By GEORGE KING
November 21, 2006 -- How close was the AL MVP voting that will be announced today? Throughout baseball yesterday an unsubstantiated rumor buzzed the landscape that Derek Jeter and Twins first baseman Justin Morneau had tied for the award.
However, nobody from MLB or the Baseball Writers Association of America confirmed the rumor.
"I am not allowed to say anything," said BBWAA secretary-treasurer Jack O'Connell, the man who counts the votes and will inform the winner this morning.
The rumor gained steam when the Phillies' Ryan Howard won the NL MVP yesterday, because before the various awards were announced last week, somebody in MLB was shown a list of BBWAA award winners. After Howard won, that list was 7-for-7 and had Jeter and Morneau sharing today's award.
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