He was the All-Star game MVP in July and currently has the second highest batting average in all of baseball.
Cabrera, the All-Star game MVP, was suspended Aug. 15 for a positive test for testosterone and is missing the final 45 games of the regular season.
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New Times said it obtained records detailing purchases by Rodriguez, 2012 All-Star game MVP Melky Cabrera, 2005 AL Cy Young Award winner Bartolo Colon and 2011 AL championship series MVP Nelson Cruz.
New Times said it obtained records detailing purchases by Rodriguez, 2012 All-Star game MVP Melky Cabrera, 2005 AL Cy Young Award winner Bartolo Colon and 2011 AL championship series MVP Nelson Cruz of Texas.
In addition to Rodriguez, the newspaper said the records detailed purchases by 2012 All-Star game MVP Melky Cabrera, 2005 AL Cy Young Award winner Bartolo Colon, 2011 AL championship series MVP Nelson Cruz of Texas, Washington pitcher Gio Gonzalez, who finished third in last year's NL Cy Young Award voting, and San Diego catcher Yasmani Grandal.
Mantle was the greatest switch hitter in baseball history, a member of the 500-homer club back when that was an exclusive club, a multiple All Star, 3-time MVP, and a member of numerous championship teams with the New York Yankees.
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Playing alongside the reigning MVP and an All-Star is pretty heady territory.
Larkin, a 12-time All-Star and one-time National League MVP, was elected in his third year on the ballot.
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Last year he became the first player to win the MVP award in both the all-star game and the World Series.
Cano, a four-time All-Star who returned to camp Thursday, was MVP of the WBC after hitting .469 with two homers and six RBIs.
Rather, it was the pitch that Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak and All-Star Kobe Bryant made to 2-time MVP Steve Nash to join Los Angeles that filtered through the crowd like the wave.
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He had 15 All-Star Game appearances, 4 NBA titles, 3 Finals MVP awards and a league MVP award (along with several near misses).
When it comes to voting for individual players, this factors in a lot more to a season MVP vote than it does for the All-Star Game.
During his baseball career, Schilling was a six-time All-Star selection, three-time World Series champion and 2001 World Series MVP.
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But Rodriguez has also won two MVP awards with New York, been selected to seven All-Star teams and practically carried the club to its most recent World Series title in 2009.
In the past five McDonald's All-Star games, only two players from the Hawkeye State made the cut, including 2010 MVP and current Golden State Warriors forward Harrison Barnes.
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