Night Owl Cards

  Have you heard, or noticed, that the American League as of this writing has just two winning teams?   I'm sure interleague play is to blame for that and it will straighten itself out during the season but it might be time to break out the old "junior circuit" label for the moment. That's a very National League fan thing for me to do.   Seven years ago I wrote a couple of posts about National League and American League MVPs. I wanted to update those posts while the National League and American League are still a thing. Also the Dodgers have won two MVP awards since I last did this.   In 2024      And in 2025   Also, since I last did this, two Braves, a Cardinal and a Phillie have won the NL MVP, so here are the updated NL MVP team standings:   Cardinals 18, Dodgers 14, Giants 13, Reds 12, Cubs 9, Phillies 9, Braves 8, Pirates 7, Brewers 2 (NL Brewers, we'll get to AL Brewers), Astros 1 (NL Astros), Marlins 1, Nationals 1, Padres 1, Rockies 1...

Ever since Mike Trout has come into the majors, I've had no problem pulling his cards. I've tried to complete only one Topps flagship set since Trout's 2011 arrival -- the 2015 set -- yet even while just sampling flagship every other year, I've pulled Trout's base card almost every year. I also seem to pull his inserts a lot, probably not saying much since he's likely in every single insert Topps makes, but still they seem to come out of my packs abnormally so. But this year, I have not pulled his flagship card. I don't even know what it looks like. OK, I just looked it up. I now know what it looks like. Anyway, I'm mentioning Trout cards because he's the AL MVP (again) and after my NL award winners post , I've decided to take a commenter up on his offer and go through the American League teams as far as which team has totaled the most MVP awards. And then I'll list the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year tallies as well. My enthusia...