addyz8vac | yesterday
For so many years, the formula for winning a Cy Young Award was pretty simple: Win a lot of games. Denny McLain was a unanimous pick in 1968 and deservedly so. He posted 31 victories — the combined total of this year's Cy Young starters, Tim Lincecum and Zack Greinke. A whopping win total, a good ERA and a bunch of strikeouts often brought home the hardware. But the perception of
Planet Intertwingly (Free subscription) | yesterday
“In God we trust, all others bring data.” – Edward Deming You would think that the coming transition to data driven decision making would be welcome. Cheered, even. But you would be wrong. And this year’s National League Cy Young Award voting proves it. You don’t have to know much – anything, really – about baseball [...]
Stan Musial's Stance (Free subscription) | yesterday
First, an announcement. I'm now contrbuting at Baseball Reflections . The gig is for more general baseball content, and is a weekly item. So far, there've been two articles, one on Jorge Posada , one on instant replay . Lots of good stuff over at the site. Stop by and take a look. I keep mulling over the Cy Young results. I've mentioned before I don't have an issue with who won, but I've been...
Beyond the Boxscore (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
This year’s NL Cy Young vote was one of the closest in history, but 1987’s vote was the closest ever. Let’s take a quick retrospective. Rank Tm Vote Pts 1st Place Share W L ERA G GS SV IP 1 Steve Bedrosian PHI 57.0 9.0 48% 5 3 2.83 65 0 40 89.0 2 Rick Sutcliffe CHC 55.0 4.0 46% 18 10 3.68 34 34 0 237.1 3 Rick Reuschel TOT 54.0 8.0 45% 13 9 3.09 34 33 0 227.0 4 Orel Hershiser...
The Client Revolution (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... own. As a result, Wainwright finished with 19 wins, which probably cost him the National League Cy Young Award. It wasn't his fault that he didn't get that twentieth win, still considered a magic number. What is unusual is that both Cy Young winners announced last week had even fewer wins than Wainwright. Kansas City's Zack Greinke won with just 16 wins, and Wainwright's teammate...
Walkoff Walk (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
I suppose I could keep trotting out examples of people who grossly misunderstand the value of certain statistics when it comes to picking out a Cy Young award winner... so I will. This time it's Jeff Fletcher over at...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
For so many years, the formula for winning a Cy Young Award was pretty simple: Win a lot of games.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
For so many years, the formula for winning a Cy Young Award was pretty simple: Win a lot of games.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
For so many years, the formula for winning a Cy Young Award was pretty simple: Win a lot of games.
Walkoff Walk (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
McDowell, who is now a "blogger" and "covering" the White Sox at a Chicago media outlet, is actually a winner of the Cy Young himself. He did so while winning an impressive 22 games for the team he now...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
-- For so many years, the formula for winning a Cy Young Award was pretty simple: Win a lot of games.
Sports - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
List of winners of the National League Cy Young Award, following the naming of San Francisco Giants starter Tim Lincecum as the 2009 winner:...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
For so many years, the formula for winning a Cy Young Award was pretty simple: Win a lot of games.
Knuckle Curve (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants won his second straight NL Cy Young Award. In a close race, Lincecum edged Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright — both of the St. Louis Cardinals. The Giants hurler became the first back-to-back winner since Randy Johnson won four straight Cy Young Awards from 1999 to 2002. On the season, Lincecum pitched 225.1 innings over 32 starts. He finished...
