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The 'Ropolitans :: NY Mets Baseball Blog found this 4/28/2008 on sportsillustrated.cnn.com [flag]
At least eight starting pitchers, including four previous winners, look like an NL Cy Young contender, writes SI.com's John Donovan in this week's Windup. [link]

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Santana could win the Cy Young (duh)
Published 4/28/2008 by Andrew Vazzano at The 'Ropolitans :: NY Mets Baseball Blog
John Donovan, at SI.com, looks at the early contenders for the NL Cy Young. Obviously, Johan Santana ranks in high on the list. ...

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Hey Johan, bring back that Cy Young Award, would you? Seems like we might have been a little quick handing out the hardware. Sunday's scintillating showdown between two starting studs -- Brandon Webb of the Diamondbacks and Jake Peavy of the Padres -- ...
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