The answer: completely forgotten.
It seems as if the national media, especially “The Mother Ship,” only thinks that there are 29 MLB teams. And, the latest gaff happened when the forgotten team’s most recent Hall of Famer was left off of a notable list.
As ESPN was touting how great Mike Trout is (and, for the record, he is great), Thomas was left off of a very important list. It turns out that Trout has the most top-four MVP finishes. So, as ESPN was listing the other players with several top-four MVP wins, a guy with six of them was notably absent.