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Three Strikes: For Series opener, a pair of Cys

By Jayson Stark

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Strike One: Heave a Cy Dept. Sabathia Lee Found this hard to believe myself, but only once in history has a World Series started with a Game 1 starting pitcher matchup like CC Sabathia versus Cliff Lee. It's former Cy Young against former Cy Young -- for only the second time ever in a Game 1. Want to guess the other time it happened? No, not Koufax-Ford or Gibson-McLain or Seaver-Palmer. It was 1995 -- Greg Maddux (Braves) versus Orel Hershiser (Indians). We've had other World ...

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