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Rodriguez makes case for MVP with two homers against Orioles.

Publication: The Washington Times
Publication Date: 06-SEP-02 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Rodriguez makes case for MVP with two homers against Orioles.(SPORTS)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Mark Zuckerman, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

BALTIMORE - You can point out the fact that he plays for a crummy team, that his mammoth contract makes him the poster child for all that is wrong with baseball and that he does not deserve to be called an MVP.

But you cannot deny the fact that Alex Rodriguez is the best baseball player in the world right now, hands down, no matter whose uniform he wears.

"If he's not, he's awful close," Baltimore Orioles manager Mike Hargrove said. "A-Rod would be a star at whatever position he played."

And with every dazzling show he puts on - such as blasting his 49th and 50th home runs of the season last night in the Texas Rangers' 11-2 thrashing of the Orioles - the game's best shortstop continues to make a case for his first MVP...

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