The Christy Mathewson Award?

[Giambis]

Not trying to steal your job BigH0rt, but I found this to be an interesting read:

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/why-cy/

[bigh0rt]

Nice read.

[BitterDodgerFan]

i say get rid of attaching a name to the award.

[thedude]

Right now, go find a baseball fan and ask him the above question. I guarantee that 100 percent of the time the first answer will involve his career-record 511 wins. Probe this fan further on subjects like the years in which Young played and the teams he played for and that the answers will be along the lines of... “Uh, the 1900s, for the, uh, the Philadelphia Athletics? Black Sox?”

Most of us know absolutely nothing about a man so often blindly anointed as the greatest pitcher of all time.

I hope people of are big enough fans of baseball to read the hardball times would know at least a decent amount about cy young. They might not know he threw the first perfect game of the AL, but they should at least know something about him.

[mweir145]

I just finished reading The Celebrant, it's basically about Mathewson and his dominance a century ago, I'd recommend it.

[Slow Pitch]

Always thought 'Big Six' was the master of those deadball years....

[Tavish]

Certainly couldn't go wrong with Bix Six fantasywise in 1908. Led the league in Wins, ERA, Ks, WHIP, and Saves.