But Paul Simon can. Albert Pujols of the Cardinals won his second NL MVP award, beating out Ryan Howard by 61 points in the voting and earning 18 of 32 first place votes. Howard received 12 and teammate Brad Lidge got the other two.
Pujols was the only player to appear on all 32 ballots.
BTW - I know that "You Can Call Me Al" is not a classic Simon song but it is one of my favorites and the video, though simple, was a reason it remains a favorite.
As for the missing votes, it looks some voters don't put 10 names on the ballot. By my count, once you get to 5th place, some voters just stopped listing people.
Aramis: 66 pts (10th)
Hanley: 55 pts (11th)
Besides Manny of course. I should think before I hit submit.
The evil twin strikes again!
Bob, I count 32 total votes for each spot, 1st through 10th.
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