The Big Blue Wrecking Crew

Woo hoo
27 1st, 3 2nd and 2 3rd place votes is how it broke down for him

WOOT!

Woo hooo!!!!! The kid deserved every first place vote he got

Ian Kennedy got 1 first place vote.  I am guessing that someone lost a bet.

Amazing! Congrats to Kershaw. Hope we can keep him.

I'd love to hear the explanation for the 3rd place votes.  Those must be the idiot voters who don't think anyone on a non-playoff team should ever win an award.

GenericFan said:

I'd love to hear the explanation for the 3rd place votes.  Those must be the idiot voters who don't think anyone on a non-playoff team should ever win an award.

Actually I'm more amazed Kennedy got 1 1st place vote, why, how? At least Halladay and Lee have very similar numbers across the board with Kershaw, Kennedy doesn't come close to all three, except in wins, which we all know is not the best stat to judge a pitcher on.

Congrats to Clayton! He was simply awesome this year! He and Kemp were the 2 big bright spots in an otherwse tumultuous year.

I get the feeling this is just the first of a few Cy Youngs for Clayton.

I can't even put into words how happy I am about this.

GenericFan said:

I'd love to hear the explanation for the 3rd place votes.  Those must be the idiot voters who don't think anyone on a non-playoff team should ever win an award.

The third place voters are likely from voters who have slept with Jamie...  (a quid pro quo, so to speak!)  

Great job, Clay!

Beyond awesome!  NOW, let's get that MVP for the Bison!

WTG Sunshine!!! Hopefully the first of many for the man (all in that beautiful Dodgers uni)

Was there any doubt?   Opie in a landslide.  

It was a pleasure to watch him pitch all season.

minndodger said:

Ian Kennedy got 1 first place vote.  I am guessing that someone lost a bet.

I am guessing that someone is related to one Mr. Joe Morgan.

To continue the earlier thought; we now know who was foolish enough to not vote for Opie.  Keep in mind, every single Pitching Triple-Crown winner in MLB history has been awarded the Cy Young!  These idiots voted against history... not a wise place to put oneself!  From Kissy:  

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"The first-place votes for Halladay were cast by Ken Davidoff of Newsday (NY), Zachary Levine of the Houston Chronicle, Keith Law of ESPN and Scott Miller of CBS Sports. The first-place vote for Kennedy was cast by John Maffei of the North County Times, representing the San Diego chapter of the BBWAA."

In a time in that we usually hear negative news about our team, it's great to hear something positive.

ItTakesFaith said:

To continue the earlier thought; we now know who was foolish enough to not vote for Opie.  Keep in mind, every single Pitching Triple-Crown winner in MLB history has been awarded the Cy Young!  These idiots voted against history... not a wise place to put oneself!  From Kissy:  

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"The first-place votes for Halladay were cast by Ken Davidoff of Newsday (NY), Zachary Levine of the Houston Chronicle, Keith Law of ESPN and Scott Miller of CBS Sports. The first-place vote for Kennedy was cast by John Maffei of the North County Times, representing the San Diego chapter of the BBWAA."

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Now we know who to add to our Official BBWC Blacklist... Surprisingly, there were no Halladay/Kennedy "homers".  

Law makes his case for Halladay in his story at ESPN.com.  The stats he picks out do back his play, plus he tends to downgrade Opie for having success against the Giants and Padres, two teams with weak offenses.   The stat he does ignore is Opie's record against teams over .500 compared to Halladay's.   Opie's .750 versus teams over .500 crushes Halladay's .500 versus teams over .500.  

He didn't just beat the Giants though... he beat LINCECUM -- *4* times  ...  by scores of 2-1, 1-0, 2-1 and 2-1.

Law is a dolt.

4-0 against Stinky this season, with a 0.30 ERA.

Add an appearance in the number 12 spot in MVP voting to go with that cy young

UCSB07 said:

Add an appearance in the number 12 spot in MVP voting to go with that cy young

And Halliday finished 9th