As the stretch run of the 2009 baseball season approaches, it’s time to look at the National League MVP candidates. A lot of players are having great seasons this season — especially in the NL.
Here are our top four MVP candidates in the National League for the 2009 season:
1. Albert Pujols, St. Louis Cardinals
Is there any question who is at the top of the heap? Pujols has been great all season. Currently he’s hitting .324 with 36 homers, 85 runs and 97 RBIs. If he keeps it up, the NL MVP should be his.
2. Hanley Ramirez, Florida Marlins
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With the baseball just underway, here are my predictions for who will take home the 2009 baseball awards. While there are a lot of close calls for each award, this is how it see it shaping up.
Here are the KnuckleCurve 2009 MLB awards predictions:
American League Rookie of the Year
Matt Wieters, Baltimore Orioles
American League Manager of the Year
Mike Scioscia, Los Angeles Angels
American League Cy Young
Francisco Liriano, Minnesota Twins
American League MVP
Kevin Youkilis, Boston Red Sox
National League Rookie of the Year
James McDonald, Los Angeles Dodgers
National League Manager of the Year
Bob Melvin, Arizona Diamondbacks
National League Cy Young
Tim Lincecum, San Francisco Giants
National League MVP
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By Guest Blogger, Timm Davis
Once again the geniuses in the marketing department Of Major League Baseball have done it again. Now you can try and bid your hard earned cash on – you guessed it bug spray.
Yes, your eye’s aren’t playing tricks on you. You can bid on the bug spray that was used when the Yankees were taking on Cleveland during the American League Playoffs. So if you were trying to find that ‘hard to find’ gift for the Yankees fan who has everything look no further. They have some other things that they’ll be auctioning – but …read more