Earlier Thursday, Seattle’s Felix Hernandez won the 2010 American League Cy Young Award over New York’s CC Sabathia and Tampa Bay’s David Price, among a host of others. The winner was officially announced at 2pm ET - the same announcement time for all BBWAA awards. However, the actual winner doesn’t have to wait until then to hear that he won. The winner is always informed a little bit ahead of time. And with this award, that information wound up getting out about a half hour early.
Felix Hernandez’s 2010 A.L. Cy Young Award Was Leaked Early
From Venezuelan journalist Alexander Mendoza, well prior to 2pm ET:
Félix Hernández celebra con su familia el premio Cy Young. Segundo venezolano que consigue el premio.
Alexander Mendoza
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Roughly translated: “Felix Hernandez is celebrating his Cy Young with his family. He is the second Venezuelan to win the award.”
Leaks are nothing new in the business, but what makes this interesting is that the BBWAA had been doing such a good job of keeping things secret, as Roy Halladay’s Cy Young and Ron Gardenhire and Bud Black’s Manager of the Year Awards were kept quiet until 2pm. I guess it’s a bit more difficult to control the flow of information in Venezuela, where media had been gathering at Hernandez’s home to prepare for the announcement well in advance.
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