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Revision 7 . . December 15, 2001 7:01 am by Paul Drye [Fix an edit that changed a meaning to something incorrect.]
Revision 6 . . (edit) December 15, 2001 3:32 am by (logged).12.101.xxx
Revision 5 . . October 20, 2001 2:34 am by Paul Drye [Never say never. Five years ago, did you think you'd see 73 homers? Conditions change.]
  

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Denton True Young was the pre-eminent baseball pitcher during the 1890s and 1900s, nicknamed "Cyclone" or just "Cy" after a fence he threw at looked like it had sustained cyclone damage, Young
is one of the greatest and most famous pitchers of all time.
Denton True Young was the pre-eminent baseball pitcher during the 1890s and 1900s, nicknamed "Cyclone" or just "Cy" after a fence he threw at looked like it had sustained cyclone damage, Young is generally considered one of the greatest and most famous pitchers of all time.

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Young set a career record for wins, 511, which will probably never be matched. (Current seasons produce just a few pitchers with more than 20 wins, at which pace a pitcher would have to pitch for more than 25 years to surpass the record.)
Young set a career record for wins, 511, which will probably never be matched under the conditions of the game. Current seasons produce just a few pitchers with more than 20 wins, at which pace a pitcher would have to pitch for more than 25 years to surpass the record.

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