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MVP Baseball 2006 Coverboy

PolishJoe

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Who would have been the coverboy for MVP Baseball 2006?  

225 members have voted

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    • Alex Rodriguez, NYY, 3B
      41
    • David Ortiz, BOS, 1B
      41
    • Mark Teixeira, TEX, 1B
      13
    • Derek Lee, CHC, 1B
      47
    • Andruw Jones, ATL, CF
      21
    • Vladimir Guerrero, RF, ANA
      12
    • Roger Clemens, SP, HOU
      8
    • Johan Santana, SP, MIN
      10
    • Someone from the White Soxs, (who?)
      14
    • Other, (Who?)
      18

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PolishJoe Major Leaguer

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If EA Sports has been able to release another Major League installment of the MVP series, who would/should have been the coverboy?

Also, I left off Albert Pujois because he was on there not too recently.

I didn't include some "big" names that may not have proven their consistency yet like Jason Bay, David Wright, Michael Young, and Miguel Cabrera. Also, aside from A-Rd, anyone who just changed teams this past off-season or even last off-season probably wouldn't be considered either - like Soriano, Damon, Colon, and Pedro.

But that's my opinion.

I'm curious to know what everyone else things?

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Pirate and djeagles11, this isn't about the MVP MLB mod coverboy. Read the question.

If EA Sports has been able to release another Major League installment of the MVP series, who would/should have been the coverboy?

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PolishJoe Major Leaguer

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but the winner is gonna be jo santana 8)

Ha! You're all wrong! It's going to be somebody from the Rockies pitching staff. :mrgreen:

That's a lot of votes for Derek Lee. I thought A-Rod would be closer.

I know in the Madden series, coverboys generally have some sort of relationship to a new feature in the game. When they added "playmaker" controls, Mike Vick. When they improved the defense, Ray Lewis.

I'm not sure that this has ever been the case in the MVP series. The only criteria has been that they won't duplicate, (see HH2003 & HH2004 :?: ).

As much as I like Derek Lee, it kind of seems like last season was his breakout season. There's not much indication that he's going to repeat it. If I were a betting man, I think I would assume he'd do it again. Still... In contrast, A-Rod is the model of productive consistancy.

A-Rod over D. Lee? I think it's kind of down to those two.

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As much as I like Hallady - and I do - I don't think EA would have picked him. I think like every coverboy has had his team enter the playoffs, (no Derek Lee?), the previous season and in regards to Halladay, stay healthy for the whole season.

I'm not saying Halladay or Lee isn't deserving, but neither fit the bill IF those qualifications are even accurate.

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Other.... Pokey Reese :D

They could like show him with a blank jersey on since he's not on a team anymore.

Sorry, he's my favorite player, because he made it to the majors for his defense and that's what I prided myself on in high school.

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Other.... Pokey Reese :D

They could like show him with a blank jersey on since he's not on a team anymore.

Sorry, he's my favorite player, because he made it to the majors for his defense and that's what I prided myself on in high school.

Mike Bordick, Baby! :mrgreen:

The more and more I think about it, I think Derek Lee wouldn't have been the coverboy because of the no-playoff thing. Still, he's what most think deserve it. :? Plus, I have no idea if that was more of a guideline or just a eery coicidence.

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I think I would've been D-Lee.

Both A-Rod and D.Ortiz would've been too polarizing to probably the two biggest fanbases in baseball. A-Rod shouldn't have been the MLB MVP to many people (hell, he wasn't even the NYY MVP), so you can't put him on there. Manny was already on the cover last year, and Big Papi didn't actually win the MVP last year.

D-Lee is the one MVP candidate of last year that everyone can get behind and agree that he was deserving of the title.

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PolishJoe Major Leaguer

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Yeah, it seems like everyone's on board with Derek Lee. He's not a *****, his team doesn't cause too many people to shrill, and his flirt with the triple-crown last season came in lieu of the end of the "juiced ball era."

But, all that being said, does EA have qualifications, i.e. playoff team?

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