Ed,
In a letter, you wrote:
EG> DL> Personally as for great individual seasons for teams down in the
EG> DL> standing, it is a most valuable player award and finishing in last 
place
EG> DL> or almost simply not very valuable
EG>But who is to say WHICH player is the most valuable. You contend that 
Rivera
EG>is the MVP for the Yankees but if they had to use him as the closer all 
year
EG>instead of Wetteland, they'd have had to rely on their other guys at 
iddle
EG>relief. The World Series aside, you have to agree that their middle relief
EG>core gave them fits at times during the year (especially Lloyd, who far
EG>exceeded his regular season performance for the Yankees) and that without
EG>Wetteland to hold down the closer's spot, Rivera would have been wasted as 
the
EG>closer. Look at how ineffective their bullpen was when Wetteland was hurt.
EG>Rivera pitched well, however, the rest of the staff, including the 
starters,
EG>was useless.
My Yankees Most Valuable Player is Bernie Williams.
The Yankees had a lot of problems finding an effective left handed
relief pitcher.  However there pitching staff did a very good job
staying effective while overcoming injuries, Melido Perez, Jimmy Key,
David Cone, Scott Kamaniencki, John Wetteland, that could have
proved fatal to a lessor team.
Happy Modeming -- David
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