tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766775162963853142.post241977371302942384..comments2023-11-27T12:31:26.087-05:00Comments on The Great 1965 Topps Project: #140 Dean ChanceKevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334533396646438555noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766775162963853142.post-1709455692333813122011-03-09T08:48:22.307-05:002011-03-09T08:48:22.307-05:00Brox- It wasn't close at all. The votes were: ...Brox- It wasn't close at all. The votes were: Chance 17, Jackson 2, Koufax 1.<br /><br />Bob - Wally Bunker and Dean Chance? Sounds like a winner to me!<br /><br />Marc - The use of "sine qua non" and "Damon Runyonesque" makes this the most erudite comment in the history of this blog. Congratulations! ;-)Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01334533396646438555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766775162963853142.post-81042251265871922672011-03-08T12:56:11.974-05:002011-03-08T12:56:11.974-05:00In those days, winning 20 games was almost the sin...In those days, winning 20 games was almost the sine qua non of being a Cy Young winner. The writers really placed a lot of emphasis on wins, so with one more win and a slightly lower ERA, it's not surprising Chance won in 1964. <br /><br />I like the idea that Chance became a boxing promoter; it's sort of Damon Runyonesque. I don't think you would see ballplayers today doing such a thing.Marcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766775162963853142.post-77041594259556650992011-03-04T22:33:33.781-05:002011-03-04T22:33:33.781-05:00O's let him go in the expansion draft to Washi...O's let him go in the expansion draft to Washington. If he'd been on our '64 staff, we win the A.L. That's my story, and I sticking to it.Commishbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18069472376708715755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766775162963853142.post-56150236673952302042011-03-04T21:48:04.426-05:002011-03-04T21:48:04.426-05:00Thats interesting on that Cy Young race in '64...Thats interesting on that Cy Young race in '64. I wonder how close the voting was, with Koufax having that great year. Chance had some big time years there in the mid-sixties, but the word was that he never had his head on straight.Broxnoreply@blogger.com