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I'm sick of their opinionated garbage.

Last season, they were belittling Justin Morneau, calling his selection as MVP 'utterly ridiculous'.

This is what they had to say about Delmon Young:

He was listed second on the remaining ballots to total 132 points. Delmon Young finished in second place with three first-place votes and 56 points total. Eight of the 28 voters declined to place him on the ballots. We hope that was because he was a below average regular all year long and not because of his late-season attitude issues. Claiming the remaining first-place vote was Brian Bannister, who finished third with 36 points. Also receiving votes were Daisuke Matsuzaka (12 points), Reggie Willits (11), Hideki Okajima (3), Josh Fields (1) and Joakim Soria (1).

The fourth sentence just floors me. A 'below average regular'? The man hit almost .290 with nearly 95 runs driven in while leading all major league rookies in hits. He hit 30 doubles for good measure. No, he didn't hit for expected power but scouts agree power is the last tool that develops (see Alexis Rios).

Just incredibly poor yellow sports journalism....

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I'm sick of their opinionated garbage.

Last season, they were belittling Justin Morneau, calling his selection as MVP 'utterly ridiculous'.

This is what they had to say about Delmon Young:

He was listed second on the remaining ballots to total 132 points. Delmon Young finished in second place with three first-place votes and 56 points total. Eight of the 28 voters declined to place him on the ballots. We hope that was because he was a below average regular all year long and not because of his late-season attitude issues. Claiming the remaining first-place vote was Brian Bannister, who finished third with 36 points. Also receiving votes were Daisuke Matsuzaka (12 points), Reggie Willits (11), Hideki Okajima (3), Josh Fields (1) and Joakim Soria (1).

The fourth sentence just floors me. A 'below average regular'? The man hit almost .290 with nearly 95 runs driven in while leading all major league rookies in hits. He hit 30 doubles for good measure. No, he didn't hit for expected power but scouts agree power is the last tool that develops (see Alexis Rios).

Just incredibly poor yellow sports journalism....

:mad:

Well, considering Bannister get a vote and Guthrie didn't, I'll throw all sports journalist - baseball writers at least - under the bus.

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I'm sick of their opinionated garbage.

Last season, they were belittling Justin Morneau, calling his selection as MVP 'utterly ridiculous'.

This is what they had to say about Delmon Young:

He was listed second on the remaining ballots to total 132 points. Delmon Young finished in second place with three first-place votes and 56 points total. Eight of the 28 voters declined to place him on the ballots. We hope that was because he was a below average regular all year long and not because of his late-season attitude issues. Claiming the remaining first-place vote was Brian Bannister, who finished third with 36 points. Also receiving votes were Daisuke Matsuzaka (12 points), Reggie Willits (11), Hideki Okajima (3), Josh Fields (1) and Joakim Soria (1).

The fourth sentence just floors me. A 'below average regular'? The man hit almost .290 with nearly 95 runs driven in while leading all major league rookies in hits. He hit 30 doubles for good measure. No, he didn't hit for expected power but scouts agree power is the last tool that develops (see Alexis Rios).

Just incredibly poor yellow sports journalism....

:mad:

His numbers are in the bottom half (maybe near the bottom) of MLB right-fielders, so yeah, I guess that would make him a below-average regular. He had a dreadful .316 OBP and slugged around .400. Granted, he's young, but his 2007 season fell a little short of what Jay Gibbons usually produced.

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