In a month that has just been Blazer injury story after injury story, Northwest sports fans have something to smile about- The King has recieved his crown.
Today the 24 year old Mariner Ace, Felix Hernandez recieved his first (and hopefully not his last) Cy Young award after finishing with 21 of the 28 first place votes.
Despite teh 13-12 record (13 wins being the lowest by any Cy Young winner ever) the King finished with major league best 2.27 ERA and lead the American league in both innnings and was second in strike outs.
He was the lone bright spot on a historically bad team. A team whose offense could only be desribed as having a severe eating disorder (which I detailed in "The Ballad of King Felix") the King finished with a 30 quality starts (at least 5 innings while giving up less then 3 runs), which was 3 better then the next closes pitcher.
I never thought he would get the respect he deserved, but low and behold the sports writers of America proved me wrong. And thank goodness for that, because between the M's, the Blazers injuries and the Seahawks, we needed some good news.
All Hail the King.
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