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Title: Steinbrenner the crybaby
Post by: Sixpence on November 12, 2003, 09:25:56 AM

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1659479

I can't wait for a 34 year old who has played in the Japanes league for years to win rookie of the year. He was really pissed when he found out he couldn't fire all the writers.

Title: Steinbrenner the crybaby
Post by: Mighty1 on November 12, 2003, 10:27:10 AM

I can see why he was pissed.

He is considered a rookie by the rules set by the commissioner's office so he should have been on all of the ballots.

Would I consider him a rookie? No!

But if there are rules in place that say he is then the writers should have went along.

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The Baseball Writers' Association of America, which conducts the vote, said it abides by the eligibility rules set by the commissioner's office

Obviously not all of the writers do. Which makes this award a joke.

Title: Steinbrenner the crybaby
Post by: Sixpence on November 12, 2003, 10:32:49 AM

What he failed to mention was that the person who won was left off 28 ballots.

Title: Play the race card, George!
Post by: gofaster on November 12, 2003, 12:17:51 PM

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"One of the writers in question, Mr. Ballou, actually said, 'while he [Matsui] is technically a rookie by the rules of Major League Baseball, he is not a rookie in the spirit of the award.' Spirit of the award? The award was renamed by the Baseball Writers' Association to honor Jackie Robinson, its first recipient. Jackie Robinson came to the Major Leagues after playing in the Negro Leagues, a league whose high level of play is unquestioned.


"This year's voting farce, where the appropriate qualifications for the award were blatantly ignored, clearly demonstrates unfairness to first-year players from Japan. And that must be stopped."

One of the defenders argued that they'd awarded Rookie of The Year to other Japanese players.  Anybody know who? :confused:

Title: Steinbrenner the crybaby
Post by: FUNKED1 on November 12, 2003, 12:27:35 PM

The fact is that Berroa had a slightly better year at the plate (.789 OPS vs .788 OPS) and a much better year on the bases (21 SB vs 2 SB), and he plays a position where hitting is hard to find.  Matsui plays LF, where good hitters are a dime a dozen.  So Berroa's value over a league-average replacement SS is quite a bit higher than Matsui's value over a replacement LF.

BTW Berroa's salary is 1/20th of Matsui's.  Eat me Steinbrenner.  Yuck the Fankees.  :D