Heard on Red Sox radio play by play tonight

Joe C.: That Ryan Franklin hit 2 more home runs tonight, he's really getting way up there...he'll be getting a lot of consideration for NL MVP... Jerry T: Well, anybody would have to say Albert Pujols is up there for MVP... Joe C: Those Mets have got a couple of guys who could be in there for consideration, they've been doing so well... Jerry T: (catching his breath) Well, but in those situations, they'll cancel each other out for MVP ...(quickly, urgently) No, for that race, it's just going to be those 2, Pujols and Franklin.

• I've heard Jerry speak about awards before, he feels strongly he should be allowed to vote & that he's very objective. He's been quite emotional about them in the times I've heard him. Here, he automatically cuts out the idea of 2 players who might be equally qualified for MVP based only on the fact they're both on the same team, cuts off the discussion, stating emphatically he knows the finalists will be 2 other players.
• Question: How does Jerry know this? Isn't it a bit early to decide the finalists in a league in which there will be tight stretch runs? His full time job is broadcasting for an American League team. I realize he gets notes and summaries, but it would take a lot more than that to decide emphatically who the 2 MVP finalists would be in the National League.
• Unless Jerry has a video player on all the bus rides and plane flights he takes with the Red Sox and uses every spare minute watching video & listening to commentary for all 16 National League teams. Which I doubt.
• Jerry has just proven he'd be a capricious voter at best.
• Jerry is showing bias, and cuts off fair discussion with his partner who's as entitled to speak on the subject as he is.
• I don't know who should win at this point. I'm just relating that Jerry does, broadcasts it, without condition. It's nice MLB allows him free reign to announce awards which hold millions of dollars of potential revenue for a recipient and his team.

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