A-Rod slaps balls

I hate that all those people who gave A-Rod 1st place votes disregarded WHEN he was most productive. Ever notice how he seemed to get a thousand RBI's in games when it didn't matter? When it was a low pressure situation? When the Yanks were up 10-1?

And at the risk of sounding like a silly fan girl, A-Rod is not a nice person and that's another reason why it bugs me that he was selected as MVP. I am by no means a Yankee fan but there are players on that team who I can respect; Alex Rodriguez is not one of them. (Neither is Gary Sheffield, who came in 8th in the MVP voting.) So what if he played in the field everyday? If the role of Designated Hitter will not be treated with respect, then perhaps it shouldn't exist at all. But that's another issue for another day.

EDIT: I've thought about this further and realized something. Not choosing Ortiz as MVP primarily because he didn't play in the field everyday is like failing to select an AL pitcher with 25 wins and a 1.12 ERA because he never batted and only pitched once every five days. Yeah, exactly.