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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1818196" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ben-frederickson/benfred-what-happened-to-paul-goldschmidt-in-september-the-national-league-mvp-is-on-the/article_9236aef8-dff6-52b1-9aea-94a4ec8028c2.html#tracking-source=mp-sports[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/Ben%20Frederickson" target="_blank">Ben Frederickson</a></p><p></p><p>If it was any other player, the topic probably would have been, at the best, uncomfortable and, at the worst, upsetting.</p><p>Chances are it would have been glossed over, danced around or just flat out ignored.</p><p>Here was first-time National League MVP winner Paul Goldschmidt on the evening of receiving an honor he had come oh so close to winning in the past before falling just short. Not this time. After three previous seasons in which he finished in the top-three of NL MVP voting, Goldschmidt was finally number one.</p><p>This was a night for celebration for the Cardinals and their first baseman. It felt almost wrong for the conversation to veer away from that in any way, shape or form. Except Goldschmidt led it there.</p><p></p><p>Not once. Not twice. Multiple times.</p><p>On MLB Network. On Bally Sports. On a half-hour phone call with baseball writers that followed.</p><p>“It was a disappointing end of the year,” Goldschmidt said seconds into his Thursday night conference call.</p><p>The Cardinals’ first baseman made it clear he can both celebrate his well-deserved honor while also evaluating why the most important stretch of his club’s season coincided with the most frustrating part of his sensational individual performance.</p><p>The 2022 Cardinals season was a special one that produced the NL MVP in Goldschmidt, a finalist in third baseman Nolan Arenado and one of the best stories in baseball in the sendoff of retiring Albert Pujols, who appeared on the MLB Network broadcast to announce Goldschmidt as the MVP winner while Arenado clapped on air. Pujols had been the Cardinals’ last MVP recipient. He passed the baton to Goldschmidt as the world watched. What a moment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1818196, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ben-frederickson/benfred-what-happened-to-paul-goldschmidt-in-september-the-national-league-mvp-is-on-the/article_9236aef8-dff6-52b1-9aea-94a4ec8028c2.html#tracking-source=mp-sports[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/Ben%20Frederickson']Ben Frederickson[/URL] If it was any other player, the topic probably would have been, at the best, uncomfortable and, at the worst, upsetting. Chances are it would have been glossed over, danced around or just flat out ignored. Here was first-time National League MVP winner Paul Goldschmidt on the evening of receiving an honor he had come oh so close to winning in the past before falling just short. Not this time. After three previous seasons in which he finished in the top-three of NL MVP voting, Goldschmidt was finally number one. This was a night for celebration for the Cardinals and their first baseman. It felt almost wrong for the conversation to veer away from that in any way, shape or form. Except Goldschmidt led it there. Not once. Not twice. Multiple times. On MLB Network. On Bally Sports. On a half-hour phone call with baseball writers that followed. “It was a disappointing end of the year,” Goldschmidt said seconds into his Thursday night conference call. The Cardinals’ first baseman made it clear he can both celebrate his well-deserved honor while also evaluating why the most important stretch of his club’s season coincided with the most frustrating part of his sensational individual performance. The 2022 Cardinals season was a special one that produced the NL MVP in Goldschmidt, a finalist in third baseman Nolan Arenado and one of the best stories in baseball in the sendoff of retiring Albert Pujols, who appeared on the MLB Network broadcast to announce Goldschmidt as the MVP winner while Arenado clapped on air. Pujols had been the Cardinals’ last MVP recipient. He passed the baton to Goldschmidt as the world watched. What a moment. [/QUOTE]
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