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Dickey, Price Win Cy Young Awards

Jay Walker — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:48:58 +0000

A journeyman knuckleballer and a young fireballer are the winners of this year's Cy Young Awards in Major League Baseball.

38 year old R. A. Dickey of the New York Mets and David Price of the Tampa Bay Rays are this year's winners of the coveted prize.

Dickey was actually cut by the Met

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Giants Top Tigers In Game 1 Behind Sandoval's 3 Home Runs

Scott Prather — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 05:01:50 +0000

The San Francisco Giants took Game 1 of the World Series Wednesday night, defeating the Detroit Tigers by the score of 8-3. A big reason why the Giants were successful was big Pablo Sandoval. The San Francisco slugger jacked 3 home runs, putting himself into elite company with the likes of...

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Verlander Shines, Tigers One Win Away From World Series

Scott Prather — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 05:15:35 +0000

The Detroit Tigers have pushed the New York Yankees to the brink of elimination in the ALCS after Justin Verlander's pitching jewel on Tuesday night. Taking a shutout into the ninth inning, Verlander and the Tigers left Game 3 with a 2-1 victory, putting them up 3-0 in the best of 7 series. Other key performers were...

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Yankees Now Have to Face Verlander

Jay Walker — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:04:10 +0000

The New York Yankees struggled to score runs against Baltimore in the American League Division Series

They're hitting just .192 against Detroit pitching through two games in the American League Championship Series

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Tigers Eliminate A's Behind Verlander's Pitching Gem

Scott Prather — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 06:09:16 +0000

In the decisive Game 5 of the ALDS, the Detroit Tigers had the luxury of putting one of baseball's best on the mound in Justin Verlander. The reigning MVP and CY Young winner helped his team close out the feisty Oakland A's, pitching a...

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Who Is The AL Cy Young Winner Right Now?

Steve Peloquin — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 05:30:52 +0000

David Price

There's still six weeks left in the 2012 Major League Baseball but if you had a vote, who would get it, right now, for the American League Cy Young Award?

Who is the AL Cy Young Award winner, right now?

Who Is The AL Cy Young Wi

Verlander Adds MVP to Cy Young

Jay Walker — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:19:13 +0000

Detroit's Justin Verlander has won the American League Most Valuable Player Award.

Verlander, who won the Cy Young award last week, is the first starting pitcher to win the award since Roger Clemens did it with the Red Sox 25 years ago.

Verlander receive

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Verlander Named Unanimous Cy Young Winner

Jay Walker — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:55:18 +0000

Now, will he also be the MVP?

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Justin Verlander Is An MVP Candidate

Steve Peloquin — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 07:00:54 +0000

Roger Clemens won the American League most Valuable Players Award, back in 1986.

He's been the only starting pitcher to win the award in the past 40 years.

This year, there may be a pitcher who's season may be difficult to ignore.

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Baseball's Unwritten Rules Are A Little Much

Steve Peloquin — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 08:00:39 +0000

The game of baseball, just like every other sport, has it's written rules, as well as it's unwritten rules.

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Justin Verlander Throws No-Hitter

Steve Peloquin — Sun, 08 May 2011 02:48:17 +0000

Justin Verlander threw his second career no-hitter, on Saturday, as the Detroit Tigers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays, 9-1. The Associated Press, courtesy of espn.com, has the story, below.

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