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2004 MLB awards.(Know It All)(Major League Baseball)
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Barry Bonds, Giants
Watching David Ortiz, Carlos Behran, Albert Pujols and all the other heavy hitters of October makes one wonder just how many great sluggers there are in the majors.
It makes one wonder something else, too: If these guys are this good, how good is Barry Bonds? Don't forget, Bonds is considered better than each of those players. Way better in many respects. The numbers prove it, and his peers believe it.
Bonds, 40, was voted the SPORTING NEWS Player of the Year in balloting by major league players. It was not quite a runaway vote, though. Of 552 players who voted, 1691/2 picked Bonds. Dodgers third ...