NL MVP RACE
How can anybody honestly say that BARRY BONDS isn't the National League MVP this year? ADRIAN BELTRE is having a great year, one of the best ever for a third baseman, and of course you can't forget about ALBERT PUJOLS, JIM EDMONDS or SCOTT ROLEN. But when it comes down to it, there is no way you can give the award to anybody else other than Bonds.

People forget how dominant Bonds is and I think there might be a few reasons for that. One would be that he isn't a friendly guy to the media, so people want to write him off. The second one is a reason I don't think anybody has ever mentioned, but I think it's true...That reason would be that people are taking him for granted. Imagine if some new guy had a season in which he .366/.610/.825 (OPS of 1.435), oh yeah and don't forget 45 HR, 101 RBI and 126 runs scored.

Bonds has six MVPs (and I would argue he should have at least seven of eight). His 2004 campaign should give him his seventh (or ninth in my count) MVP award. I know it must get boring for sportswriters to vote for Bonds every year, but what can you do? The man has earned it.