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| Clayton Kershaw |
"I still feel uncomfortable with it," Kershaw said yesterday, after her quiet victory. "I do not want to be disrespectful to Mr. Koufax. He said for a long time. He won World Series titles and awards, many things that I'm not even close to getting even. I have great respect and would never put myself in their category" .
Kershaw accepted the award during a press conference at Dodger Stadium, where he was accompanied, among others, Fernando Valenzuela, the former Dodger left-hander to win the Cy Young in 1981. At 23, Kershaw is the sixth youngest to achieve the distinction, "El Toro" and Dwight Gooden, at 20 years each, are the youngest.
"Kershaw's dedication, hard work and willingness to learn allowed him to become the great pitcher who is already achieving year was" tweeted former Dodger Tommy Lasorda pilot.
"I always dreamed of playing in the majors, but never do something special. I never thought this would happen," said the southpaw, who would need to match the three Cy Young Koufax.
With a huge curve may be the best in baseball, Kershaw won the Triple Crown and compiled a 5-0 record against San Francisco, the 2010 champion, and 4-0 against Tim Lincecum, the Cy Young in 2008 and 2009. Orel Hershiser, who won the Cy Young for the Dodgers in 1988, pointed out that Kershaw went from good to "great." The left-hander limited the opposition to a .207 batting average en route to get the tenth such award for the franchise.
