Re: _Cy Young_, Mark Yoder wrote to Terry May on 07 Nov 96:
 MY> While courting the Morris Dancers, Terry May said:
 MY>
 DB>>>> Pat Hentgen for AL Cy Young award!
 MY>
 CK>>> But he's not in the World Series.
 CK>>> Pettitte for Cy Young.
 MY>
 TM>> The votes are in before the playoffs ever start, so it's irrelevant
 TM>> who is in the World Series.  It's a regular season award.
 MY>
 MY> Not totally irrelevant.  There haven't been many times that the awards
 MY> don't come from the top teams, and chances are far better for a first
 MY> place team to be in  post season than a third place team.  8-)
While that may be true, what I meant was at the time the voting closed, no 
one knew who was in the World Series, because the playoffs hadn't even 
started.  As I said, it's a regular season award.
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