And now, a dose of tradition to follow a day of debate. Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun — a prolific hitter from a contending team — is the National League’s Most Valuable Player.
Braun beat the Dodgers’ Matt Kemp to become the first Brewers player to win a league MVP Award since Hall of Famer Robin Yount won for the second time in 1989, when Milwaukee was still an American League franchise.
Braun received 20 of a possible 32 first-place votes from members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, two from each NL city, for a total of 388 points. Kemp received 10 first-place votes and 332 points. Braun’s teammate, Prince Fielder — currently a free agent — was third with one first-place vote and 229 points, giving the Brewers two players in the top five for the first time since Yount won and Cecil Cooper ran fifth in the 1982 AL vote.
