Charles Klein
Today is "Respect Day" here on the blog. As you will notice in later posts, today is the day I have set aside to write a few articles about players or teams that I have simply not given the credit they deserve. Ubaldo Jimenez is one such player.
When he tossed the first no-hitter of the year, I discounted the accomplishment by noting that he gave up four or five walks and that pretty much anyone can throw a no-hitter these days. Which is, to some extent, true. But as Jay-Z rapped, men lie, women lie, numbers don't.
Jimenez is 8-1 this season, the Major's first eight game winner, with an ERA of 0.99 in 63.1 innings-pitched. Opponents are hitting at a .171 clip off the Rockies 26 year-old right hander. Pretty fantastic if you asked me. Especially considering that his home stadium is Coors Field.
So Rockies fans, I would like to apologize for writing off your boy. Ubaldo Jimenez, if the balloting took place today, would win the NL Cy Young Award in a landslide.
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