AL MVP?

[Oscar Gamble]

Since the All-Star Game:

PLAYER HR RBI OBP SLG AVG Josh Hamilton 8 20 .371 .544 .280 Justin Morneau 5 31 .373 .458 .242 Carlos Quentin 13 27 .458 .730 .330

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[BYH]

I'd like to see Quentin win it, just so Kenny Williams, favored target of the Moneyball crowd, looks good...again.

 

[bostonbred]

For me, it's a tossup between Quentin and Hamilton. Both picks are legit.

 

[WaylonJennings]

And, dayum, look at that 98 ROY vote in the AL.

1. Ben Grieve
2. Rolando Arrojo
3. Mike Caruso
4. El Duque
5. Magglio Ordonez (1 point)
6. Sidney Ponson (1 point)

Caruso has one of the most bizarre careers in baseball history. Played two full seasons as the White Sox starting everyday shortstop. Then wasn't heard from again in the majors for three years, when he came up with KC and got 20 at-bats. And that was it. Done at age 25.

 

[Oscar Gamble]

And, dayum, look at that 98 ROY vote in the AL.

1. Ben Grieve
2. Rolando Arrojo
3. Mike Caruso
4. El Duque
5. Magglio Ordonez (1 point)
6. Sidney Ponson (1 point)

Caruso has one of the most bizarre careers in baseball history. Played two full seasons as the White Sox starting everyday shortstop. Then wasn't heard from again in the majors for three years, when he came up with KC and got 20 at-bats. And that was it. Done at age 25.

Mike Caruso was out of baseball for two years before attempting another comeback. In 2007 he played for the South Georgia Peanuts of the independent South Coast League. He started the 2008 season with the Joliet Jackhammers of the Northern League who are managed by Wally Backman. Backman also managed the 2007 South Georgia Peanuts before the South Coast League folded. Caruso was released by Joliet in late July and signed with the Lancaster Barnstormers of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (Independent).

 

[BYH]

And, dayum, look at that 98 ROY vote in the AL.

1. Ben Grieve
2. Rolando Arrojo
3. Mike Caruso
4. El Duque
5. Magglio Ordonez (1 point)
6. Sidney Ponson (1 point)

Caruso has one of the most bizarre careers in baseball history. Played two full seasons as the White Sox starting everyday shortstop. Then wasn't heard from again in the majors for three years, when he came up with KC and got 20 at-bats. And that was it. Done at age 25.

Mike Caruso was out of baseball for two years before attempting another comeback. In 2007 he played for the South Georgia Peanuts of the independent South Coast League. He started the 2008 season with the Joliet Jackhammers of the Northern League who are managed by Wally Backman. Backman also managed the 2007 South Georgia Peanuts before the South Coast League folded. Caruso was released by Joliet in late July and signed with the Lancaster Barnstormers of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (Independent).

And the most amazing thing: Caruso leaped from A-ball to the majors at 20. He was less than two years removed from high school when he made his big league debut. And then...*poof.* Always read/heard he was a bit of a flake whose passion for the game wasn't always there. Any credence to that?