Comments on: Lidge Finishes 4th In Cy Young Vote

By: Tinisha Warbritton

Tinisha Warbritton — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:04:15 +0000

Great articles & Nice a site….

By: ryan

ryan — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:04:39 +0000

actually, alot of people remember Al Smith. He was and remains a very important historical figure

By: Grrrumpy Miner

Grrrumpy Miner — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:47:43 +0000

Amanda….Hamels should have been 3rd or 4th? Now you are splitting hairs,20 years from now nobody is going to care who came in 2nd for the Cy Young award……Perfect example,what do Thomas Dewey (48),Adlai Stevenson(52/56),Alf Landon(36),Al Smith(28) and John Davis (24) have in common?You probably don’t know nor care but they are a handful of people who ran for president and lost at election time.Nobody remembers or cares who was the runner up let alone 3rd or 4th place.Not trying to be mean,but Brad Lidge deserved more votes than Hamels based on the regular season anyway,closer or not,he did the job above and beyond.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:51:23 +0000

I dont think anybody said Hamels deserved the Cy Young. Lincecum did. Im just saying he should have finished 3rd or 4th, in front of Webb.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:56:32 +0000

I think Webb shouldn’t of even been in contention, i easily see the top three as Santana/Linsecum (either or is fine for first) and Lidge.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:42:15 +0000

Agreed Miner, the people that vote on the Cya are not complete idiots despite what people would have them believe. There were points during the season that Hamels wasn’t even the best pitcher on his own team must less in the national league.

By: Grrrumpy Miner

Grrrumpy Miner — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:14:13 +0000

As for Cole Hamels…..yes he earned his reputation in the playoffs,and yet is it me or were most of you guys hanging Hamels out to dry as late as early september after he faltered vs the Mets on that sunday night game saying Hamels wasn’t ready for prime time,and all of a sudden you feel he deserved the Cy Young?Hamels now in my book after the regular season is a formidable pitcher and should have a great 2009 and will win Cy within 3 years but wright now its not his time.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:50:11 +0000

Jim, How was Hamels not top 5 Cy worthy??

Im not counting postseason at all.

3.09 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 227.1 IP, 196 SO. He was better than Webb!! He was a tiny better than Dempster.

Don’t look at wins, thats a team stat.

1) Timmy
2) Johan
3) Colbert

By: Grrrumpy Miner

Grrrumpy Miner — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:45:06 +0000

I’m happy that tuck has some kind of edumacation and can properly structure sentences “(Insert Team Here) sucks”.Wow how original and yet neanderthal.OK now that said,I am shocked that even Webb was in the mix Santana pitched with a lot of grit and could have won 20 games if not for that poison pen we had at Shea.Lincecum with a horrid team and gets the Cya Young is a complete shock,and the “experts” that garner votes should have given more votes for Lidge,however I guess they looked at K-Rod as the gold standard.

By: ryan

ryan — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:43:57 +0000

Lidge was the Cy Young and the MVP this year. no doubt in my mind. nobody was more dominant, offensively or defensively .