Will Ichiro get the * from Maris?

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Posted By: Gary B.

WOW, well I keep up with news stories on cnnsi.com, but I guess that's not enough, because this is the first wind I've heard of that. That would be a serious tragedy to not reward him for his season. He should be rewarded totally independently of what he's won previously, but on this year alone, and those numbers are truly staggering. Now, if he was on a team that wasn't even in contention, that would be one thing. If he deserves to win, then he should win. The guy's only going to be around for two more years max - the record should reflect his dominance, even if he ends up winning it FIVE years in a row.

Rolen's numbers are nowhwere NEAR the numbers for Bonds - he has 7 less home runs with 150 more at bats. He's got 130 fewer walks and 50 more strikeouts. Bonds has 50 points in average over Rolen, 200 points in on base percentage AND slugging percentage. Bonds even has more runs (fewer RBI's because he's on a lesser team). Sounds like they just want to vote for someone else because it's not Bonds. Why Rolen? Why not Pujols if they're just trying to grab someone from the hottest NL team? If Bonds was playing for the Diamondbacks and they still had the record they have, that would be one thing, but...

Hopefully in the end wisdom will prevail.