Thank heavens the baseball most valuable player debate did not come to that.
Fair or not, the most valuable player debate often comes down to the delicate balance between individual brilliance and team success.
In the great American League most valuable player debate in 2012, in which Cabrera was pitted against the Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout, the knock on Cabrera was that he did not run or field the way Trout does.
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Those who have experienced these events are some of the most valuable voices in the current debate, and the stories in this collection paint a picture of how these tragedies affect victims not only in the weeks and months after the event, but often for the rest of their lives.
The dog days of summer may be when baseball players begin to wear down, but it is also when debate over the Most Valuable Player awards begins to heat up.
You couldn't cast an All-Star ballot or embark on a most-valuable-player debate without touching upon at least a few players who have missed games.
In the great Miguel Cabrera vs. Mike Trout most-valuable-player debate of 2012, the Trout loyalists most often cited Trout's dominance in WAR — the "wins above replacement" statistic that purports to distill production into one number.
If the Rangers were contenders instead of a last-place team, there would be no debate about the league's most valuable player.
For the penultimate question of the debate, Hill asked what the most valuable thing they each received from hearing the other person's point of view.
