|  |  |  | | | | | SI.com | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | | | He sat home for two straight days, waiting ... waiting ... waiting. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | | | If Jose Bautista keeps up his current pace, Major League Baseball might have to create a new award to give him because simply being the most valuable player in his league in this season isn't the half of it. A lot can happen between now and the end of the season, but as things stand, the only jockeying going on in the American League MVP race is to get in line behind the Blue Jays' rightfielder. The National League race, however, is wide open. Four of my top five below have been banged up in the last week, three of those five have hit below .225 over the last three weeks, the defending award winner had gone 20 games without a home run before going deep on Sunday, and Albert Pujols has fallen off the list for the first time since this column began a year ago, all of which throws Bautista's season into greater relief. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | | | One-hit wonder? Not Jose Bautista. After his shocking 54-homer season in 2010, the Jays slugger has been even better this season, says Joe Sheehan. Just how dominant has he been? | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | | | PARIS (AP) -- Defending champion Francesca Schiavone bounced back to her winning ways at the French Open, beating Melanie Oudin 6-2, 6-0 Monday in the first round. | | | | | | | | |  |  |  |  |  | |
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