Bugs and Cranks (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
Thursday afternoon, the Toronto Blue Jays chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America handed out their yearly awards to the team. Is this really necessary? All the choices were pretty obvious, as Roy Halladay took home Pitcher of the Year, Vernon Wells collected Player of the Year, Jesse “Dumbo” Carlson was Rookie of the Year and [...]
Batter's Box Interactive Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
News updates - the Toronto chapter of the baseball writers handed out their awards yesterday. At the ceremony Paul Beeston addressed the media with bad news about the 2009 payroll. The baseball winter meetings start in just over a week. The writers awards went to: Roy Halladay - pitcher of the year Vernon Wells - player of the year Jesse Carlson - rookie of the year Adam Lind - most improved player...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
Roy Halladay was named pitcher of the year and Vernon Wells player of the year for the Blue Jays in 2008.
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
Roy Halladay was named Blue Jays pitcher of the year a club record sixth time Thursday in voting by the Toronto chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
Roy Halladay receives honour a club record sixth time in voting by the Toronto chapter of the BWAA
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
Links for Monday... J.P. Ricciardi says trading Roy Halladay hasn't even crossed his mind. Dan Graziano wrote last Wednesday that some continued to insist the Jays would explore trading their ace. River Ave. Blues considers Ben Sheets a better investment than A.J. Burnett for the Yankees. Jim Allen profiled the five Japanese players who plan to come over to MLB. He's not high on Junichi Tazawa, Ken...
Out Of Left Field (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
The larger point with Cliff Lee vs. Roy Halladay --is that we have no idea where fans' understanding of baseball is heading. Lee, the Cy Young Award winner over the Jays' talismanic tall right-hander, put up numbers -- 2.54 earned-run average, 22-3 record -- that, if he had not won, you might imagine people looking at in 20 years and saying, "How did he not win the Cy Young?" It's a good ketchup
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Fox Sports : MORE BY KEN ROSENTHAL — FOX SPORTS MLB VIDEO — Rosenthal: Lee earned AL Cy Young — Some may argue that Roy Halladay was more deserving of the AL Cy Young Award than winner Cliff Lee, but Ken Rosenthal says the voters got it right. — Back on Topps: The McBama of Baseball
The Kentucky Democrat (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
While I did not predict him during the original predictions or midseason , I can say that during my postseason predictions , I said it would be him or Roy Halladay. So, for the AL Cy Young award, I'm 1 for 3 this season. MLB : The constant quest for perfection drove Cliff Lee to great feats throughout 2008. "Even if I had won every start, I don't know if I'd be satisfied," he said near the season's...
Lookout Landing (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Item One : Cliff Lee wins the AL Cy Young. Cliff Lee is certainly deserving, though perhaps a touch less than Roy Halladay given their slate of batters faced. The voters, predictably, didn't see it that way, giving Lee the edge 24-4 in first place votes. Fine, whatever. Here's the inexcusable part though, three voters didn't even put Roy Halladay on their ballot! Uncredible. Item Two : Marlins keep...
Yanksfan vs Soxfan (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Tribe pitchers go back-to-back. Something I don't understand is how any writer could vote K-Rod ahead of Roy Halladay.
Baseball Musings (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Cliff LeePhoto: Icon SMI Cliff Lee wins the American League Cy Young Award fairly easily. He took 24 of 28 first place votes and four second place votes. Roy Halladay received the other four first place votes. Amazingly, Halladay...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Cliff Lee was the overwhelming choice to take the American League Cy Young Award on Thursday, with Roy Halladay of the Toronto Blue Jays finishing second.
WaitingForNextYear (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Well, it’s official, after weeks of speculation. Cliff Lee is your 2008 American League Cy Young winner, beating Toronto’s Roy Halladay who finished second. Lee earned 24 of 28 first-place votes and 132 total points in voting done by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Halladay garnered the other four first-place votes and finished with [...]
SOX & Dawgs (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Cliff Lee of the Cleveland Indians was named the winner of the 2008 AL Cy Young for his stellar season. He is the second straight member of the Indians to win the award, C.C. Sabathia won it last year. Lee received 24 of the 28 first place votes. Roy Halladay of the Toronto Blue Jays finished [...]
