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Article: San Diego's Peavy wins NL's Cy Young Award
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- Capital (Annapolis)
- Article date:
- November 16, 2007
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SAN DIEGO (AP) - Padres general manager Kevin Towers had a good
feeling about Jake Peavy before he'd even seen the right-hander
throw a pitch.
Towers sat next to Peavy in the stands at Class A Fort Wayne back
in 2000 as the 19-year-old charted pitches during a game. The GM was
beyond impressed with the youngster's observations.
"I swear when I was done talking to Jake, you would have thought
you were talking to Greg Maddux," Towers said.
That's a pretty good comparison. After winning the NL Cy Young
Award yesterday in a unanimous vote, Peavy has more in common with
Maddux than just being Padres teammates.
While Peavy needs to win three more Cy Youngs to ...