I really didn't want to weigh in on this
whole Cabrera vs. Trout thing (my two cents, for the record: Trout should've
won, but Cabrera had a fantastic year and I in no way take the MVP away from
him. It's also silly this has devolved into new school/old school when you
don't need sabermetrics to know that Trout positively impacted the game in far
more ways than did Cabrera) - but reading some of the reactions from the
pro-Cabrera writers forced my hand. Specifically, one Tom Verducci of Sports Illustrated. This
is to take nothing away from Verducci. He's a great baseball writer.
Unfortunately, in the service of writing a good story, sometimes important
facts/numbers/statistics get kicked to the curb. Case in point: the following
passage from that article. Italics are my own contribution, had I been allowed
to edit it.
