waitingfornextyear.com - 11/13/2008
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Well, it’s official, after weeks of speculation. Cliff Lee is your 2008 American League Cy Young winner, beating Toronto’s Roy Halladay who finished second. Lee earned 24 of 28 first-place votes and 132 total points in voting done by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Halladay ...
Cliff Lee Goes from Trash Heap to Tressure
tribetimereport.blogspot.com 11/13/2008 — Cliff Lee's storybook season has been topped off with the Cy Young Award.. Here is his amazing story from down and out pitcher, to AL Ace.
Cliff Lee Wins 2008 AL Cy Young
soxanddawgs.com 11/13/2008 — Cliff Lee of the Cleveland Indians was named the winner of the 2008 AL Cy Young for his stellar season. He is the second straight member of the Indians to win the award, C.C. Sabathia won it last year.
American League Cy Young Award
mysportsrumors.com 11/13/2008 — In no surprise to anyone Cleveland Indians starter Cliff Lee was named the American League Cy Young Award Winner. Lee was so dominate during the season that the voting for this award wasn’t even close.
Halladay Wins Hearts, but not Cy Young
thebluejayhunter.blogspot.com 11/14/2008 — He had us at the first pitch on opening day.
Start to finish this season, we knew that Roy Halladay would contend for the Cy Young award. But unfortunately, nobody planned for Cliff Lee coming out of nowhere and putting up a Cy Young-winning season.
AL CYA is Cliff Lee; Yanks deal 3 for 1B Swisher. —
The Sommer Frieze
The only wonder was if it would be unanimous. It wasn’t, but Cliff Lee (22-3, 2.54, ERA+ 175) of the Indians was the winner of the 2008 American League CYA in a landslide. Roy Halladay of the Blue Jays got the four first-place votes that did not go to Lee and came in second. K-Rod came in ...
Cliff Lee Wins AL Cy Young —
Vegas Watch
It's reassuring to see that K-Rod didn't get any first place votes. That feeling will last exactly five days, until he finishes ahead of all these guys in the MVP voting on Tuesday. Neyer seemed to think that it would be close between Rodriguez and Lee, although I'm not sure why. I would ...
Cliff Lee wins the AL Cy Young —
Dom D's Mets Fan Blog
Cliff Lee wins the 2008 AL Cy Young Award. Lee led the AL in wins with a 22-3 record and in ERA with a 2.54 mark, posted the third-highest winning percentage (.880) for a 20-game winner in baseball history and became the Tribe's first 20-game winner since Gaylord Perry in 1974.
The voters ...
News of the Morning —
Lookout Landing
Item One : Cliff Lee wins the AL Cy Young. Cliff Lee is certainly deserving, though perhaps a touch less than Roy Halladay given their slate of batters faced. The voters, predictably, didn't see it that way, giving Lee the edge 24-4 in first place votes. Fine, whatever. Here's the inexcusable ...
Cliffy Lee's dream season ends with a Cy —
Diamond Hoggers
Cliff Lee has been named the American League Cy Young award winner for 2008. Lee was without doubt the strongest pitcher in the senior circuit this season and he did it on a team that was not particularly competitive when he wasn't on the hill; similar to his NL Cy Young counterpart Tim ...
Lee Wins AL Cy Young Award —
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog
No surprise here, it was announced today that Cleveland Indians lefty Cliff Lee has won the American League Cy Young award. On the season Lee went 22-3 with a 2.54 ERA. In 223.1 innings pitched he struck out 170 and walked just 34. He threw 4 complete games, and 2 shutouts. There were two ...
Cliff Lee Wins AL Cy Young Award —
FanHouse
by Tom Fornelli Last year CC Sabathia became the first Cleveland Indians pitcher to win the Cy Young Award since Gaylord Perry did it in 1972. Now Cliff Lee -- who coincidentally is the first Indians pitcher to win 20 games since Perry did it in 1974 -- has been named the first Indians ...
Lee Takes It; Tribe Lefty Wins AL Cy Young Award —
Indians Confidential
Cliff Lee of the Cleveland Indians was elected the American League Cy Young Award winner in balloting by the BBWAA. It marked the second consecutive year and third time overall that a Cleveland pitcher was honored. CC Sabathia won last year. The other Indians winner was Gaylord Perry in 1972. ...
Cliff Lee caps improbable season with a Cy Young award —
Big League Stew
Congratulations to Cleveland's Cliff Lee , who put a cap on a week of rather-predictable honors by hauling in the AL Cy Young award today. MVPs are to be announced next week and I think there will be a bit more suspense and debate around each of the selections. Still, I enjoyed seeing Tim ...
Cliff Lee Wins AL Cy Young Award —
Foul Balls
Last year CC Sabathia became the first Cleveland Indians pitcher to win the Cy Young Award since Gaylord Perry did it in 1972. Now Cliff Lee -- who coincidentally is the first Indians pitcher to win 20 games since Perry did it in 1974 -- has been named the first Indians pitcher to win the Cy ...
Winning-Lee —
baseballmusings.com
Cliff LeePhoto: Icon SMI Cliff Lee wins the American League Cy Young Award fairly easily. He took 24 of 28 first place votes and four second place votes. Roy Halladay received the other four first place votes. Amazingly, Halladay...
Cliff Lee Wins 2008 AL Cy Young Award —
Forest City Fanatics
Congratulations to Cliff Lee for taking home the Indians third Cy Young award ever and the second in two years. Lee got 24 of 28 first place votes and a total of 132 points with Roy Halladay unsurprisingly coming in second with the the other four first place votes and 71 points. All I have to ...
Lee Cruises to AL CY Young —
My Pinstripes
To no one's surprise, the Cleveland Indians' Cliff Lee captured the 2008 AL CY Young Award announced today by the Baseball Writer's Association (BBWA) . Lee , who has struggled with injuries and inconsistency in his career, blew away the competition in '08. He compiled a 22-3 mark, a league ...
Cliff Lee Scouting Report —
Dugout Central
Cliff Lee
Starting Pitcher
Cleveland Indians
Born: 08/30/78
Height/Weight: 75/180
Bats/Throws: Left/Left
Arm Angle: High three-quarter
Body Type: Tall thin build with long arms and legs
Categorization
Current: Good
Future: Good
Categorization Scale:
Elite: top ...
Lee wins AL Cy Young; Dice-K fourth —
Extra Bases
Here's a press release from the Cleveland Indians regarding Cy Young winner Cliff Lee: Cliff Lee of the Cleveland Indians was elected the American League Cy Young Award winner in balloting by the BBWAA. It marked the second consecutive...
RIVERA 5TH, MUSSINA 6TH IN CY VOTING —
NY Post: Sports
Mariano Rivera and Mike Mussina finished fifth and sixth in AL Cy Young voting announced today, trailing runaway winner Cliff Lee of the Indians. Lee received 24 of 28 first-place votes and 132 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers'...
Indians' Lee wins AL Cy Young Award (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News
Cliff Lee is a runaway winner for the American League Cy Young Award, capping a dominant comeback season that made him the second consecutive Cleveland Indians lefty to earn the honor. Demoted to the minors last year, Lee went a major league-best 22-3 ...
Tribe's Lee paces the AL Cy pack —
Major League Baseball News
Cliff Lee didn't have a breakthrough this year so much as a break-back. Three seasons ago, he led the American League with a .783 winning percentage while finishing fourth in Cy Young voting. His woes -- some health-related, mostly mechanical -- since ...
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