Hanely Ramirez winning the Marlins MVP generated some controversy. Some of his teammates thought Jorge Cantu deserved the award. Ramirez posted superior OBA and slugging numbers while playing a more demanding defensive position. However, Cantu replaced Miguel Cabrera better than anyone expected, which is probably why his teammates feel he should get the nod.
Kelly Johnson tries to extend his hit streak to 20 games against the Phillies tonight. He’s batting .405 with 13 extra-base hits during the streak.
Chase Utley ended a streak of 27 games without a home run Sunday. The Phillies second baseman hit ten home runs in his first 27 games this season.
Even after suffering a sweep by the Padres over the weekend, the Nationals are still in second place in the first draft pick sweepstakes. Seattle is on an even worse run than Washington.
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If Bill Bavasi was still in charge in Seattle, Washington would essentially have the first pick anyway.
Kelly Johnson extending his hitting streak against the Phillies? No chance. He’ll go 0-for-5 with 3 strikeouts.
exactly…..he’ll be nice and cold for this next series, along with every other player on that team.
Just because the Phillies take care of their business and the Mets don’t is not a reason to blame the Braves for where the Mets are. The Phillies cash in with first and second and nobody out. The Phillies bullpen closes games. It’s not the Braves fault that this Mets team consistently does not get hte job done. We have to stop worrying about what other teams do and take control of our own games.
well said
Not to mention, the Phillies sweep of the Brewers is why the Mets still lead the WC race.
Some of you should think about that one while you are clammoring for every other team in baseball to help the Mets.
The Mets would be in a hell of a lot worse place right now if the Brewers had taken two of three from the Phillies…
nah, i’m with metsmad and chan ho. you know kelly johnson is going to come up short in a big spot somewhere along the line. also, gregor blanco and martin prado are going to look like little leaguers. oh, and mike gonzalez will look like mel rojas…for three days anyway.
then, when the nats come in, acta won’t even play the guys on their AAA (Washington) roster. Instead, he will go with players from their AA team.
LOVE Mex’s quote on Gonzalez…
“I feel like hitting a line drive at his head”.
Awesome.
3 games in the streak came against Philly last week.
One game his ‘hit’ was a routine ground ball to first that Howard booted. Scored an error, later in the game it was changed to a ‘hit’. Pretty bogus.
so ramirez shouldn’t be mvp b/c he’s superior in every way and cantu was better than expected?
Maybe Cantu has been more clutch. That’s just a guess as to why his own teammates would say Cantu has been the MVP.
The Marlins players would know best who is more clutch and valuable than fans, especially fans of other teams.
How come we havent heard any Brad Lidge for Cy Young chatter out of Philly? Unaware fans and front office I guess.
With Sabathia cooling and Lincecum pitching for a bad team you would think someone in Philly would have thought of the idea before me…
Many Phillies blogs have talked about it. Maybe it takes a while for ESPN to notice.
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