[Sooga]

Seems to me that A-Rod won not because he had a great (for him) year, but because no one else really had a fantastic one. And also, I have to say, IT'S ABOUT TIME A-ROD WINS AN MVP. He was robbed in '96 and '02, and he probably shoulda won in '01. He's a gold-glove caliber shortstop who also happens to hit .300 and 40-50 homers every season. What more does this guy have to do?

On another note, I absolutely cannot STAND it when people say, "How can A-Rod be valuable to his team? The Rangers would be good if they didn't have to shell out $25M for him every year." So if A-Rod were just a .270/20hr/80rbi player who cost less, he'd be a more valuable player? What a load... Anyway, congrats to A-Rod, and I hope this is the first of many more MVP's to come.