As you no doubt have heard by now, Phillies closer Brad Lidge was named the National League Comeback Player of the Year. Lidge was the obvious choice for the award given how he followed his 2007 season, when he lost the job as the Astros closer, with a perfect 41 for 41 on save opportunities in the   more...
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It seems strange considering Brandon Webb was pretty much a shoe-in about a month ago for the National League Cy Young Award...but Tim Lincecum has rather quietly put together a great season with a young and very inexperienced San Francisco Giants team behind him. Sure, Lincecum won't reach that   more...

Tim Lincecum throws 138 Pitches, the Pirates suck without Jason Bay, Brad Ziegler should be getting some AL ROY love and Carlos Delgado for NL MVP is a joke.
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As we can see, Hamels averages nearly a third of an inning more (doesn't sound like much, but it's not nothing), has a lower ERA and WHIP, and strikes out more and walks less. The only mark against Hamels are the home runs, but he's a fly ball pitcher and Webb is a ground ball pitcher, so that's to   more...
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Dissecting the Texas Rangers' growing backstop conundrum; what would it take to pry Ian Kinsler loose from the Rangers?
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