Two Bay Area pitchers, one from the Giants and one from the A's, won two prestigious baseball post-season awards this week.
On Monday, it was announced that the A's rookie pitcher Andrew Bailey, was named American League Rookie of the Year. In his first year, he posted 26 saves and was one of the most dominating closers in the league. He even made the All-Star game in his rookie season.
If you don't know what a closer is, he is the pitcher that comes in at the end of the game when the team is winning. His job is to protect the lead and make sure the team wins. Bailey did it as well as any other pitcher in only his first year.
Earlier today, Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum won the Cy Young Award for the second straight season. The honor is given to the best pitcher in the league and Lincecum has now won this award two years in a row.
Lincecum has one of the funkiest deliveries in baseball and his numbers win wise weren't even that great this season. But he led the league in strikeouts and just pulled out a victory in the Cy Young balloting.
Congratulations to both pitchers for their great seasons.
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