I totally think that Michael Phelps should have gotten the SI Sportsman of the Year. He was the best athlete at the Olympics and was competing against the best people in the world. He was able to win so many medals at one Olympics with a schedule that many other athletes couldn't handle. But, I am sure that the DUI totally cancelled him out. If he was a football or basketball player up for this award and got a DUI or arrested for rape, he still would have gotten the award. It just goes to show you how the Mainstream Sports Press don't want to see a swimmer get any kind of a mainstream award and will find anything negative to tear swimmers down a few notches. The Mainstream sports press will feature you on the SI Fox Special and let you to the ESPY Awards. But, to receive an award is just ludicrous to them for swimming. This wouldn't have happened to Kobe Bryant. Swimming is still the most looked down upon or discriminated Sport out there.
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So they won the ALCS in amazing fashion (I completely agree) and won the World Series. Would they still deserve it if they lost the World Series after the ALCS comeback? I could argue the Arizona Diamondbacks deserved it in 2001. They won the World Series after only being a team for 4 years. Who cares if Colangelo spent the money to amass a very talented squad they accomplished something in 4 years that took the Sox 75 years to do. I just think the term SPORTSMAN means one person. Give it to Damon, Martinez, Ramirez, or Schilling but giving it to a team is a cop out. No one will ever be able to convince me that in 2004 there was a better individual performance than what Phelps or Armstrong accomplished this year.
So they won the ALCS in amazing fashion (I completely agree) and won the World Series. Would they still deserve it if they lost the World Series after the ALCS comeback? I could argue the Arizona Diamondbacks deserved it in 2001. They won the World Series after only being a team for 4 years. Who cares if Colangelo spent the money to amass a very talented squad they accomplished something in 4 years that took the Sox 75 years to do. I just think the term SPORTSMAN means one person. Give it to Damon, Martinez, Ramirez, or Schilling but giving it to a team is a cop out. No one will ever be able to convince me that in 2004 there was a better individual performance than what Phelps or Armstrong accomplished this year.
