I guess there is something else that Justin Verlander didn't get this year.
The award voting in baseball has been a bit predictable in 2012 with Mike Trout and Bryce Harper winning the Rookie of the Year awards. The Cy Young Awards have been a bit more surprising. RA Dickey won the NL Cy Young which isn't that surprising to anyone who's followed RA Dickey this year. It is surprising, possibly, that he's a 38 year old (37 during the season) Knuckleballer who's a late bloomer. Dickey went 20-6 with a 2.73 ERA and 230 K's. He's the 2nd best in Wins and ERA in the NL while first in strikeouts in the NL.
Finally the unique knuckleball get recognition through RA Dickey. Sorry Tim Wakefield, RA Dickey is now King of the Knuckler.
The AL Cy Young was a bit closer and surprising. Everyone thought it would be a lock for Justin Verlander who had a great regular season keeping the Detroit Tigers alive along with the help of Miguel Cabrera. But the award went to David Price of the Rays. Price had apparently beaten Verlander in the ballot box by 4 points marking it as one of the tightest races in the history of the award. Verlander was 17-8 with a 2.64 ERA with 239 K's while David Price was 20-5 with a 2.56 ERA (AL Best) and 205 K's. Price was tied for most wins in the AL with Jared Weaver of the Angels who also was 20-5.
Looking at the numbers, you could see why David Price was given the award over Justin Verlander despite Justin's great year with the Tigers. This is definitely an award that people will be talking about for a while. I know that this isn't the MVP award but Price in a way earned this award by being an MVP kind of pitcher. Despite the horrible hitting of the team, the Rays were kept alive almost to the very end of the regular season because of their pitching staff. It sort of reminds me a bit of the Giants in that respect. They just need the right sparks in lineup to get into the postseason next year.
Anyway, congrats to Dickey and Price on their awards and for being the Aces of 2012.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Giants Take Game 1 of 2012 World Series
Going into the World Series, almost every analyst, former players, and their mamas said that Justin Verlander was in a zone that no hitter could solve. Curt Schilling said he was on another planet. It seems that Pablo Sandoval and the Giants brought him back down to earth.
Game 1 of the World Series took place earlier tonight with the Detroit Tigers coming into San Francisco to face the Giants. Despite having nearly a week off, the Tigers still felt pretty good seeing that Justin Verlander was starting game 1 for them and he was going against Barry Zito who has been a down player since joining the Giants in 2007. Who did better in Game 1? Surprisingly Zito. Barry went 5 2/3 innings allowing only one run in the 6th inning. After that, Timmy came in for a solid 2 1/3 innings out of the pen.
What happened to Justin Verlander? He got shook up to say the least. Pablo Sandoval hit a solo shot off of him in the 1st inning to start the scoring for the Giants. Then in the 3rd, Marco Scutaro hits in Angel Pagan to tack on another. Pablo then hits a 2 run home run after that. All that 3rd inning scoring with 2 outs and off of Verlander. Even Zito got into the hitting with an RBI single to score in Brandon Belt in the 4th inning... WITH VERLANDER STILL ON THE MOUND!!! Verlander allowed 5 earned runs in 4 innings of work, including two home runs by the Panda. Sandoval would hit another home run in the 5th off of Al Alburquerque. Pablo finished 4-4 on the day with 3 HRs and 4 RBIs.
Giants take the first game 8-3 with Barry Zito getting the win the and Justin Verlander getting the loss.
A stunner across the baseball world as Justin Verlander, who was 3-0 with a .74 ERA in this postseason, gets lit up by Pablo Sandoval and the Giants. The Kung Fu Panda becomes the 4th player in history to hit 3 Home Runs in a World Series game, joining Babe Ruth, Reggie Jackson, and Albert Pujols. Perhaps a bigger shocker was that Verlander wasn't up to par as he has now lost his first 3 World Series starts.
Game 2 of World Series is tomorrow night with Doug Fister of the Tigers facing Madison Bumgarner of the Giants.
P.S. Keep going, Giants. One at a time.
Game 1 of the World Series took place earlier tonight with the Detroit Tigers coming into San Francisco to face the Giants. Despite having nearly a week off, the Tigers still felt pretty good seeing that Justin Verlander was starting game 1 for them and he was going against Barry Zito who has been a down player since joining the Giants in 2007. Who did better in Game 1? Surprisingly Zito. Barry went 5 2/3 innings allowing only one run in the 6th inning. After that, Timmy came in for a solid 2 1/3 innings out of the pen.
What happened to Justin Verlander? He got shook up to say the least. Pablo Sandoval hit a solo shot off of him in the 1st inning to start the scoring for the Giants. Then in the 3rd, Marco Scutaro hits in Angel Pagan to tack on another. Pablo then hits a 2 run home run after that. All that 3rd inning scoring with 2 outs and off of Verlander. Even Zito got into the hitting with an RBI single to score in Brandon Belt in the 4th inning... WITH VERLANDER STILL ON THE MOUND!!! Verlander allowed 5 earned runs in 4 innings of work, including two home runs by the Panda. Sandoval would hit another home run in the 5th off of Al Alburquerque. Pablo finished 4-4 on the day with 3 HRs and 4 RBIs.
Giants take the first game 8-3 with Barry Zito getting the win the and Justin Verlander getting the loss.
A stunner across the baseball world as Justin Verlander, who was 3-0 with a .74 ERA in this postseason, gets lit up by Pablo Sandoval and the Giants. The Kung Fu Panda becomes the 4th player in history to hit 3 Home Runs in a World Series game, joining Babe Ruth, Reggie Jackson, and Albert Pujols. Perhaps a bigger shocker was that Verlander wasn't up to par as he has now lost his first 3 World Series starts.
Game 2 of World Series is tomorrow night with Doug Fister of the Tigers facing Madison Bumgarner of the Giants.
P.S. Keep going, Giants. One at a time.
Friday, October 12, 2012
SF Happy while East Bay Unhappy
A couple of game 5's were yesterday that regarded both baseball teams from the Bay Area.
First was the San Francisco Giants going against the Reds for one more in Cincinnati. The Giants were down 0-2 leaving San Francisco going East but managed to comeback to force a game 5. Matt Cain picthed his second game in the series and did a bit better there allowing 3 earned through 6 and 2/3 innings. Meanwhile, the Giants scored all of their runs in the 5th inning including a Buster Posey Grand Slam to put them up by 6. The Reds would score a few over the rest of the game but it wasn't enough. Giants win the game 6-4 and the series 3 games to 2.
The second game 5 that involved a Bay Area team was the Oakland Athletics going against the Detroit Tigers in the Coliseum. The A's had fought back from an 0-2 deficit themselves and looked pretty good entering game 5. Unfortunately for them Justin Verlander went on the mound pitching one of the best performances of his career. While the Tigers had no trouble putting up runs, Verlander dominated going the whole 9 innings, allowing 1 hit, 4 BB, no runs, and struck out 11. Tigers win 6-0 and take the series 3 games to 2.
The unbelievable season for the A's ends while the Giants somehow live on to face either the Nationals or the Cardinals. While I am very ecstatic that the Giants go on, I was actually starting to get into watching the A's play baseball. It was fun to see some of the games every now and then and especially in the last couple weeks with them taking the West from the Rangers. Hopefully they will be able to contend in October again next season.
Meanwhile, GO GIANTS!!!
P.S. Don't feel too bad, Oakland. At least you'll get another movie staring Brad Pitt about how other teams will eventually benefit long term off your ideas.
First was the San Francisco Giants going against the Reds for one more in Cincinnati. The Giants were down 0-2 leaving San Francisco going East but managed to comeback to force a game 5. Matt Cain picthed his second game in the series and did a bit better there allowing 3 earned through 6 and 2/3 innings. Meanwhile, the Giants scored all of their runs in the 5th inning including a Buster Posey Grand Slam to put them up by 6. The Reds would score a few over the rest of the game but it wasn't enough. Giants win the game 6-4 and the series 3 games to 2.
The second game 5 that involved a Bay Area team was the Oakland Athletics going against the Detroit Tigers in the Coliseum. The A's had fought back from an 0-2 deficit themselves and looked pretty good entering game 5. Unfortunately for them Justin Verlander went on the mound pitching one of the best performances of his career. While the Tigers had no trouble putting up runs, Verlander dominated going the whole 9 innings, allowing 1 hit, 4 BB, no runs, and struck out 11. Tigers win 6-0 and take the series 3 games to 2.
The unbelievable season for the A's ends while the Giants somehow live on to face either the Nationals or the Cardinals. While I am very ecstatic that the Giants go on, I was actually starting to get into watching the A's play baseball. It was fun to see some of the games every now and then and especially in the last couple weeks with them taking the West from the Rangers. Hopefully they will be able to contend in October again next season.
Meanwhile, GO GIANTS!!!
P.S. Don't feel too bad, Oakland. At least you'll get another movie staring Brad Pitt about how other teams will eventually benefit long term off your ideas.
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