DK, I think you just revealed your inner desires.
I never said I didn't have a problem with Howard winning MVP, but he was a helluva lot closer to the best stats than Morneau was. Although with my argument...why would I have a problem with Howard winning MVP? He was the best or at least very close offensive 1B in the league and his defense didn't lose many games.
Morneau was one of many reasons they got hot, including Santana, Liriano, and hell, Joe Mauer continuing his hot pace.
The difference between a DH and 1B (especially considering that DH is allowed to play 1B when the need reveals itself. The Sox just happened to have better a better defensive option) is so much smaller than the difference between a 1B and a SHORTSTOP. There's a reason why Piazza and Erstad went to first when they started to break down: it doesn't get much less important or easier than that.
And Morneau hit 34 points higher, and his OBP was 38 points lower, and his slugging was almost eighty points lower. If you want to use crap individual stats, Ortiz had 20 more homeruns and 8 more RBIs, 18 more runs.
Of course, OBP and SLG mattered over HRs and RBIs only when the defensive albatross known as Barry Bonds in the early 2000's was the MVP. Now we're back to RBIs