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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) _ In jeans, loafers, a stone necklace and a concert T-shirt with the sleeves cut off, Barry Zito received his first Cy Young Award in the same way he pitches: with his own unique, inimitable style.

By beating Boston teammates Pedro Martinez and Derek Lowe in the American League voting announced Thursday, Zito became the youngest pitcher to win the award since Roger Clemens, who also was 24 when he won the first of his six Cy Young Awards in 1986.

While reflecting in the glow of his spectacular season, the Oakland Athletics' left-hander with the dangerous curveball thought about his fairly strange route to such heights at such a ...

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