Hideki Matsui, Most Valuable Player for World Series Champions New York Yankees, rides up lower Broadway November 6, 2009 during...

Manager Mike Scioscia labeled Abreu as the Angels' most valuable player late in the season

Hideki Matsui holds up his World Series MVP award

George Mikan mementos

...s College All-Star Jersey signed/Minneapolis Lakers Shooting Jersey(10000 Lakes) George Mikan's 1953 NBA MVP Trophy

CLEVELAND - MAY 05: LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers receives 2008-2009 MVP trophy from NBA Commissioner David Stern prior to playing the Atlanta Hawks in Game One of the...

...times for 158 yards, both Super Bowl-records at the time, and scored one touchdown in earning Most Valuable Player (MVP) honors. (Photo by Sylvia Allen/NFL

TAMPA, FL - JANUARY 27: Tampa Bay Buccaneer Dexter Jackson high-fives fans while holding his Super Bowl MVP trophy during a Superbowl victory celebration January 27, 2003 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The...

Rutgers' Cappie Pondexter, left, celebrates with coach C. Vivian Stringer, right, after being named tournament most valuable player, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2005, at the Hawkeye Challenge in Iowa City, Iowa. Pondexter scored 22...

...the Miami Heat contemplates his next conditioning exercise in front of a poster of 2009 NBA Finals MVP Kobe Bryant during his workout on September 8, 2009 at ATTACK Athletics in Chicago, Illinois

CLEVELAND - MAY 05: LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers receives 2008-2009 MVP trophy from NBA Commissioner David Stern prior to playing the Atlanta Hawks in Game One of the...

Boston Celtics' Paul Pierce celebrates with his MVP trophy after winning Game 6 of the 2008 NBA Finals in Boston, Massachusetts, June 17, 2008. The...

BOSTON - JUNE 17: Finals MVP Paul Pierce #34 of the Boston Celtics celebrates with the MYP trophy after the Celtics won 131...

Malto could be an MVP...McCrank...Carroll party MVP

...holds his T-shirt during a clinic Friday, July 24, 2009, in Hong Kong. The NBA Finals Most Valuable Player, is on the second leg of his Nike sponsored 2009 Asia tour which kicked off...

...Mauer's numbers are good, but the Twins' struggles and his league rankings are holding back his MVP candidacy