Sandy Koufax presented the NL Cy Young award to Clayton Kershaw

By Bill BaerJan 25, 2014, 11:15 PM EDT
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Major League Baseball’s award winners were presented with their hardware tonight at the Baseball Writers Association of America dinner at the New York Hilton. Hall of Fame managers Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa, and Joe Torre were honored. Wil Myers and Jose Fernandez picked up their Rookie of the Year awards for the American and National League, respectively. Pirates manager Clint Hurdle presented center fielder Andrew McCutchen with the NL MVP award, while Tigers Miguel Cabrera and Max Scherzer received their AL MVP and Cy Young awards, respectively.

Also of note, Dodgers lefty Clayton Kershaw was presented with the NL Cy Young award from Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax. MLB’s Public Relations Twitter has pictures:

Yasiel Puig just blew Game 7 of the NLCS wide open

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By Ashley VarelaOct 20, 2018, 10:22 PM EDT
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So much for a Game 7 nail-biter. The Brewers and Dodgers were separated by just one run for the first five innings of Saturday’s NLCS finale, but a monster three-run shot from Yasiel Puig boosted the Dodgers to a four-run advantage in the top of the sixth.

The timing couldn’t have been better for Los Angeles. Brewers’ left-hander Josh Hader entered the game in the third inning and dominated the opposition for three scoreless innings, then was replaced on the mound by fellow lefty Xavier Cedeño. Cedeño promptly issued a leadoff single to Max Muncy to start the sixth and, just as promptly, was lifted for right-hander Jeremy Jeffress. After giving up another base hit to Justin Turner, it looked like Jeffress turned a corner. He induced a fly out from Manny Machado, then got Cody Bellinger to ground into a force out to shift the Dodgers’ runners to the corners with two outs.

That didn’t faze Puig, however. After appearing in 10 playoff games without a single home run, the outfielder blasted a 1-1 knuckle curve to center field to pad the Dodgers’ lead.

With three innings left to play, it’s still too soon to say whether or not the Dodgers just punched their ticket to the World Series. They lead the Brewers 5-1 in the seventh.