MVP (Murder Vengeance Power) (MVP Series Book 1)

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Vengeance: Night of Champions

In , Jonathan Bernstein developed an accurate and absurdly simple method for predicting National League MVPs, taking into account batting average, home runs, RBIs, playing for a division- or league-winning team, and playing an up-the-middle position for a division or league winner. That's all he needed. And despite the statistical revolution of recent years, those factors are still really all you need to project MVP awards. When voters for either league have the chance to reward a player who hits well and plays a critical defensive position for a winner, they tend to do so, as with Joe Mauer in , Dustin Pedroia in and Jimmy Rollins in Posey fits that bill perfectly.

Braun, on the other hand, had the kind of year that sometimes wins an MVP trophy when nobody else overwhelms the voters -- which is just what happened in -- but more frequently results in a near-miss.

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These players usually ended up in the top five in MVP voting, ranging from second place to seventh, but never won. Now, the voters still might surprise everyone and hand Braun the MVP anyway. But the numbers show he probably isn't going to win, and wouldn't even if his alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs had never become a public issue. And if only a few writers downgrade him on their ballots or leave him off entirely, Braun will not only fall behind the winner, but plunge below other contestants whom he clearly outplayed this season.

The most likely outcome is the least satisfying: Writers who oppose doping may feel some satisfaction in voting for Posey -- whose Giants overcame the loss of suspended Melky Cabrera -- over Braun. But Braun's case shows just how poorly the community responsible for evaluating great players has come to grips with drug use. You can imagine a world where Braun's season was redemptive or even heroic: Presumably shorn of illegal help, he posted amazing numbers anyway, and even carried the Brewers to the fringes of the pennant race, showing that he either didn't need or could compensate for whatever he might have been taking.

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But that's not a narrative baseball's judges are ready to accept yet. The men and women who vote for MVPs and Hall of Famers still feel betrayed -- embarrassed that they were duped by, or played along with, steroid users for so long, and angered by so many superstars' lack of repentance. And while those writers can't change the numbers players have put into the record books, they can still affect how history interprets them. Ryan Braun will pay for his sins, and by God, he'll pay for Barry Bonds ' sins too, even though nobody who's voting knows exactly what either man did.

But here's something else nobody knows: It has been nearly 15 years since the summer of McGwire and Sosa, and almost a decade since the BALCO story broke, and we still don't understand how performance-enhancing drugs change performance. There's a gazillion unfounded claims about various steroids, and some research into the effects of anabolics on body mass, endurance and healing time. But in all this time, there has been precisely one scientific study subscription required examining the relationship between PEDs and MLB stats: Their match stemmed from their Steel cage match at One Night Stand , three weeks before Vengeance, where Edge won by escaping the cage.

Batista gained the pinfall after executing a Batista Bomb on Edge.

Before the event aired live on pay-per-view, Super Crazy defeated Carlito in a dark match. The event began with a video package of the event and its theme, "Night of Champions," followed by opening pyrotechnics. Cade and Matt started the match, with Matt in control. The two teams tagged in and out until Cade and Murdoch attempted to walk out of the match, but the Hardys went after them, and brought them back into the ring. Matt tried to interfere on Jeff's behalf, but was stopped by the referee. Murdoch used this as an advantage, and pushed Jeff off the turnbuckle , leading to Cade performing a powerbomb.

Cade gained the pinfall on Jeff to win the match and retain the titles. After Yang missed a moonsault , Guerrero executed a Gory Bomb.

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Shortly after, Guerrero performed a Frog Splash on Yang. Afterwards, Guerrero pinned Yang to win the match and retain the Cruiserweight Championship. Nitro countered, however, and executed an enzuigiri. Two minutes into the match, Umaga was punching Marella uncontrollably. The referee disqualified Umaga when he refused to stop after giving a five count, and Marella retained the title. Umaga, following the disqualification, delivered a splash and a Samoan Spike to Santino.

Flair kept the advantage and applied the figure four leglock.

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MVP countered, by executing a low blow. Batista originally won the match by disqualification after Edge executed a low blow; however, SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long restarted the match with the stipulation that Edge could lose the title by disqualification. Edge won the match after Batista was counted out , thus retaining the title, [7] and with the match stipulation, Batista would be unable to challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship so as long as Edge was the champion.

After the match, in complete frustration, Batista attacked Edge and performed a Batista Bomb on him outside of the ring onto the ground before leaving him with the title. One spot in the match saw Lashley dive over the top rope onto the other four competitors. Towards the end of the match, Cena executed an FU on Lashley through an announce table. Cena won the match and retained the title after pinning Foley following an FU. Hornswoggle also entered the match at the bell, but immediately escaped the ring and hid under it.

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