MLB Showdown Obsession

 Good seasons are very common, and happen all the time for multiple players on just about every team...Great seasons are a bit more uncommon but it's not shocking to see entire all star teams comprised of guys having such types of seasons...Once-in-a-lifetime are as the name implies and the chances are rare that you get even one of those guys a season. So imagine the odds when two of those types of seasons happened in the same year. Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox was putting together a .400 BA season, to date the last time it has ever happened in baseball, meanwhile in the Bronx, Joe DiMaggio found a way to outshine him by putting together a record breaking hitting streak of 56 games. Each man would be far and away the obvious choice for MVP, but only one of them was getting the award in 1941. Not that either man was lacking in such recognition in their career (Williams would win 2 MVPs in his career, DiMaggio would win 3) but to take home the hardware in '41 would be the u...

 Another year, another vote for immortalization in the Hall of Fame. Jeff Kent has already locked up a spot, but now the BBWAA vote takes center stage. Last year saw the ballot free up a bit with Wagner finally getting the call, while Suzuki's near unanimous vote keeps him from drawing votes away from everyone else going forward. Let's see who the nominees are for this year... Personally, my ballot would check off for Hunter, Hernandez, Jones, Pettitte, Alex Rodriguez and Vizquel. More than I usually call for, and all from prior ballots. This year just seems a bit thin with the new names.