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All-Time American League Saves Leaders By Team

Relief pitchers, and in particular, closers, did not really become a major part of teams until the eighties. But now, they are a necessary cog for all teams, and in some instances can separate a good team from...

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Justin Morneau with his AL MVP Award from 200745

MVPs vs. All-Stars

In the MLB, every year there is an annual All-Star game played between the American League (AL) and the National League (NL). The teams are made up of 32 players on each team. The players make the All-Star...

2 comments    america baseball team
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MLB Saves Leaders By Year—1990s

In the ‘90's, closers were really becoming high-paid, power-armed, slam-the-door ball players. Some of them were even more valuable to their teams than others, like Randy Myers, Trevor Hoffman and Mariano...

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MLB Saves Leaders By Year—1980s

In the 1980's, the closer's role was beginning to become more prominent and, well, important. You can even see as the decade wore on, the MLB leaders in saves began to close out more games than in previous...

0 comments    sports history baseball
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American League Cy Young Award Winners by Year—1990s

For the most part, guys like Roger Clemens and Pedro Martinez dominated the AL Cy Young Award voting in the nineties, with a few one-off stellar seasons by guys like Randy Johnson and Jack McDowell thrown in....

1 comment    sports baseball roger clemens
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American League MVPs by Year—1990s

Please join me in a time warp of sorts. I'm writing this in December of 2007, a few weeks after the 2007 MVP Awards were announced. I published a hub on the winners of the award in this decade, and now take a...

2 comments    sports baseball team
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