Comments on: Zack Greinke wins AL Cy Young http://www.puristbleedspinstripes.com/2009/11/zack-greinke-wins-al-cy-young/ Yankees. Baseball. Life. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:54:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: forex robot http://www.puristbleedspinstripes.com/2009/11/zack-greinke-wins-al-cy-young/comment-page-1/#comment-2274 forex robot Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:42:37 +0000 http://www.puristbleedspinstripes.com/?p=1470#comment-2274 Nice post & nice blog. I love both.

Nice post & nice blog. I love both.

]]> By: Mitch http://www.puristbleedspinstripes.com/2009/11/zack-greinke-wins-al-cy-young/comment-page-1/#comment-2270 Mitch Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:05:17 +0000 http://www.puristbleedspinstripes.com/?p=1470#comment-2270 For me, he surely deserved to have this recognition. Well, he's my favorite. Knowing that he goes get an award like this is also rewarding to some <a href="http://www.facebook.com/premiofoods?v=wall/" rel="nofollow"> sports fans</a>. Thanks and keep up the good work here.

For me, he surely deserved to have this recognition. Well, he’s my favorite. Knowing that he goes get an award like this is also rewarding to some sports fans. Thanks and keep up the good work here.

]]> By: JGS http://www.puristbleedspinstripes.com/2009/11/zack-greinke-wins-al-cy-young/comment-page-1/#comment-2267 JGS Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:18:40 +0000 http://www.puristbleedspinstripes.com/?p=1470#comment-2267 That is absolutely the way it should be, but I think the "baseball writers only care about wins" argument falls a little flat since 2000, there have been 19 Cy Young awards given out, and the league leader in wins has won the Cy Young...just 8 times. and of those 8, at least five were deserved (very often the league leader in wins really was the best pitcher in the league--witness Cliff Lee in 2008, Peavy in 2007, Johan in 2006, Webb in 2006 with the six-way tie for the league-lead in wins, Randy Johnson in 2002...). Maybe the argument bashing the BBWAA is just a strawman

That is absolutely the way it should be, but I think the “baseball writers only care about wins” argument falls a little flat

since 2000, there have been 19 Cy Young awards given out, and the league leader in wins has won the Cy Young…just 8 times. and of those 8, at least five were deserved (very often the league leader in wins really was the best pitcher in the league–witness Cliff Lee in 2008, Peavy in 2007, Johan in 2006, Webb in 2006 with the six-way tie for the league-lead in wins, Randy Johnson in 2002…). Maybe the argument bashing the BBWAA is just a strawman

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