It's a joke, right?

[rsmath]

My SI came in the mail and the front cover is SI Sportsman of the Year.... Madison Bumgarner!

If you are going to make a MLB'er the Sportsman of the Year, I'd have to give it to Kershaw - by far better regular season stats, played on a better team for the marathon, and is a great humanitarian with what he does for charities.

The only thing I"d give in the "pro" column for MadBum being SOY is that he had a magical world series.

 

[allstars]

My SI came in the mail and the front cover is SI Sportsman of the Year.... Madison Bumgarner!

If you are going to make a MLB'er the Sportsman of the Year, I'd have to give it to Kershaw - by far better regular season stats, played on a better team for the marathon, and is a great humanitarian with what he does for charities.

The only thing I"d give in the "pro" column for MadBum being SOY is that he had a magical world series.

No, SI Sportsman of the Year isn't based on regular season stats. It's more about a standout performance at crunchtime. I doubt anyone would argue that MB's postseason invincibleness will ever be forgotten, and was clearly the standout performance on sports' grand stage.

 

[tribefan26]

If you want to know why Kershaw isn't sportsman of the year I suggest you play the 7th inning of his NLDS starts. I have no problem with Kershaw getting the Cy Young and MVP - they are regular season awards. You don't win sportsman of the year on regular season stats, particularly when you don't shine in the postseason

 

[seitas]

I tried hard to read the OP but all I kept hearing was WAAAAAAAA