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When Good Posts Go Bad: ERA+ and the CYA

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:02:32 +0000

The other night while writing about the signing of Brad Thompson I started thinking about Tim Lincecum and Zack Greinke winning the Cy Young Awards in their respective leagues. More specifically I started wondering how many times the leaders in ERA+ from both the AL and NL won the CYAs. I sat ...

fansided posted 2 days ago from kingsofkauffman.com

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The Carpenter Travesty

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Yesterday was a seminal day in baseball history. When it was announced that Chris Carpenter finished second in the National League Cy Young voting despite not being named on two ballots - yes, two whole ballots - the game of baseball was irreparably changed, and not for the better. It may be ...

wezen posted 4 days ago from wezen-ball.com

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How One Cy Young Vote Could Be Worth $21 Million

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:12:45 +0000

TOWER GROVE — While a lot of attention was paid to the pitchers a few of the National League Cy Young Award voters did and didn’t vote for, lost in that hubbub was how much money one pitcher made because of one single vote. By receiving a solitary second-place vote, Atlanta Braves ...

Angels blog found this 18 hours ago on stltoday.com

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$400,000 saves the Phillies in 1943

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:48:00 +0000

On this day in Phillies history it took $400,000 to save the team from an embarrassing situation. William B. Cox had done a lot of good things for the Philadelphia Phillies when he purchased them in 1943. For the first time in almost 30 years the Phillies were making strides on the field and ...

Macho Row posted 25 hours ago from macho-row.blogspot.com

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Burn After Watching

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:04:00 +0000

Every now and then, we as writers come across something that nothing quite prepares us for. Take this nausea-inducing kiddie baseball video The fine folks at Deadspin where I found this video suggest checking your water supply for drugs after watching. I would also add that perhaps burning ...

GM-Carson posted 3 days ago from morehardball.blogspot.com

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Carroll & Law Unfairly Criticized

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:00:50 +0000

Who says fans don’t care about awards. Keith Law and Will Carroll became the latest targets for irate baseball fans as they were roundly criticized for leaving Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter off their Cy Young Ballot. Carroll voted for Adam Wainwright and Law for Tim Lincecum. After ...

msilva177 posted 3 days ago from nybaseballdigest.com

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Did Wainwright and Carpenter Split the Vote? and other Cy Young Stories

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:01:44 +0000

In the wake of one of the tightest Cy Young races in recent memory, I address 3 of the hot debate points I've seen bandied about as controversies: 1.whether the two St. Louis pitchers split the vote; 2.whether the pitcher with the most 1st place votes should win; 3.the 2 ballots that left ...

Kincaid posted 3 days ago from 3-dbaseball.net

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McClellan faces the heat over Waino's loss

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:24:54 +0000

Reliever says he 'didn't get the job done' in what could have been Adam Wainwright's 20th victory of the season.

C70 At The Bat found this 4 days ago on stltoday.com

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Two Internet Writers May Have Cost Chris Carpenter the NL Cy Young

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:41:31 +0000

The BBWAA has acknowledged the internet folk of late, but their glasnost hit a snag in this year’s NL Cy Young voting. Both ESPN.com’s Keith Law and Baseball Prospectus’ Will Carroll bucked conventional wisdom slightly, leaving St. Louis starter Chris Carpenter off their ballots. This ...

The Sporting Blog found this 2 days ago on thebiglead.com

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WAINO: Why Carpenter should win Cy Young

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:36:26 +0000

Cardinals pitchers Adam Wainwright and Chris Carpenter are the top candidates to win the NL Cy Young Award this week. Post-Dispatch baseball writer Derrick Goold asked each to write why his teammate should win.

baseballmusings.com found this 9 days ago on stltoday.com

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Ballot Bawling

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:37:24 +0000

It turns out that the two internet voters, Keith Law and Will Carroll, left Chris Carpenter off their ballots. Some people are not happy about that, according to ShysterBall . I actually think the problem is that with only three slots, it’s tough to give recognition to a pitcher who ...

StatsGuru posted 4 days ago from baseballmusings.com

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Lincecum wins Cy Young; Some Appalled

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:43:00 +0000

In case you hadn't heard, and I hadn't due to being at an off-site today, Tim Lincecum repeated as NL Cy Young winner, in one of the closer votes ever. It was so close that Adam Wainwright had more first place votes, but finished third overall. Chris Carpenter finished second. 10 points ...

theangryrant posted 4 days ago from perfectknight.blogspot.com

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Lincecum Wins Second Straight NL Cy Young

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:42:44 +0000

Day four of the Baseball Writer’s Association of America Awards continued on Thursday and next up was the National League Cy Young Award. For the second straight season, the BWAA has chosen everyone’s favorite San Francisco Giants pot smoker Tim Lincecum as their winner of the NL Cy ...

beisbolct posted 4 days ago from soxanddawgs.com

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Lincecum wins NL Cy Young

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:23:17 +0000

Lincecum wins NL Cy Young He edged out Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright. (via BTF )

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Giants’ Lincecum wins second straight NL Cy Young

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:10:44 +0000

For the second straight year, San Francisco Giants’ ace Tim Lincecum was named the National League Cy Young award winner, earning 11 of 32 first-place votes. He just edged out Cardinals’ ace Chris Carpenter, who earned nine first-place votes and Carpenter’s teammate Adam Wainwright, who ...

TheScoresReport posted 4 days ago from scoresreport.com

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Lincecum Wins Second Straight NL Cy Young

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:18:00 +0000

In a very close contest, San Francisco's Tim Lincecum beat out St. Louis right-handers Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright to take home the 2009 NL Cy Young award . In 32 games for the Giants this season, Lincecum went 15-7, with a 2.48 ERA, a 1.05 WHIP, and in 225.1 innings pitched he allowed ...

Greg C. posted 4 days ago from slidingintohome.blogspot.com

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Sportswriters don’t vote for Cy Young based on popular opinion; baseball universe explodes

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:35:35 +0000

Keith Law didn't vote for Chris Carpenter. Will Carroll didn't either . Of course, according to the baseball fans on Twitter, both are saber-morons who are ruining the game. Hysteria indeed. A few interesting tweets/comments: Here are some notable tweets: Jon Heyman ( @SI_JonHeyman ): "i ...

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NL Cy Young Voters Get It Right

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:56:46 +0000

Congratulations to Tim Lincecum for winning the NL Cy Young award this year, as well as to the BBWAA voters for actually giving it to him. I was fairly sure that Chris Carpenter was going to win based on his league leading 2.24 ERA and 17-4 record, or – failing that – it would go to his ...

camdencrazies posted 4 days ago from camdencrazies.com

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The Freak Does It Again: Lincecum Wins NL Cy Young Award

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:19:54 +0000

Lincecum received 100 points to beat out Cardinal pitchers Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright in a very close race. Carpenter received 94 votes and Wainwright received 90 points.

adamb77 posted 4 days ago from theghostofmoonlightgraham.wordpress.com

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How I Voted for the 2009 Cy Young Award

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:26:09 +0000

TOWER GROVE — Come Friday morning, Bryan Burwell & Company will have to find something different to ask me about and a new way to introduce me on radio shows, if they have me on at all. As of this afternoon, I no longer hold a secret ballot in one of the more talked about award votes ...

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