Flashback: 49 years ago, Fergie Jenkins becomes first Canadian to win Cy Young Award

Fergie Jenkins is presented with the 1971 National League Cy Young Award at Wrigley Field. Photo: Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame By Kevin Glew Coooperstowners in Canada It took him until his fifth consecutive 20-win season, but in 1971, Fergie Jenkins finally received the National League Cy Young Award. With the announcement, which formally took... Continue Reading →

But What Do I Know? . . . Larry Walker, Rob Thomson, Alison Gordon, Fergie Jenkins

. My weekly observations and notes about some Canadian baseball stories: ·         The primary knock against Larry Walker’s case for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame has been that he played his home games at Coors Field for 10 seasons. So I thought I would compare Walker’s career road on-base plus slugging percentage... Continue Reading →

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