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I understand that he may have been just what they needed to rally to a win. I just don't know if that's realistic. Has a pitcher who only pitched one game in the middle of a series ever been given an MVP?
Conversely, what if a player who played only one game, say Game 3 (maybe do to an injury or a platoon), hit for the cycle in that game and drove in 5 runs leading the team to victory? I don't think anyone would suggest that player, who had an effect on only one game, be made MVP. However, we make that argument for a pitcher in some cases.
If the one game performance was in the deciding game of the series, I can understand it. It should be to a player that had the greatest overall affect on his team's performance.
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