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IYO, who are some of the most egregious award winners?
Posted on 7/4/18 at 9:41 pm
Posted on 7/4/18 at 9:41 pm
Can be any sport. Where do you think they(mostly writers) got it wrong, and who should’ve won?
The first one that always comes to my mind, is Bob Welch over Roger Clemens in the 1990 Cy Young voting. It shouldn’t have even been close. Welch wasn’t even the best pitcher on his team(Dave Stewart), and didn’t deserve any Cy Young votes, let alone win it. But because he had those shiny 27 wins, they gave it to him.
CLEMENS:
228.1 IP
1.93 ERA
2.18 FIP
209 K
54 BB
7 HR
8.2 fWAR
10.5 bWAR
WELCH:
238 IP
2.95 ERA
4.19 FIP
127 K
77 BB
26 HR
1.8 fWAR
3.0 bWAR
This was just a terrible decision. What are some *y’all’s?
*I know this isn’t a word, but love it anyway.
The first one that always comes to my mind, is Bob Welch over Roger Clemens in the 1990 Cy Young voting. It shouldn’t have even been close. Welch wasn’t even the best pitcher on his team(Dave Stewart), and didn’t deserve any Cy Young votes, let alone win it. But because he had those shiny 27 wins, they gave it to him.
CLEMENS:
228.1 IP
1.93 ERA
2.18 FIP
209 K
54 BB
7 HR
8.2 fWAR
10.5 bWAR
WELCH:
238 IP
2.95 ERA
4.19 FIP
127 K
77 BB
26 HR
1.8 fWAR
3.0 bWAR
This was just a terrible decision. What are some *y’all’s?
*I know this isn’t a word, but love it anyway.
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Posted on 7/4/18 at 9:45 pm to ZZTIGERS
Mark Ingram over Toby Gerhart
Posted on 7/4/18 at 9:48 pm to ZZTIGERS
Juan Gonzalez over ARod/Griffey in 1996.
Posted on 7/4/18 at 9:50 pm to ZZTIGERS
Mo Vaughn over Albert Belle
“His reputation, and more specifically his disdain of the media, cost him votes for the 1995 MVP Award The fact that he was caught cheating the year before, in the infamous 1994 Bat Burglary, didn't help his cause either. He finished second in the media voting to the Boston Red Sox' Mo Vaughn even though he led the American League that season in runs scored, home runs, RBIs, slugging percentage and total bases, and outpaced Vaughn head-to-head in every important offensive category except RBIs (both men had 126); both players' teams reached the playoffs. “
“His reputation, and more specifically his disdain of the media, cost him votes for the 1995 MVP Award The fact that he was caught cheating the year before, in the infamous 1994 Bat Burglary, didn't help his cause either. He finished second in the media voting to the Boston Red Sox' Mo Vaughn even though he led the American League that season in runs scored, home runs, RBIs, slugging percentage and total bases, and outpaced Vaughn head-to-head in every important offensive category except RBIs (both men had 126); both players' teams reached the playoffs. “
Posted on 7/4/18 at 9:51 pm to ZZTIGERS
David Robinson winning the MVP over Olajuwon was sort of defensible until Olajuwon destroyed him one on one in the WCF in 1994-95.
Jason White won the 2003 Heisman over Larry Fitzgerald pretty much just by being a quarterback. Eli Manning rounded out the top three.
Jason White won the 2003 Heisman over Larry Fitzgerald pretty much just by being a quarterback. Eli Manning rounded out the top three.
Posted on 7/4/18 at 9:52 pm to ZZTIGERS
Altuve over judge last year
Posted on 7/4/18 at 9:53 pm to Lester Earl
Trout should have won last year
Posted on 7/4/18 at 9:53 pm to lsufan112001
Troy Smith over McFadden
Posted on 7/4/18 at 9:53 pm to tilco
That’s not even the most egregious heisman frick up. Charles Woodson over Peyton Manning is the biggest joke in that awards history.
Posted on 7/4/18 at 9:55 pm to TigerStripes06
Gino Torretta over Marshall Faulk
This post was edited on 7/4/18 at 9:56 pm
Posted on 7/4/18 at 9:57 pm to ZZTIGERS
Shakespeare In Love over Saving Private Ryan.
ETA: Rafael Palmeiro winning a gold glove for 28 games at 1B.
ETA: Rafael Palmeiro winning a gold glove for 28 games at 1B.
This post was edited on 7/4/18 at 9:59 pm
Posted on 7/4/18 at 9:59 pm to WestCoastAg
Trout missed 50 games so no
Posted on 7/4/18 at 10:00 pm to Lester Earl
And was still like third in WAR so yes
Posted on 7/4/18 at 10:04 pm to lsufan112001
quote:
Mo Vaughn over Albert Belle
Very good example. Also, Belle was a top 10 hitter in the MLB(notice I didn’t say fielder) in the 90s.
This post was edited on 7/4/18 at 10:05 pm
Posted on 7/4/18 at 10:05 pm to Lester Earl
quote:
Altuve over judge last year
Not sure how the leader for war (baseball reference) winning mvp is “egregious”
Posted on 7/4/18 at 10:07 pm to Adam Banks
Can't decide if Derrick Henry or Lamar Jackson over Deshaun Watson is more lol.
Can I put both?
Can I put both?
Posted on 7/4/18 at 10:09 pm to ZZTIGERS
Peyton over Brees
Posted on 7/4/18 at 10:11 pm to ZZTIGERS
Shocked this board hasn’t already mentioned Rose over Lebron.
Posted on 7/4/18 at 10:16 pm to ChiSaint
Yeeeeaaaa that was bad
Posted on 7/4/18 at 10:21 pm to WestCoastAg
Iguadala finals MVP was pretty egregious
it was almost like the announcers picked who won, by giving him so much credit during the game broadcasts, then when u actually looked at the numbers it didnt make sense
it was almost like the announcers picked who won, by giving him so much credit during the game broadcasts, then when u actually looked at the numbers it didnt make sense
This post was edited on 7/4/18 at 10:23 pm
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