So he barely beats out Troy Tulowitzki for a Gold Glove, even though Tulo has better fielding stats across the board. Now, he beats out Matt Holliday for the MVP. Holliday led the league in RBI's and Average in '07. Holliday had more hits, doubles, and homeruns than Rollins. Holliday also had a higher OBP, a higher slugging percentage, and thus a higher OPS than Rollins. You can say it's because of Rollins' defense (and that's one thing I'm not going to argue with you about), or because Rollins steals a lot of bases, but I say it's because of that good ol' east coast bias. I'm not saying Rollins isn't a great player, I'm just saying Holliday is better and he's more important to his team than Rollins, who is surrounded by Chase Utley, Aaron Rowand, and Ryan Howard (all of whom received MVP votes). Some dumb sportswriter had Holliday ranked 6th in MVP voting. What? 6th?! Why? Well, that's fine sportswriters. All you've done is made Rollins beat out A-Rod as my most hated player in the majors.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
I Hate Jimmy Rollins
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2 words for you my friend...Thin Air.
Holliday batted over .360 at home and just over .300 on the road.
true that - but Holliday's road average was still higher than Rollins' avg, and Holliday led the league in hits in '07 (I forgot to mention this in the posting).
You're right about the thin air, but they use the humidor now, which has cut down on a lot of Coors' inflated numbers - and surprisingly, Citizens Bank Park where Rollins plays was the most favorable HR park in baseball for 2007.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/parkfactor?sort=HRFactor&season=2007
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