Mike Trout didn't just run away from the rest of the American League in winning his second Most Valuable Player award on Thursday night.
He left conventional wisdom in the dust, too.
Trout, the Los Angeles Angels centerfielder and 2009 graduate of Millville High School, seemed as surprised as anybody when he learned of the honor in an announcement on MLB Network.
"I'm speechless, man," Trout said moments later in an interview from his parents' home in Cumberland County.
Trout seemed to agree with many baseball experts that he was a long shot to win the MVP after the Angels finished far out of the playoff race, with a 78-84 record good for fourth place in the AL West.