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What is the Cy Young Award?
Named after the pioneering pitcher from the turn of last century, the Cy Young Award is an award given each fall to the best MLB pitchers.
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Cy Young Award Winners: 1981-2006
The past 25 years have seen pitchers such as Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, Greg Maddux and Pedro Martinez win multiple Cy Young Awards.
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Cy Young Award Winners:1956-1980
From Don Newcombe in 1956 to Steve Stone and Steve Carlton in 1980, the Cy Young award honors baseball's best pitchers. Here are the winners over the first 25 years.
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Seven Active Hall of Fame Pitchers
Roger Clemens, Greg Maddux, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz and Mariano Rivera will make Baseball's Hall of Fame in their first eligible year.
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Who Was Cy Young?
Cy Young was so good that Major League Baseball named its annual award for the best pitcher in the game after him.
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Baseball's Top 5 Pitchers
Here are the statistics and biographical sketches of the final five of the Top 10 MLB pitchers since 1950. These are some of the truly great MLB pitchers of all time.
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American League v. National League
When the American League was founded in 1901 to challenge the National League's monopoly on professional baseball, a fierce rivalry was born that continues to this day.
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Baseball's Top 10 Pitchers
The baseball world has gotten a lot tougher on pitchers since 1950. Shorter fences, lower mounds and bigger hitters make these greats so much more impressive.
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Lyle Speaks
George Steinbrenner, who was at the game, was instrumental in the Yankees obtaining Gossage and Eastwick. The fact that the Lyle won the American League Cy Young Award last season and was a major reason that the Yankees became World Champions did not deter the Yankees’ owner from adding two top relief pitchers.
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Maddux Takes Mound for Padres
Four-time Cy-Young Award Winner Greg Maddux looks to give Padres first 3-0 start since 1984.
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Johnson, Blyleven and Jenkins
Bert Blyleven and Ferguson Jenkins have similar lifetime statistics, but Jenkins had many more dominating seasons . Johnson was better than either of them.
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Mitchell Report Names Names
Major League Baseball's 21-month-long investigation on the use of performance-enhancing drugs by MLB players refers to 88 different players allegedly involved with PHDs.
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This Year's Top Pitchers
A guide to the best starters in the major leagues this season.
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Curt Schilling is a Hall of Famer
While some may question his worthiness for the Hall of Fame, a close look at his career reveals that Curt Schilling is well qualified for admission to Cooperstown.
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1968 World Series Game Seven
Mickey Lolich gained Most Valuable Player status as Detroit defeated St. Louis in Game Seven of the 1968 World Series. It was the Tigers' first title since 1945.
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Brand New 2007 MLB Power Rankings
The MLB Power Rankings change day-to-day in the early part of the MLB season. So far, most of the preseason favorites have struggled with injuries and poor fielding.
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Cocaine Will Not Hurt Tim Raines
Raines is an admitted former cocaine addict. Bonds and McGwire have not been proved of using steroids. Guess who has the best chance of becoming a Hall of Famer.
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Important Facts About Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax may have been the best left-handed pitcher of all time. Here are ten essential things that every baseball fan needs to know about the man.
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MLB Baseball's Best Young Pitchers
From Cole Hamels to Felix hernandez, baseball has seen a recent explosion of top pitchers who are still under twenty-five years old.
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Opening Day 2007 Pitching Injuries
2007 MLB spring training injuries to Chien-Ming Wang, Andy Pettitte, and Kenny Rogers threaten some of baseball's best teams.
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Similiar Yankees' Problems
The 1959 Yankees and the 2007 team had pitching staffs that could have great -- or that could have cost them the pennant.
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The Five Best MLB General Managers
Inside Profiles and Rankings for each of the five best general managers in Major League Baseball.
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Top 10 Baseball Nicknames
Almost everybody who plays in the MLB gets a nickname at some point. Here are ten of the best baseball nicknames along with the origin and meaning behind each one.
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2007 NL Midseason Baseball Awards
The mid-year awards in the National League for Most Valuable Player, Cy Young, Rookie of the Half Year, Comeback Player and Free Agent Bust.
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Best Pitchers of the 1950s
In the 1950s, an era that was dominated by hitting, these four Hall of Fame pitchers distinguished themselves from the pack.
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Mitchell Report is Incomplete
The most interesting thing about Boston Red Sox director George Mitchell's report is the amount of Yankees names that appear, and the complete lack of Red Sox players.
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2008 Hall of Fame Hopefuls
Perhaps the time has finally come for three players who dominated at their respective positions in the 1970s and 1980s: Goose Gossage, Andre Dawson and Jim Rice.
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MVP Candidates
A quick check on the most valuable players in the American and National Leagues in 2000
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Yankees May Lead in Santana Sweeps
The New York Yankees have apparently decided to include young righty pitcher Phil Hughes in a trade for Minnesota's Johan Santana, possibly edging out Boston in a deal.
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Major League Pitching Records
Pitching is the key to winning games and winning championships. here are some of the best (and worst) records for hurlers in Major League History.
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Mickey Mantle's Bad Season
Mickey Mantle had a pretty good 1959 season --pretty good for most players, but not for him. How ironic so many "experts" thought there would be another Triple Crown.
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Pedroia, Braun are Rookies of Year
Dustin Pedroia and Ryan Braun are more than just good young players. They finished at the top of one of the best rookie classes in recent MLB history.
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Pitchers Demand Trade
The Yankees' offensive production has been less than great this season. It is believed that opposing pitchers look forward to facing the Yankees lineup, and the Yankees own pitchers feel they would like the same opportunity.
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Red Sox, Santana Deal Now Likely
After a self-imposed Yankee deadline passed it appears the Boston Red Sox once again have the upper hand in their quest for lefty hurler Johan Santana.
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Rockies Win, Go to Tie-Break Game
The National League Wild Card slot is still up in the air, decided by a one-game playoff between the Colorado Rockies and San Diego Padres.
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Twins, Red Sox Talk Santana Trade
The Boston Red Sox are perceived as the front-runners in the Johan Santana Sweepstakes, although New York is also actively pursuing the two-time Cy Young Award winner.
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Winning Starting Pitcher
Mike Mussina has concluded that a starting pitcher who wins 50 percent of his starts is successful. He is right on target.
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Boston's Schilling May Miss Start
Shoulder discomfort may force Schilling to sit out on Sunday after two back-to-back atrocious efforts on the mound, although an MRI on his right shoulder was negative.
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Can Clemens Save the Yankees?
With the New York Yankees almost 14 games out of first place, the Bronx Bomber are staking their season on a middle age, highly paid, seven-time Cy Young Award winner.
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Clemens Sues for Defamation
On Monday, January 7, 2008, Roger Clemens sued former trainer Brian McNamee, claiming that statements about Clemens' alleged steroid use are false and defamatory.
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George Loves Young Players
“I get as almost as much of a thrill out of seeing young kids coming along as I do winning the World Series.” George Steinbrenner, March, 1978.
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It Might Have Been
Curt Schilling is one of the best pitchers in baseball. He has been on two World Champions, has won twenty games three of the last four seasons and is hated by most Yankees’ fans. His salary for 2004 was $12 million and he was worth every cent. But something is missing.
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It's All About Money
A FAN'S loyalty to his team is analogous to a patriot’s loyalty to his country. A PLAYER'S loyalty to a team is analogous to a mercenary’s loyalty to the country for which he is fighting.
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Jose Reyes for Johan Santana?
Although neither team has given any indication that this trade is even a possibility, the very idea of flipping Reyes for Santana is too much fun to evade discussion.
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Josh Beckett Will Win Cy Young
Beckett led the Red Sox to the 2007 A.L. East Division crown. He will win the Cy Young Award, but he wasn't the only Junior Circuit pitcher who had a great season.
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MLB's Best Pitchers in 2007
With more than 10 pitchers on pace for 20 wins and more than 200 strikeouts, this year's starting pitchers are far outpitching their brethren from just one year ago.
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MVP
New York, December 1, 2006. New York Yankees’ rookie sensation, Iget KlutcHits, has been voted the American League’s Most Valuable Player AND Rookie of the Year for the 2006 season despite having only 61 official plate appearances. The Base Ball Writers Association of America (BBWAA), in the closest vote ever for MVP, elected KlutcHits over Jason Giambi, a decision that is certain to foment great controversy.
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Roger Clemens Beats the Pirates
With the whole world wondering if future Hall of Famer Roger Clemens could reverse New York's 2007 fortunes, Clemens delivered a quality start and a Win for the Yankees.
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The NL Team MVPs
The MVPs of the each 2002 National League team
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What is a Fastball?
There are various types of fastballs that a pitcher can throw, including the split-finger fastball, the four seam or two-seam fastball, and the cut fastball.
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