Rivera will not win Cy Young or MVP-Joel Sherman, 9/1/06

• September 1, 2006, Joel Sherman, NY Post writes the following:

"Now consider that (Mariano) Rivera is doing this for an 11th straight year,

• and for an 11th straight year
• he will not win a Cy Young or MVP,

• though there is no doubt he is both the Cy Young and MVP of the last 11 years."...

A month before the voting, Sherman knew what would happen. Fascinating cesspool, the BBWAA. One might more accurately say "Bud Selig's BBWAA," as awards are extremely important to him. He knows winners are determined by the person who selects the voters. (A good lawyer similarly chooses jurors he favors). As has been documented, media members will hear from Selig or his stooges if they stray from a preferred version of events. Voters know he can hire some of them at MLB.com when they need a job. Well behaved ones find themselves appointed to various Hall of Fame committees. Selig has been quite outspoken promoting a certain pitcher for the Hall of Fame-someone not named Mariano. Not to worry kid--you're in. Verducci said so.

• A person goes into this line of work-baseball writing and BBWAA membership-knowing it's corrupt, sees the corruption, does nothing about it, and remains in the job. I call it white collar crime.

• Reference: "Someday, Yankees will have to Replace Irreplaceable Mo," by Joel Sherman, NY Post, 9/1/06

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