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Bad Decisions: The 1987 AL MVP

Bad Decisions: The 1987 AL MVP

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Paul White
Aug 30, 2023
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George Bell had a perfectly fine year in 1987 when he was voted as the American League’s Most Valuable Player. Whatever you read in the rest of this article, don’t lose track of that fact. I have no desire to make Bell out to be some kind of subpar player or villain in this little story. He’s actually a secondary victim of the horrible decision made by …

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