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New York Yankees Jeter Is Sports Illustrated Sportsman Of The Year

New York Yankees Derek Jeter has been named the 2009 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year. Jeter had an outstanding season for the Yankees, hitting .334 and guiding his team to their 5th World Series title in his 14 years with the team. The Yankees captain also led his club to the best record in baseball with 103 victories in 2009. On September 11th Jeter broke the Yankees all-time hits record that was held by Yankees legend Lou Gehrig (2,721) Jeter sits at 2,747 hits. Derek led the American League in reaching base safely 289 times, he was third in the AL in batting average at .334 and he finished second in the league with 212 hits.

Jeter has a big postseason like usual, he batted .344 with 3 homeruns and 6 RBI’s. The Yankees short stop was also the recipient of the Roberto Clemente award, given to a player in each league that shows skills on the ball field and in the community, and he won the Hank Aaron award, given to the best hitter in each the American League and National League. Derek Jeter is just one of the great athletes to be selected as Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year; others include Muhammad Ali, Wayne Gretzky, Michael Jordan, and Tiger Woods. Jeter won the AL Sliver Slugger award and also won his 4th Gold Glove as the American leagues top defensive short stop. Derek was selected to his 10th all-star game and voted a starter for the 6th time. With being named SI’s Sportsman of the Year what more could Derek Jeter ask for? Well, I’m sure if you asked him he’d tell you a sixth World Series Ring would be nice.

In his first full season Derek Jeter won the American League Rookie of the Year award, he hit .314 with 10 homeruns and 78 RBI’s while earning what would be his first of 5 World Series rings. Jeter holds the record for most hits for a short stop, and he has the 5th highest batting average amongst active major leaguers. In high school Jeter was an outstanding two sport athlete earning all-state honors for basketball and baseball, he also batted over .500 for his final three years in high school while earning numerous awards including the USA Today’s High School Player of the Year. Jeter possesses the type of fame of being a Yankee like the late Yankees great Joe DiMaggio, Jeter has been apart of five World Series (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2009) he has also appeared in seven World Series, while many other major leaguers are still searching for their first. Jeter earned MVP honors at the 2000 World Series when the Yankees beat the Mets in 5 games to finish off a 3 peat. –This article is brought you by The Sports Weekly – Headline Sports News, Top Sports Stories and more.

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Posted in Baseball · December 6th, 2009 · Comments (0)

St.Louis All-star Albert Pujols Was Named NL MVP

St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols was named the National League MVP today. It was the 3rd MVP award for Pujols and the 2nd straight. Pujols received all 32-place votes with Florida’s Hanley Ramirez coming in second, followed by Phillies Ryan Howard, and the Brewers Prince Fielder. Albert Pujols is considered by many as today’s greatest baseball player and his stats don’t lie, Pujols hit a major league leading 47 homeruns, he also had 135 RBI’s and finished the season with a .327 batting average.

In his nine years in the majors Pujols has never had a batting average under .300 and is sitting at a career average of .334. Albert was the first NL player to win back-to-back MVP’s since Barry Bonds won four in a row (2001-04). Pujols also led the majors in slugging percentage (.658) and intentional walks (44). He is a team leader and the kind of guy you want on your ball club. Pujols also has a World Series ring to go along with the three MVP awards; he of course would rather be stacking up rings then MVP’s. Albert joined great company with his 3rd MVP trophy, joining the likes of Jimmie Foxx, Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle, and Alex Rodriguez; Pujols will be 30 years old in January. He has many awards, and achievements including the 2001 NL Rookie of the Year, he is also an 8x NL all-star, and as mentioned before has won a World Series with the Cardinals in 2006.

In 2005 Pujols had a .330 BA, 41 homeruns, 117 runs batted in, and 16 stolen bases; these hot numbers earned him his first of three NL MVP’s. In 2006 Albert became the 35th major leaguer to hit home runs in 4 straight at bats. Pujols was born in the Dominican Republic but immigrated to the United States in 1996 with his grandmother who was his primary guardian. During his high school days Albert hit .500 in his first year, and was reward with all-state honors two years in a row. Many major league ball-clubs took a look at Pujols but were uninterested in him; he even had poor tryouts for the Tampa Bay Rays.

Pujols wasn’t drafter until the 13th round by the St. Louis Cardinals and the 402nd overall; it was a perfect example of late draft value, something you usually wouldn’t see in baseball. He holds the Cardinals franchise record for grand slams, Pujols is also one of three others in baseball history to have a career batting average of over .330 and less than 500 strikeouts. He is considered the best baseball player in modern day, and on this pace, once his career is all set and done, he will be among the very top to ever play this game.

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Posted in Baseball · November 29th, 2009 · Comments (0)