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AZ Snakepit (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
Brandon Webb successfully retained his throne as the Diamondbacks Cy Young, with a comfortable victory, though the margin this year was palpably smaller: Webb got 68% of the vote this year - still a comfortable victory, but down from 80% in 2007, thanks to competition from both Haren and Johnson. Hopefully, Webb will maintain his high standard in 2009, and the rest of the pitching staff will step up...
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AZ Sports Hub (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
Brandon Webb successfully retained his throne as the Diamondbacks Cy Young, with a comfortable victory, though the margin this year was palpably smaller: Webb got 68% of the vote this year - still a comfortable victory, but down from 80% in 2007, thank...
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AZ Snakepit (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Even though the Cardinals didn't make it to the playoffs, it is probably no surprise that Albert Pujols won the National League Most Valuable Player award, as the league seems more open to this possibility than the American League. In the NL, half of the last eight MVPs are now from teams that didn't reach the postseason [the other three being Ryan Howard in 2006, plus Barry Bonds in 2004 and 2001]....
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AZ Sports Hub (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Even though the Cardinals didn't make it to the playoffs, it is probably no surprise that Albert Pujols won the National League Most Valuable Player award, as the league seems more open to this possibility than the American League. In the NL, half of the last eight MVPs are now from teams that didn't reach the postseason [the other three being Ryan Howard in 2006, plus Barry Bonds in 2004 and 2001]....
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Fake Teams (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Are the Arizona Diamondbacks in the midst of following in the footsteps of the San Diego Padres? Recent news has me wondering. Here are the facts: 1. They pulled their contract extension offer to Brandon Webb back who is under team control through 2010. If they can't reach an agreement, he could become major trade bait. 2. They won't re-sign 45 yr old pitcher Randy Johnson who is closing in on 300...
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Larry Brown Sports (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Compared to the old days, or even when Nolan Ryan pitched, the hurlers these days are pussies. That’s putting the Roy Halladay, CC Sabathia, Brandon Webb crowd aside considering those dudes actually make efforts to finish off their games on a regular basis. I’m not saying the way we handle pitchers these days [...]
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Babes Love Baseball (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
Babes Love Baseball would like to congratulate Tim Lincecum on winning the 2008 NL Cy Young award! This little guy beat out the likes of Johan Santana, CC Sabathia, Brandon Webb, Brad Lidge, and Ryan Dempster. He's just 24 and just finished his second year in the big leagues and already he's securing his spot in bad-ass pitcher history. I happened to get to see him pitch in 2007 against Milwaukee....
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ShysterBall (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
My view on the NL Cy Young was that reasonable people could disagree between Johan Santana and Tim Lincecum, and that whatever my thoughts on the matter, Brandon Webb would get a lot of votes based on early season performance and win total. Any way you sliced it, though, those three would be in everyone's top three, right? Well, no : The only Cy Young Award voter who excluded Tim Lincecum from his...
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Out Of Left Field (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
A million and one Tim Lincecum tributes are being written to the newly minted 24-year-old Cy Young Award winner. A prevailing sentiment is that Lincecum would have been overlooked in an earlier era, since he was credited with "only" 18 victories, whereas runner-up Brandon Webb of the Arizona Diamondbacks had 22. At least one voter still felt wins are the ultimate arbiter, but at least he wasn't
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Bugs and Cranks (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
In an upset of epic proportions, the BBWAA got it right. Your 2008 National League Cy Young Award winner: Tim Lincecum! That’s right, the writers who are so often seduced by win totals and other completely useless statistics (like saves, for instance) refused to be taken in by Brandon Webb’s league-leading 22 victories and collectively [...]
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The San Francisco Giants Blog (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
The kid certainly deserved it, and on Tuesday it became official. Tim Lincecum won the 2008 NL Cy Young award earlier today and won it in a landslide. He received 23 of the 32 first place votes and edged out Brandon Webb and Johan Santana to become the first Giant to win the award since Mike McCormick over 40 years ago in 1967. He had just received The Sporting News' NL Pitcher of the Year award as...
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Dom D's - Mets Fan Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Tim Lincecum wins the 2008 National League Cy-Young. Lincecum was dominant (18-5) for a bad Giants team, however, and he did have 265 strikeouts 2008 NL Cy Young Award Voting Pitcher, Club 1st 2nd 3rd Points Tim Lincecum, SF 23 7 1 137 Brandon Webb, ARI 4 15 8 73 Johan Santana, NYM 4 8 11 55 Brad Lidge, PHI 1 7 10 CC Sabathia, MIL 1 1 1 9 Ryan Dempster, CHC 4 4
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LA Times (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
The Giants' second-year pitcher wins by a comfortable margin. Brandon Webb of the Diamondbacks finishes a distant second. Tim Lincecum won the National League Cy Young Award by a comfortable margin today, taking home pitching's highest honor in his second major league season.
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Hot Foot (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum has won the 2008 NL CY Young Award. Arizona’s Brandon Webb finished second, and Mets ace Johan Santana finished 3rd. Lincecum, 22, was the 10th pick overall in the 2006 amateur draft. He was 18-5 with a 2.62 ERA in 2008. He struck out a career high 265 batters. You can’t argue with [...]
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6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Amazingly, the BBWAA did its job and handed Tim Lincecum the NL Cy Young Award . Lincecum is only the second Giants pitcher to win the award, the other being Mike McCormick in 1967. There was a decent case for Brandon Webb, but Lincecum's 265 strikeouts blew past Webb's 183, despite a slight deficit in wins (18 for Lincecum versus Webb's 22); it says something that Lincecum was, by himself, responsible...
