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Originally Posted by Tabe
Couple things:
1) His Cy and MVP were a joke. He wasn't even remotely deserving of either one.
2) Eck was elected because of his relief years. Period. And they simply weren't that good.
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Joke or not, he did win them. Sadly, players seldom get credit for awards they should have won or dinged for awards they shouldn’t have.
And if Eck got elected for just those 5 years, why not other relievers with 5 great years? Do you think the “first modern closer” thing was a big bump? Stanger things have happened!