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Cliff Lee named AL Comeback Player of the Year
by Paul Hoynes Thursday October 23, 2008, 12:32 PM
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. --- Another day, another award for Indians left-hander Cliff Lee.
Lee was named the American League's Comeback Player of the Year today as part of the MLB Players Association's Players Choice Awards. All big league players voted on the awards near the end of the 2008 season.
Lee led the AL with 22 victories and a 2.54 ERA after going 5-8 with a 6.29 ERA in 2007. An abdominal injury cost Lee his 2007 spring training and he never recovered. The Indians sent him to Class AAA Buffalo at the end of July and when he returned he'd lost his place in the starting rotation and didn't make the postseason roster as the Indians advanced to Game 7 of the ALCS before being eliminated by Boston.
During the winter, the Indians talked to Arizona about a trade for Lee, but it didn't happen. In spring training, he had to compete with Jeremy Sowers and Aaron Laffey to win the fifth spot in the rotation.
Lee ended the 2008 season as the Indians first 20-game winner since 1974 and the favorite to win the AL Cy Young award.
This is Lee's second Players Choice Award. He was named the AL's Outstanding Pitcher earlier in the week. The awards are being announced yahoo.com. He is a finalist for the Player of the Year award which will be announced Friday.
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Big surprise here, Cliff Lee won the AL Cy Young award. Congrats to him!
ESPN - Cliff Lee of Cleveland Indians wins American League Cy Young
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NEW YORK -- 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 this season with a 2.54 ERA. He received 24 of 28 first-place votes and 132 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America announced Thursday.
Toronto ace Roy Halladay finished second with four first-place votes and 71 points.
Lee became the third Indians pitcher to win the award, following Hall of Famer Gaylord Perry in 1972 and CC Sabathia last year.
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Sizemore adds Silver Slugger to Gold Glove
by Paul Hoynes
Thursday November 13, 2008, 4:40 PM
Grady Sizemore continues to corner the market on precious metals. The Indians center fielder today won his first his first American League Silver Slugger award.
Last week he won his second straight Gold Glove. Each award, one for offense and one for defense, earned him a $100,000 bonus.
The Silver Slugger, sponsored by Hillerich & Bradsby, the parent company of Louisville Slugger, is presented annually to the top hitter at each position in both leagues by vote of the respective league's managers and coaches. Sizemore is the first Indian to win it since catcher Victor Martinez in 2004.
The last Indians outfielder to win the Silver Slugger was Juan Gonzalez in 2001. Sizemore, 26, is the youngest Indian to win the award since third baseman Jim Thome in 1996.
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Hard to believe that there were 4 writers who did not think that Cliff Lee deserved to win the AL Cy Young Award  |
11-13-2008, 11:39 PM
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5 IN A ROW!!!
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Congrats to you Cliff, you deserved it!!!
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Hard to believe that there were 4 writers who did not think that Cliff Lee deserved to win the AL Cy Young Award |
Yeah, it is.
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