2005 AL MVP - Who should it be and why?

[GonzoStyle]

Would you rather have someone be a DH or be a bad fielder? Mo Vaughn sucked ass in the field, and he won MVP. Sosa stinks to. Vlad Guererro isn't a good fielder either. He's got a great arm, but isn't a great fielder.

Thats not the issue here though, the issue is you have two guys pretty equal on offense with ortiz at an advantage statistically. But also a guy who has a great glove who has the ability and has saved games on defense as well as offense. Where Ortiz doesn't get to do that cause he isn't in the field. Its not a case of a guy with a good bat vs a guy with a good glove. Its two guys with great bats and one guy with a good glove while the other warms the bench.

Sosa though not a great fielder you knew that without him the cubs wouldnt make the playoffs, which is why though Mcgwire had the bigger year coverage and history wise, sosa won. Sosa was the entire team, just as without Bonds the giants cant even get to .500 to win the division. The sox and yanks both have other guys to carry the team so its not as clear cut as sosa was. The sox still have manny and damon, etc and the yanks have sheffield and matsui.

Would I want a guy with a bat or a glove is another question, depends on the rest of the team. If you have 3 guys hitting 40 homers a year on your team and a shitty 2nd baseman then you get a guy with a good glove.

Though I do believe that the MVP could be won or lost over this 3 game series and probably will be. If Ortiz hits a game winning home run on sunday he'll win cause it's always the last thing you do that people remember.