In recent history, Most Valuable Players in sports championship games/series have been awarded with automobiles, along with a commemorative trophy. No better way to appeal these cars to the common man, by giving them to men who could really care less about having another car in their garage to go with their Ferraris, Mercedes, BMWs, and whatever exotic cars professional athletes with multi-million dollar salaries purchase.

Cases in point - Hines Ward, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, and Deion Branch all have Cadillacs to go along with their respective Super Bowl MVP award honors. And pictured above is last year's World Series MVP, St. Louis Cardinals shortstop, David Eckstein, and his brand-spanking new Chevrolet Corvette. Afterwards, Eckstein admitted to not knowing how to drive a stick-shift, and that he gave it to his brother. He probably also couldn't reach the pedals either, but let's not go there.

But the thing is, David Eckstein played his ass off, and rightfully earned Most Valuable Player honors. And for that distinction, he was given a 2007 Z06 Corvette. A car that is, for the lack of a better term, fast as shit. All the Caddys the Super Bowl MVPs win are either also fast as shit, or at least relatively pimpin'.

With the way the World Series are going now, and the trends of marketing occurring in between innings, it is safe to say that there stands a good chance that the inevitable MVP of the 2007 World Series is going to win a 2008 Chevrolet Malibu.

A MALIBU. A Chevy FUCKING Malibu.

If I were a potential MVP candidate, and the series were already locked up, I would do something totally stupid like drop a pop fly, or lay down a sac bunt with two outs to totally blow my chances to win this car, just so I could avoid further IRS tax scrutiny. A Caddy, I'd love, a Corvette, would I never deny. But a Malibu? Just what is MLB trying to say?

So let's take a look at the possible Malibu winners here...

The Front Runner

J.D. Drew, RF
4/7, .571 AVG, 2 RBI, 2B

But Likely Winner

Manny Ramirez, LF
4/8, .500 AVG, 2 RBI, 2B

Candidate based on popularity

David Ortiz, DH
3/8, .375 AVG, 2 RBI, 2B (2)

Unlikely, but good stats

Julio Lugo, SS
3/7, .428 AVG, RBI

Very Likely because pitchers are eligible for this MVP

Josh Beckett, SP
7.0 IP, 1.29 ERA, 9 Ks

The Relief Pitcher who gets some huge clutch outs

Hideki Okajima, RP
2.1 IP, 0.00 ERA, 4 Ks, 1 Hold

The Closer always is considered

Jonathan Papelbon, RP-CL
1.1 IP, 0.00 ERA, 2 Ks, 1 Save

Out of all these guys, I couldn't see Manny Ramirez in a Malibu. David Ortiz couldn't fit into a Malibu, and Lugo would just lower it, put some mis-matched rims, body panels, and a huge exhaust on it. Drew and Beckett, being the good-ol' boys they really are, would probably give it to a cousin or something. Papelbon is just a plain weirdo, and could take it, but that pretty much leaves Okajima. He'd probably enjoy it, because it would cap off a relatively glowing rookie season, and since he's going to get shafted out of the Rookie of the Year honors by a teammate, it'd be nice for him to have something. That, and Japanese people are enamored by American shit - no doubt a Malibu would be the equivalent of drinking his first Budweiser.

But let's be realistic here - if America got to choose the MVP for the World Series, we all know who it's going to: