Ed,
In  a letter to JAMES DUNLOP , you wrote:
EG> JD> Somehow, I don't think the fourth best first baseman in the American
EG> JD> League should be an MVP candidate.  Thomas, McGwire and Vaughn are 
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EG> JD> clearly better than Palmeiro.  This says something about those three,
EG> JD> since Palmeiro is one heck of a player.
EG>I'd give you Thomas and McGwire but there's nothing in Vaughn's 
erformance
EG>that makes him clearly better (unless you want to ignore the fact that 
he's no
EG>where near the defensive player and he's doing a lot better at home while
EG>Palmeiro is doing better on the road).
Big if! If you are going to consider players on non play-off teams as
legitimate Most Valuable Player candidate, I suggest that Alex Rodriguez
rates ahead of player like Mo Vaughn and Mark McGwire.
Happy Modeming -- David
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