MVP Vote Follow Up

Since I got absolutely ripped by a commenter in an earlier post, I want to clarify something.

There is no question that Matt Davidson was the first half MVP for the Silver Hawks. Chris Owings probably should have been second, although if you are a bigger fan of power numbers, then I have no problem with Bobby Borchering being second (Owings had a much higher batting average, Borchering had more homers and RBIs).

My problem with the vote was that I had never received more than 60 votes for any poll question, and that question got over 500 responses. There was some serious ballot box stuffing going on, which is why I called the vote a "joke".

Anyhow, I just wanted to clear that up so that everyone knows that I think the fans ultimately got it right in that Matt Davidson was voted the first half MVP.

MVP Poll

For those of you wondering, the MVP poll on the right side of this blog is just for fun. We don't hand out a first half MVP award (or a second half MVP award for that matter).

I thought this would be an interesting way to see who the fans thought was the most important player on the team. To be completely honest, it probably is either Matt Davidson or Chris Owings (with all due respect to Bobby Borchering's power numbers and Errol Hollinger's batting average).

I never envisioned that people would stuff the ballot box the way they have. I did the same thing last year, and we had a normal vote total with a good debate.

So for those of you worried about the "popularity contest", know that it is all in fun and the results really don't mean anything.

Poll Results - New Question

Here are the results from the last poll question, asking how important it would for the Silver Hawks to get back to .500 in the first half (total votes and percentages bolded).

Doesn't mean anything...records reset at 0-0 anyhow 5 (17%)

Somewhat important 2 (7%)

It would be huge for this team's confidence 19 (67%)

.500? I'm not giving up on a first half playoff spot yet! 2 (7%)

A new question is up asking about first half offensive MVP (With all due respect to all the players, I've only included the regular starters on the list, and even some of them probably could have been left off in a true MVP race. To be completely honest, this is really a two or three horse race).