Johnny Damon the Real World Series MVP?
November 4, 2009 by Stephen Kersey
Filed under Baseball
After the New York Yankees won the 2009 World Series title, Hideki Matsui was named the World Series MVP. While Matsui had a great Game 6 and hit extremely well, I actually think Johnny Damon should have been named the World Series MVP.
The problem with Matsui winning the MVP is that he is the team’s DH and didn’t have much of a role in the three games played in Philadelphia. How can a player be an MVP of a six-game series in which he only started three games?
Damon, on the other hand, was a pain in Philadelphia’s side the whole series. When history looks back on the 2009 World Series, the play that will be remembered is Damon’s double steal in Game 4. Without that play, it could be the Phillies who are celebrating.
What didn’t help Damon’s cause is that he was forced to leave Game 6 due to a calf strain. Without Damon out of the lineup and Matsui having one of the best World Series outings of all time, the voting was obviously effected. Where the voters wrong?
I think so.
Should Johnny Damon have been the World Series MVP? (Image: Zuma Press)
