Outrageous

Yes, it's outrageous that Derek Jeter is robbed of his MVP award this year and Blogger chooses this afternoon to crash and burn.

Geez, even Twins fans will admit (Scott, fix your time codes) that Morneau wasn't even the best player on his own team.

RBIs man, RBIs. The morons who vote on these awards -- baseball men, all, I'm sure -- don't seem to make the mental leap that RBIs are a stat of opportunity; runners have to have to get on base ahead of them in order for them to get an RBI.

Morneau:
.321 Avg. (7th in AL)
.375 On-base percentage
.559 Slugging (6th)
.934 OPS (9th)
97 Runs scored
3 Stolen bases

Jeter:
.343 Avg. (2nd in AL)
.417 OBP (4th in AL), 42 points higher than Morneau.
.483 Slugging
.900 OPS
118 Runs scored (2nd in AL)
34 Stolen bases
A Gold Glove at Shortstop

I know this isn't a lifetime achievement award, but c'mon.

Oh, well, congratulations to Westminster BC's favorite son.