From the Kansas City Star-
Around here, among Royals fans in Kansas City, there’s been a persistent buzz about whether Zack Greinke would win the Cy Young Award as the American League’s best pitcher.
Out there, in Zack Greinke’s offseason in Orlando, not so much.
“Not really,” he says. “I’ve been playing this ‘World of Warcraft’ game.”
The quote is classic Greinke — honest, surprising, funny — and probably as good a way as any for him to mark a day on a national stage. Greinke took 25 of the 28 first-place votes from the Baseball Writers Association of America, a blowout win over runner-up Felix Hernandez that was the AL award’s biggest margin since Johan Santana’s unanimous selection in 2006.
The award triggers a $100,000 bonus that, if nothing else, becomes a nice gift as he prepares to be married on Saturday.
Greinke’s story is well-documented here, of course, about how he debuted as a 20-year-old in 2004 and won the Royals’ pitcher of the year award, but led the league in losses the next year and walked away from baseball in 2006, when he was diagnosed with social anxiety and depression.
More here-
http://www.kansascity.com/sports/story/1577206.html
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