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Felix Hernandez Deserved Cy Young Award

Some were surprised, and some saw it coming, but a pitcher with a 13-12 record won the AL Cy Young Award. Felix Hernandez had the worst winning percentage and lowest win total of any starting pitcher to ever win the award, but FanHouse TV's Steve Phillips says the vote was dead on. Click to watch:

Voters' Support for Felix Hernandez When Mariners Didn't Redefines Cy Young

Even if he had lost the American League Cy Young Award balloting in 2010, Seattle right-hander Felix Hernandez came into Thursday's announcement knowing he'd done at least one thing right. He'd moved the barometer of the Cy Young Award away from a winner-takes-all competition to a discussion about the art of pitching and...

Felix Hernandez Wins AL Cy Young Award

Felix Hernandez won the 2010 American League Cy Young Award despite winning only 13 games, as voters looked past that number and credited the Mariners pitcher for dominance on the mound that often went unrewarded thanks to lack of support. The other numbers that made the difference, as Hernandez had hoped. "It's not...

2010 MLB Awards Schedule

Now that the Giants have been crowned as World Series champions for 2010, it's time to hand out the awards to the top individual performers around the game. The Baseball Writers Association of America will hand out the major awards for the 2010 season beginning Monday, Nov. 15. Voting by BBWAA members was conducted...

Roger Clemens Denies Charges on Twitter; Twitter Responds

(Aug. 19) -- How the mighty have fallen, only to be picked up by their Twitter followers. On Thursday, legendary pro-baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, aka "Rocket," former MVP (with the Boston Red Sox) and two-time MLB World Series champion (with the New York Yankees), was indicted by a federal grand jury on six counts,...

Background on cy young award

The Cy Young Award is an honor given annually in baseball to the best pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB), one each for the American League (AL) and National League (NL).

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