Joe Christensen, Minneapolis Star Tribune, 9/19/06 on XM Radio MLB Channel 175 said of Jeter as an MVP candidate.- Jeter didn't even get both New York voters. (see Ed Price, Newark Star Ledger). So much for the supposed favoritism of New York media. Jack O'Connell issued no penalty for Christensen's blatant act.
"November 21, 2006, 6:26 PM EST
BALTIMOREThom Loverro,
Washington Times1. Morneau
2. Jeter
3. Ortiz
4. Mauer
5. Dye
6. Suzuki
7. Hafner
8. Guerrero
9. Santana
10. Verlander
Mel Antonen,
USA Today1. Morneau
2. Jeter
3. Mauer
4. Thomas
5. Dye
6. Ortiz
7. Thome
8. Guerrero
9. Hafner
10. Glaus
BOSTONSean McAdam,
Providence Journal1. Morneau
2. Jeter
3. Ortiz
4. Mauer
5. Thomas
6. Dye
7. Guerrero
8. Hafner
9. Sizemore
10. Santana
Dave Heuschkel,
Hartford Courant1. Jeter
2. Ortiz
3. Morneau
4. Thomas
5. Damon
6. Santana
7. Dye
8. Mauer
9. Guerrero
10. Guillen
NEW YORK
Bob Klapisch,
Bergen Record1. Jeter
2. Morneau
3. Santana
4. Dye
5. Thomas
6. Mauer
7. Ortiz
8. Ordonez
9. M. Rivera
10. Hafner
Ed Price, Newark Star Ledger
1. Morneau
2. Jeter3. Ortiz
4. Mauer
5. Thomas
6. Dye
7. Sizemore
8. Hafner
9. V. Wells
10. Guillen
TAMPA BAY
Marc Topkin,
St. Petersburg Times1. Jeter
2. Morneau
3. Ortiz
4. Dye
5. Guillen
6. Thomas
7. Mauer
8. Sizemore
9. Suzuki
10. Santana
Eduardo Encina,
St. Petersburg Times1. Jeter
2. Morneau
3. Santana
4. Ortiz
5. Thomas
6. Dye
7. Mauer
8. Hafner 9. Wang
10. Damon
TORONTO
Larry Millson,
Toronto Globe and Mail1. Morneau
2. Jeter
3. Ortiz
4. Mauer
5. Dye
6. Hafner
7. Guillen
8. Santana
9. Tejada
10. V. Wells
Allan Ryan,
Toronto Star1. Morneau
2. Jeter
3. Ortiz
4. Thomas
5. Santana
6. Hafner
7. Dye
8. A. Rodriguez
9. Guerrero
10. M. Ramirez
CHICAGOMark Gonzales,
Chicago Tribune1. Morneau
2. Jeter
3. Dye
4. Mauer
5. Ortiz
6, Thomas
7. Thome
8. Hafner
9. Crawford
10. Sizemore
Joe Cowley,
Chicago Sun Times1. Morneau
2. Dye
3. Santana
4. Thomas
5. Ortiz
6. Jeter
7. Guerrero
8. A. Rodriguez
9. Hafner
10. Pierzynski
CLEVELAND
Jim Ingraham,
News Herald1. Jeter
2. Hafner
3. Ortiz
4. Morneau
5. Sizemore
6. Thomas
7. Mauer
8. Dye
9. Guillen
10. Nathan
Sheldon Ocker,
Akron Beacon Journal1. Jeter
2. Morneau
3. Ortiz
4. Santana
5. Verlander
6. Dye
7. Thomas
8. Konerko
9. Guerrero
10. Hafner
DETROIT
Danny Knobler,
Booth Newspapers1. Morneau
2. Thomas
3. Mauer
4. Jeter
5. Ortiz
6. Giambi
7. Santana
8. Guillen
9. Dye
10. Sizemore
John Lowe,
Detroit Free Press1. Jeter
2. Morneau
3. Thomas
4. Ortiz
5. Dye
6. Nathan
7. Santana
8. Mauer
9. Rogers
10. Sizemore
KANSAS CITY
David Boyce,
Kansas City Star1. Jeter
2. Morneau
3. Thomas
4. Dye
5. Santana
6. Ortiz
7. Hafner
8. Guerreo
9. Mauer
10. A. Rodriguez
Bob Dutton,
Kansas City Star1. Jeter
2. Morneau
3. Ortiz
4. Thomas
5. Santana
6. Mauer
7. Dye
8. Cano
9. Tejada
10. Ibanez
MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAULJoe Christensen,
Minneapolis Star Tribune1. Morneau
2. Jeter
3. Thomas
4. Ortiz
5. Mauer
6. Dye
7. Hafner
8. Guillen
9. Giambi
10. Santana
Jason Williams,
St. Paul Pioneer Press1. Morneau
2. Jeter
3. Dye
4. Thomas
5. Ortiz
6. Thome
7. Santana
8. Guerrero
9. Hafner
10. Mauer
LOS ANGELES
Matt Hurst,
Riverside Press Enterprise1. Morneau
2. Jeter
3. Ortiz 4. Mauer
5. Thomas
6. Santana
7. Dye
8. Guillen
9. Guerrero
10. Sizemore
Doug Padilla,
L.A. News Group1. Morneau
2. Jeter
3. Mauer
4. Ortiz
5. Thomas
6. Santana
7. Guillen
8. Dye
9. Guerrero
10. Hafner
OAKLANDSusan Slusser,
San Francisco Chronicle1. Jeter
2. Thomas
3. Santana
4. Morneau
5. Ortiz
6. Dye
7. Mauer
8. Hafner
9. M. Ramirez
10. Sizemore
Joe Roderick,
Contra Costa Times1. Jeter
2. Thomas
3. Morneau
4. Dye
5. Ortiz
6. Guerrero
7. Thome
8. M. Ramirez
9. Guillen
10. Tejada
SEATTLE
Larry Stone,
Seattle Times1. Morneau
2. Jeter
3. Ortiz
4. Thomas
5. Dye
6. Guerrero
7. Hafner
8. Mauer
9. Giambi
10. Guillen
John Hickey,
Seattle Post Intelligencer1. Morneau
2. Jeter
3. Thomas
4. Ortiz
5. A. Rodriguez
6. Dye
7. Guillen
8. Ibanez
9. Guerrero
10. Sizemore
TEXAS
Kat O'Brien,
Fort Worth Star Telegram1. Jeter
2. Morneau
3. Santana
4. Dye
5. Ortiz
6. Thomas
7. Guerrero
8. Hafner
9. Mauer
10. Matthews
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News1. Santana
2. Jeter
3. Morneau
4. Dye
5. Thomas
6. Ortiz
7. Mauer
8. Guerrero
9. Sizemore
10. Young"
- of Jeter as an MVP candidate. Christensen said,
Jeter didn't even get both New York voters. (see Ed Price, Newark Star Ledger). So much for the
- supposed favoritism of New York media.
USA Today, 11/14/05: "Fred Claire, the former general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers and a former sports writer ...
says baseball writers are better suited to vote than any other faction in the game
- and are ethically grounded.
"I believe in the credibility of writers as a group, and that comes from working with them through the years at a lot of levels," Claire says. "They are the keenest observers of the game. They are less pressured than any group you can think of."
- (Jack) O'Connell agrees. While many players receive bonuses for winning awards, deepening the potential for conflict,
- O'Connell says his voters take their ballots seriously.
"I've been doing this for 12 years and I've never had to call after receiving a ballot and say, 'What are you doing?' " he said. "We've had our share of controversy ...
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Jack O'Connell, meet Joe Christensen and pay no attention to the ethics problem. Joe said no to Jeter because he's on a team of rich guys, 9/19/06.