It's official -- there is a God. His name is Tim Lincecum, and he just won the NL Cy Young award in just his first full season in the majors (and second overall), joining the likes of Doc Gooden, Bret Saberhagen, and Fernando Valenzuela as the quickest to achieve the award. Turns out, the writers have more going on upstairs than I thought. I had anticipated a tight race due to some carrying a torch for the "old school" (read: "antiquated") methods of determining Cy Youngs -- i.e. just picking the guy with the most wins. Turns out, the vote wasn't even close:
Player, team -- 1st Place Votes (Total Points)
Lincecum, SFG -- 23 (137)
Webb, ARI -- 4 (73)
Santana, NYM -- 4 (55)
Lidge, PHI -- 0 (10)
Sabathia, MIL -- 1 (9)
Dempster, CHC -- 0 (4)
I, for one, welcome our new teenage-looking, bad teeth-having, acrobatic, fireballin' Cy Young overloard!
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