The shortest radio interview in history

[TheSportsPredictor]

Max Scherzer over Jacob deGrom for NL Cy Young? San Diego's John Maffei explains his vote ... and why he hung up on WFAN's Steve Somers - NY Daily News

Uh ...

Yes, the Mets were a bad club, offensively and defensively. He didn't get run support. One emailer pointed out that if the Mets had scored two runs in DeGrom's starts, he would have been 20-6; three runs would have been 25-1; four runs 30-0.

But you know what they say about ifs and buts. The numbers are what they are and — after hours of consideration — I was swayed by Scherzer's 18-7 mark in 220 2/3 innings on an under-achieving Nationals club.

I spoke with Randy Jones, a man I greatly respect. He was 22-14 with a bad Padres team in 1976 and won the Cy Young Award.

In that conversation, Randy said, "Wins are the most important thing in the game. You need to pitch to the run support you get, whether that's one, two, three or 12."

 

[JC]

Max Scherzer over Jacob deGrom for NL Cy Young? San Diego's John Maffei explains his vote ... and why he hung up on WFAN's Steve Somers - NY Daily News

Uh ...

Pitch to run support? Jesus, I bet @The Big Ragu agrees wholeheartedly with this.

 

[justgladtobehere]

I would like to see how many times Scherzer won a game in which he gave up the first run of the game.
How the fork is a pitcher supposed to know how many runs his team will score?
What a mental midget.

 

[playthrough]

I don't agree, but I don't believe in roasting Maffei over it. He took the vote seriously. And it's not like he went off the deep end with his choice.

And I knew Somers by name, but not by voice ... those two minutes were enough.

 

[Vombatus]

Pitch to run support? Jesus, I bet @The Big Ragu agrees wholeheartedly with this.

I thought it was pitch to get the forker out.

 

[justgladtobehere]

I don't agree, but I don't believe in roasting Maffei over it. He took the vote seriously. And it's not like he went off the deep end with his choice.

And I knew Somers by name, but not by voice ... those two minutes were enough.

Sincere, but very stupid and ignorant. OK.

 

[playthrough]

Sincere, but very stupid and ignorant. OK.

Stupid and ignorant to vote for the guy who finished basically a unanimous second? If anything, Maffei's vote will probably look better over time.

 

[ChrisLong]

Sommers has long been a cheapshot douche who brings nothing to the table in the biggest radio market. Remember, he was dynamism personified when he actually put Ray Malavasi to sleep DURING an on-air interview.

Somers was undoubtedly capable of this, but it was Robert W. Morgan's show. He was an AM radio DJ and his station arranged a 5-minute segment with the Rams coach on the telephone each week. It's pretty funny having Morgan asking a long-winded question, and Malavasi responding with "ZZZZZZZZZ" "ZZZZZZZZ" "ZZZZZZZ".

 

[justgladtobehere]

Stupid and ignorant to vote for the guy who finished basically a unanimous second? If anything, Maffei's vote will probably look better over time.

No, he will always be the guy who voted for the pitcher who was objectively worse based on unsupported/refuted logic.

 

[JC]

Stupid and ignorant to vote for the guy who finished basically a unanimous second? If anything, Maffei's vote will probably look better over time.

No, his reasoning was stupid and ignorant.

 

[MTM]

Maffei was also the only writer to leave Yasiel Puig off the Rookie of the Year ballot in 2013.

"Maffei said he realized Puig would finish strongly in the voting. He said his third-place vote was not about rejecting Puig but about rewarding (Jedd) Gyorko."

The voter who snubbed Dodgers' Yasiel Puig explains why

 

[MTM]

And what's it with Maffei and mirrors?

Meet the Clown Who Left Yasiel Puig Off His Rookie of the Year Ballot in Favor of Jedd Gyorko

"Today Maffei will have to look himself in the mirror as anyone and everyone with an Internet connection can scratch their heads over his baffling Gyorko-over-Puig Rookie of the Year vote."