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As the first week of 2010 begins, Richard rolls back the clock to look at what stories might be news around this same time a century ago.

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There is some brewing discontent over the NL Cy Young vote, as two members of the webby portion of the BBWAA — our friends Keith Law and Will Carroll — did not include Chris Carpenter on their three-man Cy Young ballots. Keith voted Javier Vazquez second (Lincecum first and Wainwright third) and Will voted Wainwright […]

I don’t have a link yet, but people are talking about it already. He’s a fine choice. Great year. I probably undervalued the fact that he had more innings than Carpenter, so no arguments here. Given that he has a court date on a controlled substance thing coming up soon, be prepared for the most […]

Not a big surprise. Two writers voted King Felix first. One voted for Verlander. First place votes for Sabathia would have bothered me. Overall nothing to complain about here. He’s getting married on Saturday too, so all in all it’s a pretty good week for Zack.

David looks at the MVP and Cy Young races, using a model he developed for his article in The Hardball Times Annual 2010.

Five starters have had outstanding seasons in the American League. But only one can win the Cy Young Award.

New York-Penn and Northwest League hardware is being handed out, and some of the brightest young stars in the game are the recipients.