King Felix is confused... What are these "Runs" you speak of?

The Mariners scored 6 runs for Felix Hernandez tonight in Oakland. Did they score 6 runs for Hernandez ALL YEAR last year? I can't remember.It's a nice start for a Cy Young defense. He also has 1 complete game which might lead the league at the end of the year. Seriously, he's a young kid throwing a complete game and nobody is worrying that his arm might fall off.Keep scoring these runs for your

THE KING IS CROWNED!!!!!!

YES!Felix Hernandez won the Cy Young Award that was rightfully his.And we can all breathe a nice sigh of relief that the writers voting didn't say "Hey! He didn't get as many wins... how good could he be?"Best WAR for Pitchers.The best ERA.Best Hits per 9 IP.2nd best WHIP.Most innings pitched.2nd in strikeouts (1 strikeout behind the leader.)Most games started.2nd most complete games (1 behind

Prove me wrong, baseball writers... vote for the King

Come on, Voters... make the right call.Felix Hernandez was the best pitcher in the American League for 2010.And if you've been reading this blog (which you are right now), you know I've covered this in detail why Felix Hernandez should win BECAUSE of his win loss total.There's nothing left to do but wait... and hope the writers made the correct choice.

Hey Mariners... let's compromise on Felix Hernandez starting

So the Mariners are at home for the last day of the season... and I guess it is fitting for a year where many people picked them to win the AL West and instead lost 100 games that they are giving their fans nothing to cheer for on the last day.Felix Hernandez, looking to cement a Cy Young resume that has everything except the eye popping win total (although winning 13 games on a 100 loss team

The Mariners truly appreciate their fans

Thank you fans! Now please enjoy the game that we are waving the white flag in before it even starts.Thanks for supporting a team that thought Milton Bradley would be a good power source. Thanks for cheering a team that couldn't put one 20 home run hitter, one 70 RBI man and only one .250 hitter.And seeing that the only thing left to cheer for is King Felix Hernandez, we'll take THAT away from

YES... you can be a .500 winner and deserve the Cy Young Award

I heard the panel on MLB last night talk about the American League Cy Young Award today and they unanimously picked C. C. Sabathia, mainly based on his 20 wins.John Hart said that Felix Hernandez had the great numbers but his win total wasn't enough.I don't claim to know more about baseball than John Hart nor the panel.That being said, that is "smearing feces on the wall crazy."And yesterday's

Is there an East Coast Bias in Awards voting?

I've been supporting Felix Hernandez as the Cy Young winner even though I think voters will vote for C. C. Sabathia and his 20 wins (even though King Felix has him beat in every other category.)But some people, including the good folks at Emerald City Diamond Gems, think that the fact that Sabathia plays in New York will tip the scales his way.I've heard this before... the votes ALWAYS slant

Felix Hernandez's win total is reason FOR his Cy Young Candidacy

I've been making the case for Felix Hernandez to win the Cy Young Award for about a month now and I have been alone.Yes he leads the league in a lot of statistics that I don't completely understand...Win Probability Added... Situational Wins... Base Out Wins Saved... Adjusted Pitching Wins... I am still learning how to quantify them. But King Felix leads all of those categories, which is

Man, Price and C. C. sure LOOKED like Cy Young contenders tonight

I've been singing the praises of Felix Hernandez to win the Cy Young Award since August.And Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports agrees with me.And I know I am not supposed to be seduced by David Price's and C. C. Sabathia's win loss total.But holy cats they looked like a pair of aces tonight.8 innings, no runs 9 strikeouts for Sabathia?8 innings, no runs, 3 hits 2 walks for Price?In a game for first

King Felix wants his Cy Young

There is a Cy Young front runner pitching in Anaheim tonight and it is NOT the dude with 15 wins.Ervin Santana is having a nice year but so far Felix Hernandez has been dominating everything but the win-loss column.I really hope the Mariners win and more specifically Felix wins tonight. I want that win total around 14. I don't want a nitwit sports writer to NOT vote for the most dominating

Did I get what I wanted this weekend?

Maybe I should rephrase the title "Did ANYTHING happen the way I wanted it to this weekend?"I made a wish list for the weekend... let's see how awfully it turned out.RED SOX vs. WHITE SOXI wanted the Sox to sweep. They did. Unfortunately it was the WHITE Sox who did the sweeping. The Red Sox season is basically done... but the White Sox are rampaging.YANKEES vs. BLUE JAYSI wanted the Jays to

Here's what I want to have happen this Labor Day weeekend

As we enter the last part of the season, there is a full slate of games for this weekend.Here's what I hope happens in each series.RED SOX vs. WHITE SOXI want to see the White Sox win the division... but not at the expense of MY Sox. Look, I realize the Red Sox are probably going to fall short, but I want the Yankees and Rays to EARN their playoff spot. Obviously I want a sweep... but I wouldn't

King Felix looked like a Cy Young winner tonight

Oh well... my dream of a healthy Red Sox rotation lasted, what? 90 minutes?Dice-K is down for the count and heading back to the DL probably. Oh well... who were the Mariners throwing up there.AHHHH. King Felix.Man alive, it never rains but it pours. The only hope the Sox had for the nightcap was to knock the ace out of the game in the 8th. When they did it, suddenly it looked like a sweep was on

Should Felix Hernandez win the Cy Young even with a losing record?

King Felix Hernandez won against the Yankees last night in dominating fashion.He threw 8 innings of shutout ball, striking out 11.He is second in the league with a 2.51 ERA. He had thrown more innings than anyone in the American League.He has one of the lowest WHIPs, is second in strikeouts, and according to Baseball Reference is among the league leaders in a bunch of categories I don't