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Living in Upstate N.Y., I'm tired of hearing all this garbage about Yankee injuries. The Yankees are on sportscenter every night, so everybody knows what Jeter has done. Rarely do they cover the Twins. Not one Yankee fan I've spoken to has a clue as to what Morneau did this year or who was injured for the Twins. Quit whining about who was missing from the $200M+ Yankee lineup. Stewart, Radke, Liriano, Hunter, Kubel all had significant injuries.
The Twins were unable to pick up Abreau and bench a bat like Giambi's down the stretch. Silva had an off year, and the Twins fourth and fifth starters were a merry-go-round - Baker, Garza, bullpen guys. The Yankees had Wang, Mussina, Johnson, for the bulk of the year. The Twins had to rely on Punto and Bartlett on the left side, and had a DH batting .220 in left field, and no real DH. The Yankess had All Star calibur guys at those positions.
I'm guessing the MVP voters might know more about the rest of the league than Yankees fans. Morneau, Mauer, Frank Thomas, Jermaine Dye, Santana all were more valuable than Jeter. Let him wash his own jock.
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