MVP(edroia)

Dustin Pedroia was voted the 2008 AL MVP today, becoming the first Red Sox player to do so since Mo Vaughn did it in 1995. Scrappy, clutch, and as many are quick to point out, short in comparison to his peers, Pedroia is also only the third player ever to win the award in the season after winning the Rookie of the Year, along with Cal Ripken and Ryan Howard (only way to beat that is to do it in the same season - oh, right, that's been done, twice. Ichiro and Fred Lynn in case you were wondering).

Some say those who vote these days have become slaves to numbers, but I think this year they got it right.