He plunged ahead, accepting Obama’s invitation to be the US ambassador to Ireland, a post he held between 2009 and 2012. “I was beginning to wonder if we’d be able to make any changes to our roster. MVP Harden, who has put up numbers that would make him a lock for league MVP in almost any other sea. Chief of among them is David Villa, who usually runs with great enthusiasm, but can apparently be counted upon even when he doesn’t feel like running.