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To: Road Walker who wrote (519419)	10/9/2009 12:03:12 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578924

Barack Obama Wins NL Most Valuable Player Award October 9, 2009 NEW YORK — In a stunning surprise, Barack Obama has won the National League MVP Award. Major League Baseball announced Friday that it had awarded its highest honor to President Obama “for his extraordinary efforts to follow the sport and strengthen hope and cooperation between peoples.” “He has created a new climate,” MLB said in its announcement. Because he is not technically a professional baseball player, President Obama’s name had not figured in speculation about the likely winner until minutes before the prize was announced here. Likely candidates had been seen here as including sluggers Albert Pujols and Ryan Howard, as well as shortstop Hanley Ramirez who captured the NL batting title with a .342 batting average. h/t Bill

To: Road Walker who wrote (519419)	10/9/2009 12:15:33 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1578924

Bludgeoned with sarcasm! That was choice. Wei Jingsheng, a Chinese dissident known as 'the father of Chinese democracy', is among the 176 nominees who lost to Mr. Obama, but said he was honored to have been edged out by "a man of such staggering accomplishments." "I was imprisoned more than 15 years for speaking out against a totalitarian communist regime," said Mr. Wei, "A book of my essays was published from my writings, initially scribbled on toilet paper in jail. But I have to admit that Barack Obama has written two books and given hundreds of autobiographical speeches with thinner material than that. I bow respectfully to the father of global peace."