Friday, October 30, 2015

The Latest: McCutchen wins Clemente award (Yahoo Sports)

Kansas City Royals' Edinson Volquez, center, watches the burial of his father, Daniel Volquez at the Cristo Redentor cemetery in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015. Volquez played Game 1 of the World Series on Tuesday night, just hours after his father died of heart failure in the Dominican Republic. The elder Volquez, a mechanic, introduced his son to the game when he was about 10 years old. (AP Photo/Tatiana Fernandez)

The only previous Pittsburgh winner was Willie Stargell in 1974. Clemente, a Hall of Famer for the Pirates from 1955-72, died on New Year's Eve in 1972 while on a charter plane that crashed after takeoff. Royals Game 4 starter Chris Young already has a win in this World Series.




from Yahoo Sports http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/top/SIG=134co8902/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/latest-conforto-mets-lineup-morales-sits-royals-203453034--mlb.html

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