WHY DEREK JETER LOST

"Earning just $385,000 in just his third season as a regular, Morneau was a relative bargain. Philadelphia's Ryan Howard, voted NL MVP on Monday, made $355,000."

• IT'S THE HATE, SCORN AND ENVY AGAIN. AND MAYBE SOMEONE WHO NEEDS A NATIONAL PLATFORM TO ENSURE AN INCOME, SAY MAYBE ESPN.COM OR THE LIKE. THIS IS HOW YOU ADVANCE YOUR CAREER IN THE BASEBALL PUBLICITY COMMUNITY (AND WITH BUD SELIG)--CONSTANTLY BEAT THE DRUM OF YANKEE PAYROLL ENVY--FORGET THE $100 million the Yankee fan gave to other teams in revenue sharing and luxury tax).

• This from David Lennon's article in today's Newsday (he's listed as a staff reporter). HE'S SAYING WHAT THEY ALL SAY, "NOTICE ME PLEASE, NOTICE ME!"

But, then he realizes he has nothing to say, wants the approval of the national scene, so brings up the payroll.

• THE RESULT WAS DECIDED BEFORE THE VOTES WERE CAST--BY ANOTHER VOTER YOU CAN'T KNOW ABOUT. WHO SELECTED THESE PARTICULAR VOTERS? ie. WHO "SELECTED" THE "JURY?" THE VOTERS ARE SUPPOSED TO ROTATE IN THEIR MARKETS, AND YOU'RE TELLING ME IN A MARKET AS BIG AS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT LITTLE MATT HURST GETS TO VOTE ON BACK TO BACK AL AWARDS? (Last year's Cy Young and this year's MVP). AND SEATTLE'S LARRY STONE IS A BITTER, BIASED INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS MONEY IN THE BANK FOR THE ANTI-YANKEE VOTE HE ULTIMATELY DID CAST.

As mentioned in a previous post, both Toronto Jury members went for the native Canadian (Morneau), so there go 2 of your 1st place votes automatically. You add Yankee haters Matt Hurst and Larry Stone, and the pre-arranged results start to add up. That's not even getting to some of the other laffers' ballots I saw. The fix was in, thanks to an apathetic Yankee fan base.

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