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Originally Posted by gblowfish
Then why even award pitchers individual wins and losses? Why track them at all if you feel they are unimportant?
God, you guys are so indoctrinated to losing that it makes me shake my head.
Tell all those pitchers who won 300 games -one of the hallmarks of making it to Coopsertown- that the accomplishment is a dumbass stat.
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Because of history. I'm not arguing that they be wiped out of the record book, because it is tradition. They should just carry no weight when deciding the Cy Young award and Hall of Fame votes. (this is now the case, see: Bert Blyleven, who would have become an all-time legend if he played for a good team. Enough stupid old people died and younger writers became aware of this, just in time to overlook his wins and save his hall of fame candidacy)
It is so utterly obvious that pitching wins is a dumbass stat, that you only make yourself look really silly by arguing otherwise.