe didn't pick on Dawson is beyond me. Unless, Joe's just afraid Dawson will beat him to a pulp on the Cooperstown stage the year Dawson gets enshrined.
Comments:
Yeah, like Joe's showing up for Dawson's induction. He's already got a soccer game penciled in for that day.
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