During my short hiatus, no thanks to some glitch in the systems, I had to depend on other sites for my baseball fill. My VFTB withdrawal was a hard pill to swallow when you’re stuck reading substandard baseball reporting from the “big” sports news networks. Ugh. I can spew more worthless information about two East coast teams, whom will remain nameless, than I care to know. Double ugh. Yesterday, I came across this gem, “ Why C.C. Sabathia should win the NL Cy Young ,” by Steve Aschburner. It brought up some interesting history of AL guys coming over to the NL and making a case for the CY Young award even though they had roughly half a season of work.Â
Wht C.C. has accomplished up north of the Illinois border, is nothing short of impressive. I’m not so sure I’d just hand it over to him just yet though. With about six weeks of baseball left, things go go south in hurry, it’s a little presumptious to be giving out awards just yet. If...
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MVP: Kevin Youkilis- He is having a great year. He has a very good batting average and his 7th in the league in Woba. He has put up very good numbers all across the board and has been the best player for the Red Sox this year. His OBP is nearing 400 and he has put up a good SLG percentage. He also has the a great OPS which I value very much.
Cy Young: Cliff Lee- Frankly he has been dominant this year. He has the best record in the league and the best ERA. He had great control througho... more
Filed under: Brewers , Diamondbacks , Giants , Mets , MLB Awards , The Dugout Now that baseball season is almost over, it’s time to completely forget about baseball and focus on awards season! My original idea for tonight’s Dugout was the AL Cy Young Award 2008 Chatroom, but that ended up being Cliff Lee bouncing a rubber ball against a wall for 35 panels, so here is that Dugout’s hotly-contested National League equivalent. On second thought, they should just give th... more
Lincecum just won the CY Young. HUGE surprise as far as I am concerned. I understand the reasoning, and I think that he deserved it. I just thought that Webb would be a shoe in for the award. I feel that Cliff Lee is a shoe in for the AL award. I dont think that Longoria(Eric Lincoln) or Soto were surprises. I dont think that there was any competition for those aweards. What about the MVPs??? Any thought, the Cardinals fan in me wants Pujols to win.
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So, the Cubs have their Manager for the next three years. But to my surprise, and many others, it’s not Joe Girardi. It’s Lou Pinella. Sure, Lou will do a great job for the Northsiders (even though he mistakenly called the White Sox the Northsiders in his initial press conference). But [...]... more
Well, the Cubs actually shocked me today. Stunned me. Almost knocked me out of my seat during the Bears game this afternoon. They went out and got Alfonso Soriano. Not only got him, but locked him up for eight years to the tune of $135 million. Wow. He’s now [...]... more
Once upon a time, Baseball America was the only game in town when it came to covering the minor leagues and prospectdom in general. As one can tell from yesterday’s post , there are quite a few new kids on the block and the one making the most noise these days is Scout.com . Their team-specific approach has been a rather rousing success, and MVN can only hope they’re bought out by Rupert Murdoch one day as well.
And TCR is lucky to have the one-man show that runs (In... more
Cubs Trivia From: mvn.com Post Date: 2007-02-05 15:13:53
I told you I’d break these out if something interesting came along. My calendar trivia question today was:
“Which Cubs pitcher surrendered Lou Brock’s 3,000th career hit, August 13th, 1979?”
Please try to answer without a web search.
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