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Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants won his second straight NL Cy Young Award. In a close race, Lincecum edged Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright — both of the St. Louis Cardinals. The Giants hurler became the first back-to-back winner since Randy Johnson won four straight Cy Young ...
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Tim Lincecum
Cy Young
San Francisco Giants
Chris Carpenter
Adam Wainwright
When Jim Tracy took over the Colorado Rockies, anyone who even suggested the team could make the playoffs would have been laughed at. The Rockies were 18-28 and looked like one of the worst teams in the league. But with Tracy at the reins, Colorado went 74-42 to finish the season and make the ...
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Jim Tracy
Colorado Rockies
Los Angeles Angels
To the surprise of nobody who was following baseball closely this season, Zack Greinke of the Kansas City Royals was named the AL Cy Young Award winner. Even though he pitched for a bad team, Greinke was simply amazing.
Greinke made 33 starts at went 16-8 with a 2.16 ERA and a WHIP of 1.07. ...
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Zack Greinke
Cy Young
Kansas City Royals
The MLB honored its best rookies on Monday. In the National League, Chris Coghlan of the Florida Marlins won the NL Rookie of the Year. In the American League, Andrew Bailey of the Oakland A’s won the AL Rookie of the Year.
Coghlan didn’t look like a top prospect early in the year ...
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Oakland Athletics
Andrew Bailey
Florida Marlins
Aroldis Chapman’s defection from Cuba made many Major League Baseball general managers very happy. The 21-year-old pitcher has a fastball that has been clocked at over 100 MPH. And to top it off, he’s a lefty.
After establishing residency in the tiny country of Andorra, Chapman is ...
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Aroldis Chapman
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Los Angeles Angels
Florida Marlins
New York Mets
Starting pitcher Braden Looper was bought out by the Milwaukee Brewers for $1 million this weekend. The other option for the Brewers was to pay Looper $6.5 million next season — but Milwaukee decided against that idea.
The good news for Looper last season is that he led the Brewers in ...
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Milwaukee Brewers
Braden Looper
St. Louis Cardinals
Jack Wilson, the stellar defensive shortstop who began his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, has signed a two-year deal to stay with the Seattle Mariners. After breaking into the big leagues with the Pirates in 2001, he was traded to the Mariners in the middle of last season.
Although not ...
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Seattle Mariners
Jack Wilson
Pittsburgh Pirates
After a successful homecoming last season, the Seattle Mariners and Ken Griffey Jr. have agreed to extend the relationship another year. Griffey will be paid a base salary of around $2 million, with a number of incentives built into the contract.
Griffey began his career in Seattle in 1989. ...
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Seattle Mariners
Ken Griffey
Cincinnati Reds
After looking over all their options, the Washington Nationals stuck with what they had. Jim Riggleman, who served as the team’s interim manager last season after the firing of Manny Acta, has been named the full-time manager of the Nationals.
After starting the season 26-61, the ...
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Washington Nationals
Jim Riggleman
The Tampa Bay Rays don’t have the deep pockets of the New York Yankees or the Boston Red Sox. But when faced with a $10 million option on Carl Crawford, the Rays exercised the option to keep the speedy outfielder.
As it turns out, it wasn’t too difficult of a decision for the ...
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Tampa Bay Rays
Carl Crawford
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
The mother of Victor Zambrano, a former Major League Baseball player, was recently kidnapped in the country of Venezuela. The news was reported by Peter Greenberg, the pitcher’s agent.
According to reports, Zambrano’s mom was taken by eight men in a farm in the city of Villa de ...
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Victor Zambrano
Toronto Blue Jays
Baltimore Orioles
New York Mets
Tampa Bay Rays
The Chicago White Sox have bought out the contract of Jermaine Dye for a little less than $1 million. As a result, Dye has become a free agent. The veteran outfielder will likely be one of the most sought after players in baseball free agency.
Last year, Dye didn’t live up to ...
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Jermaine Dye
Chicago White Sox
The New York Yankees are the 2009 champions of baseball. With a 7-2 victory in Game 6 of the World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies, the Yankees won the 27th World Series title of their history.
Hideki Matsui, who was named the World Series MVP, was the big bat in New York’s ...
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New York Yankees
Hideki Matsui
Philadelphia Phillies
If you didn’t know Chase Utley before the start of the 2009 World Series, you know him now. The Philadelphia Phillies second baseman hit two more homers in Game 5 to power the Phillies past the New York Yankees by a final count of 8-6.
After Alex Rodriguez put the Yankees on the board ...
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Chase Utley
Philadelphia Phillies
New York Yankees
Reggie Jackson
Alex Rodriguez
The Philadelphia Phillies really need to win Game 4 to have a chance to win back-to-back World Series championships. Unfortunately for the Phillies and their fans, the New York Yankees drew first blood by scoring two runs in the top of the first inning.
Derek Jeter began the game with an ...
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New York Yankees
Philadelphia Phillies
Derek Jeter
Johnny Damon
Joe Blanton
The Philadelphia Phillies were able to strike first in Game 3 of the 2009 WOrld Series. In the bottom of the second inning, Jayson Werth hit a homer, Jimmy Rollins had a bases loaded walk and Shane Victorino had a sacrifice fly.
The New York Yankees could have easily folded but instead they ...
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New York Yankees
Philadelphia Phillies
Alex Rodriguez
Jayson Werth
Jimmy Rollins
With the World Series tied 1-1 after the first two games in New York, the Yankees and Phillies travel to Philadelphia to play the next three contests. While the World Series is in its infancy, many experts are saying that Game 3 is a must win for both teams.
While I don’t think ...
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Philadelphia Phillies
New York Yankees
Alex Rodriguez
For Game 4 of the 2009 World Series, Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel had a dilemma. Should he start ace Cliff Lee on short rest or should he go with Joe Blanton? As it turns out, Manuel has decided to go with Blanton.
Lee has been very good in the postseason but he has no ...
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Joe Blanton
Philadelphia Phillies
New York Yankees
After the Philadelphia Phillies scored in the top of the second inning, the New York Yankees appeared to be in danger of losing their footing in the battle. But thanks to a pair of solo homers and a strong pitching performance by A.J. Burnett, the Yankees were able to battle back and top the ...
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New York Yankees
Philadelphia Phillies
A.J. Burnett
Mark Teixeira
Hideki Matsui
The New York Yankees were the favorites heading into Game 1 of the 2009 World Series. However, the Philadelphia Phillies quickly showed that they are definitely for real. Behind Chase Utley’s power and Cliff Lee’s arm, the Phillies were able to win 6-1 and draw first blood in the ...
