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Spring training starts with sluggers in new places (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:49:25 +0000

Tim Lincecum thought about the seismic shifts of baseball's offseason, the ones that saw Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder migrate to the American League. "I think it's great," San Francisco's two-time Cy Young Award winner joked. "I won't have to pitch to them anymore." Just 106 days after the surprising St.

Lincecum, Giants agree to two-year deal (The Canadian Press)

Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:19:27 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO - Two-time NL Cy Young award winner Tim Lincecum and the San Francisco Giants reached a verbal agreement Tuesday on a two-year contract worth US$40.5 million.

Lincecum offered record $17M, asks for $21.5M (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:31:54 +0000

Tim Lincecum asked San Francisco for $21.5 million in arbitration, just shy of the record for a player, and the Giants offered him a club-record $17 million Tuesday on a dizzying day when 79 players agreed to contracts. The two-time NL Cy Young Award winner was among 54 players who exchanged figures with their teams, and his request fell short of the record $22 million requested by Roger Clemens...

Mike Flanagan’s death ruled a suicide (The Canadian Press)

Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:32:13 +0000

BALTIMORE - Former Cy Young award winner Mike Flanagan died of a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head, the Maryland medical examiner ruled Thursday.

Flanagan death ruled suicide by medical examiner (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:11:27 +0000

Former Cy Young award winner Mike Flanagan died of a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head, the Maryland medical examiner ruled Thursday. A police investigation revealed that the 59-year-old pitcher was upset about financial issues. He left no note. Flanagan's body was found Wednesday afternoon about 250 feet behind his home.

MLB Notebook: Mike Flanagan dies of apparent suicide (Yahoo! Sports)

Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 22:50:16 +0000

Former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Mike Flanagan, a Cy Young Award winner who became a television announcer and top executive with the club, died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Wednesday afternoon, according to police.

Webb, Rhodes formally added to Rangers staff (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:02:19 +0000

The Rangers will have a former Cy Young Award winner wearing No. 33 after all next season -- Brandon Webb instead of Cliff Lee. Three weeks after losing Lee in free agency, the AL champions on Monday finalized a $3 million, one-year deal with the 2006 NL Cy Young winner, who hasn't pitched since the 2009 season opener after shoulder surgery.

From Cleveland, a tale of two aces: The divergence of CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee (Associated Content)

Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:05:03 +0000

*Note: This was written by an Associated Content Contributor. Sign up here to start publishing your own sports articles. Watching Cliff Lee embarrass the New York Yankees in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series must add a special warmth to the hearts of Cleveland Indians fans everywhere. For many fans of baseball, there are few delights greater than watching a defeat of the Yankees, and Cleveland fans are no different. Though we can only be proud of our former Cy Young Award winner by proxy, we still relish in his success.

Clemens’ lawyers ask NY judge to toss suit (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:29:52 +0000

A defamation lawsuit against Roger Clemens should be thrown out because the seven-time Cy Young Award winner was merely trying to defend himself against his former personal trainer's doping allegations, Clemens' lawyers argued Wednesday. Clemens should be able to respond to claims "that are disastrous to his reputation without being subject to a lawsuit," attorney Rusty Hardin...

Roger Clemens indicted in steroid case (The Canadian Press)

Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 05:57:27 +0000

WASHINGTON - Roger Clemens was vehement: "Let me be clear. I have never taken steroids or HGH," he told a House committee in 2008. Now, instead of the Hall of Fame, baseball's seven-time Cy Young winner could go to prison after being indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday for allegedly lying to Congress.