Dustin Pedroia wins AL MVP

by Randy Booth on Nov 18, 2008 2:08 PM EST in News

It's official: Dustin Pedroia is the the 2008 American League MVP!

Just call him Mr. November. Or better yet, refer to Dustin Pedroia as the Most Valuable Player of the American League.

The second baseman of the Boston Red Sox continued his rapid burst into the national spotlight on Tuesday, when he was recognized with that impressive honor.

Though most pundits expected the race for MVP to be agonizingly close, Pedroia won in comfortable fashion, outdistancing a solid field that included, among others, Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis, Twins first baseman Justin Morneau, Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton and Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez.

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This is the happiest day of my life ... I swear.

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Whoo!

by soxaholic on Nov 18, 2008 2:12 PM EST 0 recs

Whoo! is right.

OverTheMonster.com

by Randy Booth on Nov 18, 2008 2:17 PM EST up 0 recs

Damnit!

I was just about to post the news. I’ve been scooped!

"You know you're having a bad day when the fifth inning rolls around and they drag the warning track." - Mike Flanagan, Baltimore Orioles pitcher, 1992.

by SoxDevil on Nov 18, 2008 9:08 PM EST up 0 recs

So happy

Obviously it was well deserved. I think he got lucky in that no power hitters (like A-Rod, Hamilton, etc) finished with very impressive seasons.

Dustin had a spectacular year, and hopefully there will be many more like it to come. Also, congrats to Youk for finishing third- i didn’t think he’d be that high.

by Schulz on Nov 18, 2008 2:24 PM EST 0 recs

P.s.

time to go read the infuriated comments on the other blogs. Those are always entertaining :)

by Schulz on Nov 18, 2008 2:26 PM EST up 0 recs

Maybe I’m nitpicking the BBWAA at this point, but looking at the votes, somebody didn’t even have Pedroia on the ballot. There are 28 voters and he has 16 first, 6 second, 4 third, and 1 fourth. Weird.

by BTLove on Nov 18, 2008 2:25 PM EST 0 recs

Congrats to Dusty

I think the end of season awards are stupid. As long as the choice isn’t embarrassingly bad (like K-Rod), I’m OK with it. I found this article interesting:

I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.

by Drugs Delaney on Nov 18, 2008 2:26 PM EST 0 recs

Congrat to Destroia!

BUT, Theo you could’ve locked up this guy for much cheaper price last off season, Now You/We have to SHOW HIM THE MONEY!!!

The only Red Sox fan in a country where nobody cares about basball!

by radiohix on Nov 18, 2008 2:53 PM EST 0 recs

Happiest day of your life?

The days of Game 4 in the 2004 World Series and the 2007 World Series pale in comparison? :)

"Are you a real doctor, or a doctor like Dr. Pepper is a doctor?"

by Allen Chace on Nov 18, 2008 2:58 PM EST 0 recs

OK, so maybe I have multiple “happiest day(s) of my life”

OverTheMonster.com

by Randy Booth on Nov 18, 2008 3:03 PM EST up 0 recs

A Good Year For MVPs

First, Albert….and now Dusty – Great!

Two worthy MVPs and good guys, too!

by ccthemovieman on Nov 18, 2008 3:06 PM EST 0 recs

Happy day indeed

Dusty is a very nice player, and I’m happy to see Youk finishing 3rd as well. Between him, Morneau, Quentin and K-Rod, I’d take Dusty everyday and twice on sunday.

Mother---- him and John Wayne!

by MerryGoByeBye on Nov 18, 2008 3:49 PM EST 0 recs

Happier than when

they won the Series in 04? You have to be joking. Right?

by Blez on Nov 18, 2008 3:57 PM EST 0 recs

I am joking, of course. I tend to exaggerate on the spot … but I am extremely happy.

OverTheMonster.com

by Randy Booth on Nov 18, 2008 4:02 PM EST up 0 recs

Woo-hoo!!!

Congrats to Dustin!

by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 18, 2008 4:58 PM EST 0 recs

Wow, im shocked. I really thought mornaeu was going to steal it. This is a really nice light to the end of the season. To have pedroia win rookie of the year last year, and this year win a gold glove AND MVP. Very nice.

by spinz on Nov 18, 2008 5:45 PM EST 0 recs

Lets not forget

He also took home the Silver Slugger. A grand offseason for Dusty.

After hearing all year about second basemen like Uggla and Utley, its refreshing to see that one stood out more then those and received the recognition he deserves.

Grats to Pedroia the Destroyah for a well played year! Lets hope for many more to come!

by Charged on Nov 18, 2008 11:25 PM EST up 0 recs

Hells YEAH!

Clutch: A measurement of how much better or worse a player does in high leverage situations than he would have done in a context neutral environment. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/glossary/

by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Nov 18, 2008 6:02 PM EST 0 recs

Wow.

It’s nice to know that sometimes, everything works out. The Sox made it further than I expected in October, Pedroia was loaded up with Hardware, and Youk also got some recognition.

Now all that needs to happen is for the global economy to right itself.

"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.

by 0157H7 on Nov 18, 2008 6:02 PM EST 0 recs

MVP! MVP! MVP! you know it!

everyone was so high on hamilton throughout the year, but our boy showed em what it takes to win. Dust-TRoia was rock solid. i got an email that say the mlb shop will be giving 30% off your order all day tomorrow (11/19) in support of recent MVP winners..gonna get my DP gear.

by 71_soxfan on Nov 18, 2008 6:15 PM EST 0 recs

Yay!

Now they just need to make a Dustin Pedroia Fathead! Good for Dusty, he will be my image now and forever. And ever.

Well, I'll appreciate for you to keep my zingers outta your mouth!

by BoSox415 on Nov 18, 2008 6:36 PM EST 0 recs

A few tidbits

Pedroia is the 5th second baseman in Major League history to have 200 hits, 50 doubles, 100 runs and 15 homers in the same season. He joins Charlie Gehringer (1936), Craig Biggio (‘98), Jose Vidro (2000) and Alfonso Soriano (’02).

That’s pretty good company.

What the hell happened to Vidro?

"You know you're having a bad day when the fifth inning rolls around and they drag the warning track." - Mike Flanagan, Baltimore Orioles pitcher, 1992.

by SoxDevil on Nov 18, 2008 10:04 PM EST 0 recs

SPECULATION!

…steroid testing?

"Are you a real doctor, or a doctor like Dr. Pepper is a doctor?"

by Allen Chace on Nov 19, 2008 2:12 AM EST up 0 recs

Injuries.

A bucketfull of them.

"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.

by 0157H7 on Nov 19, 2008 10:57 AM EST up 0 recs

My favorite is when MLB.com tried claiming that K-Rod was the favorite, and then he finished 6th, thank goodness not even the BBWAA are collectively THAT dumb (although there was the one voter who was dumb enough to consider him number 1)

by Realistic on Nov 19, 2008 9:08 AM EST 0 recs