Re: _cy young ROY etc._, James Dunlop wrote to Bruce Marshall on 12 Oct 96:
BM>> Easy, who led all NL rookies in RBI's? Santangelo.
JD>
JD> Since when is 56 more than 59? New math? (Hollandsworth beats
JD> Santangelo in just about every catagory, INCLUDING RBIs, for whatever
JD> that's worth (and I've never considered RBIs as a great indicator of
JD> individual value.) Besides, what about the rest of the offensive
JD> catagories? Batting average, on-base percentage, slugging, etc.?
What do you want to bet that Bruce comes up with some twisted logic as to why
Santangelo is still better, even with all the stats (including RBIs) against
him?
BM>> Who was more valuable to his team? Sanatangelo.
JD>
JD> Yep, so valuable that when all the Expo outfielders got healthy, he sat
JD> down on the bench. Didn't see that happening to Renteria or
JD> Hollandsworth.
Don't the Expos have some pitcher that deserves the Cy Young over Smoltz and
Brown? :^)
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