MVP

There really shouldn't have been any doubt, but coming into today's announcement there was some suspense on who the NL MVP would be. Derrek Lee had an outstanding year, but his Cubs finished way back. Andruw Jones hit the most HR, but his average was pretty weak.

So the voters recognized the best player on the best team in 2005--Albert Pujols. AP's been close before, finishing in the top 4 every year of his career, so it was great to see him break through with a well-deserved honor. Congrats, Albert!

I noticed that the PPT site now has a link to this blog, so it's possible some of my poker compadres will slip over here and take a look, at least the ones that can actually read. (So, probably no Ben, is that what we're saying?) Looking forward to our game this Friday. It's been a while since I played with those guys and last time out I felt I played well, even if the results weren't there. Whether I can do that again or not is a totally different story.

Wind and rain came sweeping through here today, dropping the temperatures drastically. It was 73 when I got to work and it's around 55 now, with a low tonight projected to be about 30. Sounds like it's time for the winter tradition of the nightly hot chocolate! The wife and I need to watch last week's Lost episode tonight (before the new episode tomorrow night!) anyway, so we'll probably drink the cocoa and watch the show.

That's probably about it for today, but had to acknowledge the MVP. Having the MVP and Cy Young on the Cardinals (not to mention my fantasy team) takes a little of the sting out of the end of the season.