Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Crowning achievement: Pujols NL MVP

Albert Pujols wins the National League MVP and the Clemente award. The Clemente award is given based on sportsmanship and Community involvement. For you soccer fans out there MVP stands for Most Valuable Player.

The National League's best player has also been named its most valuable.

Albert Pujols' magnificent season earned him his second NL Most Valuable Player Award. Pujols' 369 points bested the 308 points garnered by Philadelphia's Ryan Howard, who beat him out by a narrow margin to win the 2006 MVP.

Pujols has finished in the top 10 in the voting in every one of his eight Major League seasons, and has been fourth or better seven times. He is the 11th player to win two NL MVP Awards, and he's one of three active players with a pair of MVPs. Additionally, Pujols became the third player, along with Sammy Sosa in 1998 and Rod Carew in 1977, to win the MVP and the Roberto Clemente Award in the same year.

MVP here-

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081117&content_id=3681885&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

Clemente award here -

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/community/clemente.jsp

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