Unless the regular season doesn't matter, he won an MVP award. He makes great plays in the field and had an ass load of big hits during the year. If you want to have selective memory, that's fine. But he is nowhere as bad as you try to make him out to be.
Last year he didn't play well in the playoffs, period. One series was all he had, and he didn't prove himself. Jeter, Bernie, Tino, et al. have all had bad postseasons (that lasted more than 5 games).