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He edged out Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright. (via BTF)

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I’m glad they’re going to get rid of the unnecessary off-days in the ALDS and ALCS, even though it benefitted the Yankees a lot this year. Those off-days are killer and also if a team has depth in their rotation they should be rewarded for it.

More importantly, can they please please please expand the ALDS to 7 games? It’s way too much of a crapshoot at 5 games, and I don’t see why it should be any different than the other series’.

by Let's Talk About Tex Baby on Nov 19, 2009 10:54 PM EST reply actions  

I don't have a problem with Lincecum

but I think the system is flawed when the person with the most 1st place votes doesn’t win the award. And that one of the top three pitchers wasn’t even on 2 ballots (apparently 2 voters put Javier Vasquez instead of Carpenter).

Sorry, but with every award, I start to hate the BWWAA more and more, from the MVP to the Hall of Fame. I have yet to find a baseball writer that’s ever played a sport, much less baseball, and they’re deciding who the best players are in baseball?

by phonty on Nov 19, 2009 11:03 PM EST reply actions  

Keep in mind, I'm not saying Lincecum shouldn't have won

just that I have a problem with the Baseball Writers Association of America and the voting processes used in awards and Hall of Fame selections.

by phonty on Nov 19, 2009 11:05 PM EST up reply actions  

It's a step in the right direction for the BWWAA

at least head and shoulders above the HOF committee in their voting analysis currently . A few years ago, there was zero chance that a 15-game winning pitcher would receive the CYA. It shows that writers are realizing that the WIN stat alone is not the most telling of how good a pitcher really is.

by Scooby Snacks on Nov 20, 2009 12:02 AM EST reply actions  

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