Halliday unanimous choice for Cy Young

[El Supremo]

For half the season, it looked like a Rockies pitcher would win the National League Cy Young Award. In the end, a kid from Colorado won it, but his name wasn't Ubaldo Jimenez.

Roy Halladay, Arvada West High School's own, won the award today, receiving 32 out of a possible 32 first-place votes from the Baseball Writers Association of America. He was the 13th unanimous choice in NL Cy Young history.

St. Louis Cardinals righthander Adam Wainwright (20-11, 2.42 ERA), who finished third in 2009, was the runner-up with 122 points based on 28 votes for second, three for third and one for fifth. Jimenez (19-8, 2.88 ERA) was third with 90 points. Halladay, Wainwright and Jimenez were the only pitchers named on all the ballots.

The award was somewhat anticlimactic given Halladay's magnificent first season with the Phillies, during which he became the first pitcher in history to throw a perfect game and a no-hitter in the same season. Question is, did it amount to one more step toward the Hall of Fame?

http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_16628358

[TZ]

1. Thats a no-brainer

I got to see his masterpiece one hitter agaisnt the Nats on TV in September and I knew right then that he was a shoo-in. Of course his best was yet to come.....

[charlie and algernon]

2. This certianly doesn't hurt his Hall of Fame chances

Whether or not he's a first balloter, is to be determined, but he'll get in at some point.