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Showing posts with label A.L. Cy Young. Show all posts
Showing posts with label A.L. Cy Young. Show all posts

Friday, February 8, 2008

This Is Absolutely Ridiculous Now! Roger Clemens' Wife Used Steroids Too?

I was enjoying this case until I heard that Brian McNamee told congressional investigators he injected Roger Clemens' wife with human growth hormone as she prepared for a Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition photo session five years ago, the New York Daily News reported Friday.

McNamee testified during his Capitol Hill deposition on Thursday that he injected Debbie Clemens at her husband's direction, the News said on its Web site, citing an unidentified Washington source.

Brian McNamee is so desperate to nail Roger Clemens that he is reaching out for every possible evidence available. I thought the Beer Can was ridiculous, but bringing Clemens' wife into this made the whole case just laughable.

"Did Roger get the Cy Young 'cause his wife took the HGH?" said Lanny Breuer, another lawyer for Clemens.

Why don't they just throw the whole family in jail? Accuse the kids of using steroids too! (I'm not being serious, but that just shows how ridiculous all this evidence has amounted to)

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

C.C. Sabathia Wins the A.L. Cy Young

Which is more shocking here: Sabathia winning the Cy Young award or a Boston player (Josh Beckett) finally not winning something? Sabathia won the AL Cy Young Award on Tuesday, topping Boston's ace and two other worthy contenders by a comfortable margin to become the first Cleveland Indians pitcher in 35 years and only the second Cleveland Indians pitcher in team history to earn the honor.

Sabathia, Beckett, Lackey, and Carmona were all in contention for the A.L. Cy Young. During the regular season, Sabathia went 19-7 with a 3.21 ERA and 209 strikeouts, pitching a major league-high 241 innings. Beckett (20-7) became the only big leaguer to win 20 games since 2005, compiling a 3.27 ERA in 200 2/3 innings. Lackey led the AL in ERA at 3.01, going 19-9 and tossing 224 innings. Carmona was 19-8 with a 3.06 ERA. The major difference which led to Sabathia's win over Beckett for this award is that because Sabathia started 34 games and Beckett started 30, Sabathia pitched more innings.

However, its fair to say that if the postseason stats factored into the Cy Young decision, Beckett would have won this award in a landslide. Josh Beckett defeated Sabathia two times in the AL Championship Series and went 4-0 with a 1.20 ERA in four postseason starts, striking out 35 and walking two. Sabathia was 1-2 with an 8.80 ERA and 13 walks in three playoff outings.

The N.L Cy Young award will be handed out on Thursday and Jake Peavy should be the receipent of that award.