they didn't award the 2003 Cy Young to Russ Ortiz with his NL leading 21 victories

And the mainstream media guys KNOW this and it is, in fact, why they didn't award the 2003 Cy Young to Russ Ortiz with his NL leading 21 victories (and 4 something ERA.) Instead they gave it to Eric Gagne, who didn't blow a save all year but lost more games (3) than he won (2).And, of course, a miniscule replica Longines L2.701.4.78.6 Men's watch and (shudder) 0.692 WHIP, a sky high 6.85 K/BB ratio, and only 2 HR/82 IP.Personally, I think they know only too well that the “best” pitcher is not always the one who has the most wins.They just want to grouse that those stupid dorks in they mama basement and their endless stupid acronyms are explaining why the ancient standards aren't totally appropriate for evaluating the modern game.

Yes, the modern game.Because some people want to pretend that there is no difference whatsoever between the baseball game that was played in 1900 and any baseball game played in 2009.The hard cold facts are that there are more differences than similarities, in spite of the continuity of the rule book (with only a few changes.) Times change, people change, the way things are done change.And pitchers these days seldom replica Longines L5.158.4.71.6 watch pitch complete games because even if they are good pitchers on losing teams, Organizations want to be able to use those pitchers at a high level for a long LONG time instead of wrecking their arms by having them pitch 300 innings to demonstrate testicular capacity.

AND pitchers don't want to throw their entire careers down the drain attempting to duplicate Mark Fidrych's only glorious season.Some people hate the fact that ballplayers are paid more than, say, minimum wage employees, but they are, and they are going to be until this society no longer values athletes as entertainment, and the ballplayers are replica Longines L2.142.0.73.4 Ladie's watch going to consider the consequences of their actions in light of their future employment.Truth is that in spite of all the crying, the BBWAA members no longer believe that “Wins” are the best measurement of pitching excellence.