On this
day in 2007 Alex Rodriguez received 26 of the 28 first place votes from the
Baseball Writers Association of America to win the Most Valuable Player award.
A Rod belted 54 home runs and knocked in 156 RBI's while posting a .314 batting
average to bring home the MVP award. This would be Alex's third MVP award
overall and second with the Yankees, his first coming in 2005
Also on
this day in 1968 the Yankees right handed pitcher Stan Bahnsen was named the
American League Rookie of the Year. Bahnsen put up a 17-12 record with a 2.05
ERA and 162 strikeouts in his rookie campaign. Del Unser of the Washington
Senators finished in second place, a distant second place.
Finally
on this day in 1939 the Yankees All-Star outfielder Joe DiMaggio would marry
his well-known actress girlfriend Dorothy Arnold at St. Peter and Paul Church
in San Francisco. DiMaggio met Arnold on the set of the movie "Manhattan
Merry Go-Round" in which Joe had a very minor role in.
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)