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11-17-2009, 02:49 PM
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Writers get it right for once: Grienke Wins CY
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11-17-2009, 03:40 PM
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Re: Writers get it right for once: Grienke Wins CY
Good. He deserved it.
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11-17-2009, 06:29 PM
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Legend
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Re: Writers get it right for once: Grienke Wins CY
Excellent. Now hopefully Mauer takes home the AL MVP.
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11-18-2009, 08:07 PM
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Grienke Wins AL Cy Young
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4663979
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When the phone rang, Zack Greinke let it go -- he didn't recognize the number. Only after listening to the voice mail did he call back and find out he'd won the American League Cy Young Award.
The Kansas City Royals ace easily beat out Felix Hernandez for the honor Tuesday after a spectacular season short on wins but long on domination. Winning left the extremely shy Greinke with mixed emotions.
"Back in Orlando, I haven't really got a whole lot of attention from people, which has been nice," he said. "So I hope it doesn't get that way, where everyone is like, 'Oh, hey, Zack, hi.'"
He'd prefer to remain anonymous when he's not on the mound. He's not looking forward to being introduced at banquets as "Cy Young Award winner Zack Greinke" for the rest of his life.
AL Cy Young Voting
Royals ace Zack Greinke won the American League Cy Young Award overwhelmingly Tuesday. A breakdown of the voting:
Player, team 1st-place votes Total
Zack Greinke, Royals 25 134
Felix Hernandez, Mariners 2 80
Justin Verlander, Tigers 1 14
Others receiving votes: CC Sabathia, Yankees, 13, Roy Halladay, Blue Jays, 11.
"In that way, it's kind of like a negative for me," he said.
It's been quite a turnaround for Greinke, who led the AL in losses in 2005 and quit baseball for six weeks the following year after being diagnosed with a social anxiety disorder.
Greinke went 16-8 with a major league-low 2.16 ERA this season and received 25 of 28 first-place votes and three seconds for 134 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
Hernandez, 19-5 with a 2.49 ERA for the Seattle Mariners, drew two firsts, 23 seconds and one third for 80 points.
"I thought it was going to be real close between the two of us," Greinke said.
Detroit's Justin Verlander was third with the remaining first-place vote and 14 points, followed by the Yankees' CC Sabathia (13) and Toronto's Roy Halladay (11).
"Greinke deserved it. Before the season was over, I said my vote was for him," Hernandez said in Venezuela.
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11-18-2009, 08:33 PM
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Re: Grienke Wins AL Cy Young
Thank God.
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11-18-2009, 08:49 PM
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Re: Grienke Wins AL Cy Young
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Originally Posted by Emmz
Thank God.
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You're welcome.
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11-18-2009, 08:50 PM
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Re: Grienke Wins AL Cy Young
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You're welcome.
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11-18-2009, 09:43 PM
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Re: Grienke Wins AL Cy Young
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You're welcome.
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I was actually referring to myself in the third person, thanks.
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11-18-2009, 10:35 PM
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Michigan's F'ing Cold
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Re: Grienke Wins AL Cy Young
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Originally Posted by Emmz
I was actually referring to myself in the third person, thanks.
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11-19-2009, 03:03 AM
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Re: Grienke Wins AL Cy Young
I recall Sabathia answering the question about the '09 Cy award towards the end of the season, there was some headline like: "Sabathia says he doesn't deserve Cy award" and Sabathia was like, 'Hey, the Cy belongs to Felix Hernandez. He's been awesome.'
He was awesome. True. That's King Felix...
But it was Grienke's award in '09
Last edited by Lester82; 11-19-2009 at 03:06 AM.
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