Comments on: More Thoughts On The Cy Young http://seamheads.com/2009/11/20/more-thoughts-on-the-cy-young/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:40:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cary http://seamheads.com/2009/11/20/more-thoughts-on-the-cy-young/comment-page-1/#comment-15141 Cary Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:31:44 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2009/11/20/more-thoughts-on-the-cy-young/#comment-15141 How about, how great that two Cardinal pitchers had outstanding years and both ended up in the top three in the Cy Young voting? That's a great achievement. If you're talking about starting pitchers, innings pitched does seem to matter if you can put up comparable statistics, but be out there for your team for a few more games, that has great value. Since there's no way you can say Lincecum doesn't deserve the award, it's a moot argument. The positive side of what the Card's aces did far outweighs any niggling over what pushed a voter one way or the other. That said, the whole voting system in baseball honors leaves much to be desired. It's entirely possible that some voters just liked Lincecum's sexy long hair and that made the difference. Anytime I have trouble puzzling out one of these votes, I just say to myself, 'Dick Allen's not in the Hall of Fame', shrug my shoulders and move on.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('15141','Cary'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('15141','Cary','How about, how great that two Cardinal pitchers had outstanding years and both ended up in the top three in the Cy Young voting? That\'s a great achievement. If you\'re talking about starting pitchers, innings pitched does seem to matter if you can put up comparable statistics, but be out there for your team for a few more games, that has great value. \r\n\r\nSince there\'s no way you can say Lincecum doesn\'t deserve the award, it\'s a moot argument. The positive side of what the Card\'s aces did far outweighs any niggling over what pushed a voter one way or the other. \r\n\r\nThat said, the whole voting system in baseball honors leaves much to be desired. It\'s entirely possible that some voters just liked Lincecum\'s sexy long hair and that made the difference. Anytime I have trouble puzzling out one of these votes, I just say to myself, \'Dick Allen\'s not in the Hall of Fame\', shrug my shoulders and move on.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> How about, how great that two Cardinal pitchers had outstanding years and both ended up in the top three in the Cy Young voting? That’s a great achievement. If you’re talking about starting pitchers, innings pitched does seem to matter if you can put up comparable statistics, but be out there for your team for a few more games, that has great value.

Since there’s no way you can say Lincecum doesn’t deserve the award, it’s a moot argument. The positive side of what the Card’s aces did far outweighs any niggling over what pushed a voter one way or the other.

That said, the whole voting system in baseball honors leaves much to be desired. It’s entirely possible that some voters just liked Lincecum’s sexy long hair and that made the difference. Anytime I have trouble puzzling out one of these votes, I just say to myself, ‘Dick Allen’s not in the Hall of Fame’, shrug my shoulders and move on.

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]]> By: Devon Young http://seamheads.com/2009/11/20/more-thoughts-on-the-cy-young/comment-page-1/#comment-15139 Devon Young Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:17:50 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2009/11/20/more-thoughts-on-the-cy-young/#comment-15139 I think I'm confused about what you're saying. Isn't the best statistical pitcher usually the one who helped his team the most?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('15139','Devon Young'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('15139','Devon Young','I think I\'m confused about what you\'re saying. Isn\'t the best statistical pitcher usually the one who helped his team the most?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I think I’m confused about what you’re saying. Isn’t the best statistical pitcher usually the one who helped his team the most?
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