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Chicago Cubs slugger Kris Bryant has been voted the National League MVP, capping off a historic season for the 24-year-old star.Bryant received 29 of a possible 30 first-place votes.?Washington Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy was the runner-up. Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager, who was the unanimous winner of the NL Rookie of the Year award on Monday, finished third.?This year has certainly been one of the best years of my life, said Bryant, who is set to get married in January. I mean, winning a World Series, now this. Its just icing on the cake.Voting by the Baseball Writers Association of America was completed by the start of the playoffs. The BBWAA has voted for the award since 1931.Bryant was arguably the best offensive player on the best team in the game and showed exceptional defensive versatility by playing in both the infield and the outfield.He hit .292 with 39 homers and 102 RBIs in just his second year in the majors, helping the Cubs to their first World Series title since 1908.Bryant led the National League with a 7.67 WAR and was the only NL player in the top 10 in that category. He also ranked third in the NL in home runs (39), fourth in OPS (.939) and sixth in RBIs (102).?The 2015 NL Rookie of the Year, Bryant also led the league in runs scored with 121.Kris is just an impressive young man in every aspect, Cubs owner Tom Ricketts said. [He] is very mature, professional, light-hearted, but serious at the same time. Hes just kind of a dream player for any organization.Bryant becomes the Cubs first MVP since Sammy Sosa won the award in 1998. The once-forlorn franchise enjoyed its best run in decades and also had two of the seasons top MVP candidates, with Bryants teammate, first baseman?Anthony Rizzo, finishing fourth in the voting.If it wasnt for Anthony and his protection and guidance, I wouldnt have won this award, Bryant said. I mean, he texted me, and I said the same thing to him. I said, If it wasnt for you, I wouldnt have been able to do this.Bryant joins Dustin Pedroia (2007-08), Ryan Howard (2005-06) and Cal Ripken (1982-83) as the only players to win Rookie of the Year and MVP honors in consecutive seasons. Ichiro Suzuki (2001) and Fred Lynn (1975) are the only players to win the awards in the same year.He was the unanimous NL Rookie of the Year after he hit .275 with 26 homers and 99 RBIs last season.Information from The Associated Press and ESPNs Jesse Rogers contributed to this report. Patrick Willis Womens Jersey . 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That means the top four players will be absent from the 60-player field, which was to be finalized following Sundays update to the Official World Golf Ranking.Matt Kuchar will replace Spieth for the United States, which will have Rickie Fowler, Bubba Watson and Patrick Reed as its representatives because they are all ranked among the top 15 in the world.Spieth, who was playing a practice round for The Open on Monday, is expected to discuss his decision during a Tuesday news conference.Its certainly disappointing that weve had so many withdrawals on the mens side, Peter Dawson, former head of the R&A and the president of the International Golf Federation, said during a news conference at Royal Troon.The men will be represented by seven of the top 13 players in the world, with Watson at No. 5 being the highest-ranked. Among the other top 13 players going to Rio are Henrik Stenson, Masters champion Danny Willett, Justin Rose and Sergio Garcia.But the tournament has become more about who is not going. Spieth is a big blow, having on numerous occasions throughout the year expressed his eagerness to represent the United States.Adam Scott, Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel, Graeme McDowell and Vijay Singh are other major championship winners who are not going.Its been a set of unique circumstances that has developed over the past year or so with respect to the decisions that players have made to decide to participate or not to participate, said IGF vice president Ty Votaw,, an executive with the PGA Tour.ddddddddddddBut in terms of our outreach, our education, our trying to get them to understand what all the issues are and what the risks and other factors may be, we think we have done everything we can to educate them in the best possible way.Among the other concerns has been scheduling. The mens Olympic tournament begins just four weeks from Thursday, with another major championship, the PGA, in just two weeks. The PGA Tour also scheduled an event, the John Deere Classic -- where Spieth is the defending champion -- for the same week as the Olympic event.The following week is the Wyndham Championship, the last event of the regular season, followed by the FedEx Cup playoff events. For Americans and Europeans, there is also a Ryder Cup.Personally, I dont like it, defending Open champion Zach Johnson?said of the schedule. The fact that it [Olympics] jumbles everything together. Theres not many positives for us. Its really hard to navigate when you have major after major after major and very little time off ... And no offense to the Olympics, but Id rather be on the Ryder Cup team, personally.Golf is set to be part of the Games in 2020 in Tokyo, but sometime next year the International Olympic Committee will vote to decide its standing -- as it will with all sports -- for 2024.I think its worth remembering the tennis experience when they came back into the Olympics in 1988, Dawson said. They had quite a lot of difficulty attracting the top players to play, and just look at it now in the intervening years; tennis has become a very significant Olympic sport and very well-supported by the top players. I think golf will take a little bit of time as well. But I dont think it will take that long. ' ' '