If there were a MySpace page for MLB in the 2000s, these would be at the top of the friends list. NL MVP: Albert Pujols, edging out Barry Bonds with three MVPs and a more balanced performance AL MVP: Alex Rodriguez, PEDs cloud his numbers but are above and beyond anyone else NL Manager: Tony LaRussa, a two-time pennant winner got another WS title in 2006 AL Manager: Terry Francona, who helped break the curse and then win again with the Sox in '07 NL Cy Young: Randy Johnson, claiming three of his four straight awards to begin the decade AL Cy Young: Pedro Martínez, in a very tough call between him, Roy Halladay, and Johan Santana, Pedro's brilliance at the start of the decade prevailed