Oh FFS, just what we need – more election result drama. Although this time, it’s Kate Upton vs. Major League Baseball, which will likely prove much more entertaining. Kate’s fiancé, Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers, did not receive the American League Cy Young Award. Justin had a great season and was pretty excited to be up for it but accepted his loss graciously, tweeting this when the award went to Rick Porcello of the Boston Red Sox by a vote of 137 to 132:
Just want to say thank you to all the @officialBBWAA who voted for me.
— Justin Verlander (@JustinVerlander) November 17, 2016
Gracious, non? Yes. Nice bit of class from someone after defeat. ‘Gracious’ is not exactly what I would call how Kate handled the situation:
Hey @MLB I thought I was the only person allowed to fuck @JustinVerlander ?! What 2 writers didn't have him on their ballot?
— Kate Upton (@KateUpton) November 16, 2016
Well if MLB gets to f—ck Justin then I want to, too.
If you have some concept of how the Baseball Writers Association of America awards the CYA, feel free to skip ahead. I had no idea and looked it up to try and make sense of what Kate was raving about. One pitcher from both the National and the American Leagues are voted on by the BWAA. The votes are weighted by place and the highest points total wins. Justin received more first place placements than any other player on the ballot but two writers, Fred Goodall of the Associated Press and Bill Chastain with MLB.comm left Justin off their ballot which handed the CYA to Rick. Maybe it was short-sighted of them to not have Justin on their ballot but from my ignorant standpoint, it was their right to do so, yes? Kate disagrees:
He had the majority of 1st place votes and 2 writers didn't have him on their ballots?!! can you pick more out of touch people to vote?@MLB
— Kate Upton (@KateUpton) November 16, 2016
Fine, be pissed at MLB. Be pissed at the writers that didn’t put your boyfriend on the ballot but leave poor Rick alone! He didn’t do anything more than get voted for:
Sorry Rick but you didn't get any 1st place votes? you didn't win. #ByeFelicia @MLB keep up with the times and fire those writers
— Kate Upton (@KateUpton) November 16, 2016
I’m being cheeky but seriously, chill out on Rick, Kate – this isn’t his fault.
Unfortunately, no one ripped the phone from her hands, which allowed her to answer a few tweets that disagreed with her opinion. I won’t post all of them because I don’t like some of the derogatory language the tweeters use but here is an example of Kate’s night (trigger warning, if you open the top tweet, it shows a gif of Trump):
@Pete_BBS oh your cute… check the stats boo justin won in first place votes
— Kate Upton (@KateUpton) November 17, 2016
And, of course, it was only a matter of time before she unleashed her conspiracy theories:
@LAPatriot @MLB how many 2nd place votes? huh? he lost to Justin in 1st place votes. If Tampa bay writers weren't paid off…
— Kate Upton (@KateUpton) November 17, 2016
*thrusts clenched fist in the air* Damn you Tampa Bay!
I get it, she’s mad. I get it, she’s protective of her guy. I still refuse to shake artist Mike Mignola’s hand when I see him because he was a proper @sshat to The Mister almost a decade ago. But there is a difference between keeping food and drink in your hand at a cocktail party to avoid salutations and going rabid on Twitter. I mean, I have not come to expect discretion from the woman who thought performing the Cat Daddy Dance for Terry Richardson was a good idea but I think Justin has experienced enough grief right now, maybe dial it back?
Her Twitter tirade seems to have ceased for now. The whole world knows that Kate is mad as hell and she’s not going to take it anymore. She resorted to retweeting others who are upset with the vote, which is a good plan because people like Justin’s brother Ben get their point across a little better:
Are you kidding me? Most first place votes and doesn't win? #SaltyYoungerBrother Explain this.. pic.twitter.com/RpEb4PPrME
— Ben Verlander (@Verly32) November 16, 2016
Oh, if only we could vote people off Twitter like they do on Survivor. Fortunately, some saw the humor in Kate’s Twitter rage, like Met’s pitcher Noah Syndergaard who also lost the CYA:
It's OK Kate…I only got 4 votes…..total. Nobody likes me 😭https://t.co/NVkQvZ7sKu
— Noah Syndergaard (@Noahsyndergaard) November 17, 2016
Photo Credit: Twitter and WENN Photos
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