2008 mlb awards... meh?

and as of today, we have them all, the winners of major league baseball's awards for 2008.

yawn.

there could have been no better cap to this season's completely boring award-winners than dustin pedroia taking home the AL MVP today. don't get me wrong - the guy works hard, he represents for short people like me, and he helped the red sox a ton this season. but really, an MVP with just 17 home runs?

or how about albert pujols, taking home best-man honors for the fourth-place cardinals? now, i've never been a fan of the your-team-has-to-make-the-playoffs-for-you-to-win ideology, but this is a little ridiculous. think about how many MVP awards a-rod could have racked up with the rangers if he had been held to the same standards as pujols was this year.

checking out the cy young, we have winners from two teams that were absolutely horrible this year. again, i'm a huge tim lincecum homer, and cliff lee was probably the best pitcher in baseball this year. but did anyone get excited about these picks except giants and indians fans?

you can make the argument that lou piniella and geovany soto are great feel-good stories for the cubs, but i'm not buying it. if it weren't for the fact that joe maddon has those sweet glasses and that evan longoria is one consonant away from being really hot, this award season would be a total bust.

wake me up when november ends.