Once again, Dallas Morning News "baseball writer" Evan Grant has helped mess up an MVP ballot. You may remember Grant as the Einstein who left Dustin Pedroia off the 2008 MVP ballot entirely. This year, he decided to put Jacoby Ellsbury in the fifth spot on a ten-vote ballot for MVP, contributing to the centerfielder's second-place shortfall. But Grant didn't select Justin Verlander as his first choice—oh, no. Michael Young got his first place vote. Are you kidding me? Moreover, Miguel Cabrera and Curtis Granderson were higher on Grant's ballot than Ellsbury. Does anyone police this voting process? Grant is completely incapable of making a rational assessment of these issues. Shameful.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Dallas 'Sportswriter' Does It Again
Once again, Dallas Morning News "baseball writer" Evan Grant has helped mess up an MVP ballot. You may remember Grant as the Einstein who left Dustin Pedroia off the 2008 MVP ballot entirely. This year, he decided to put Jacoby Ellsbury in the fifth spot on a ten-vote ballot for MVP, contributing to the centerfielder's second-place shortfall. But Grant didn't select Justin Verlander as his first choice—oh, no. Michael Young got his first place vote. Are you kidding me? Moreover, Miguel Cabrera and Curtis Granderson were higher on Grant's ballot than Ellsbury. Does anyone police this voting process? Grant is completely incapable of making a rational assessment of these issues. Shameful.