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MINNEAPOLIS | This seems like a good time for an unfiltered look at Royals pitcher Zack Greinke, and not only because he makes his final start of a magnificent individual season today. It’s his last chance to make an emphatic statement to the 28 members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, who will vote before Tuesday on the American League Cy Young Award. It is that award that generally designates the league’s best pitcher. Greinke, with a 16-8 record and 2.06 earned run average, appears to be the favorite in the regular season’s final weekend. There’s more, though. Greinke proved again this past week that he is a candid enigma whose distaste for individual attention forever clashes with his remarkable self-confidence and an absolute refusal to varnish often-brutal assessments. “The kid won’t lie,” former manager... [read full story]
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