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...This particular morning, Milbrett and 20 of her Power teammates, plus one amateur, are practicing at the team's field in suburban Long Island, N.Y. Last year, mighty Millie led the WUSA in scoring with 35 points and was voted MVP in the league's inaugural season, in which she took the Power to the semifinals of the playoffs...
...bottom of the ninth inning, after the apparently impending loss had subdued Yankees’ fans jeers of “1918,” Jason Giambi led off as the Red Sox infielders, expecting the former AL MVP to pull the ball, shifted to the right side of the diamond...
...They recalled his military heroism. He interrupted his career for nearly five years to fly for the Navy in World War II and 39 combat missions for the Marines in the Korean War (he was John Glenn's wingman). And they cited Williams' two Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards--but, really, he deserved more...
...sacred .406. Yet no bard sang his praises; instead, the airwaves were filled with Joltin' Joe DiMaggio--for the Yankee Clipper, who had hit in 56 consecutive games (another feat not approached in six decades). Though Williams had the stronger season, baseball writers named DiMaggio the league's MVP...
...mustache on a hero, the picture stuck. Williams didn't care to smile for the camera, so the writers painted him as a surly cur. They didn't like him in 1942, when he won the Triple Crown (batting average, home runs, runs batted in) but lost the MVP to the inferior Joe Gordon...