Cy Young Celebration – TONIGHT

This will be a special night at Kauffman Stadium as Zack Greinke is honored for his 2009 American League Cy Young Award in an on-field presentation during pre-game ceremonies. Make sure to get the ballpark early so you don’t miss the festivities which include the return of both the the Royals previous Cy Young Award winners Bret Saberhagen (1985 & 1989) and Kansas City native David Cone (1994).

Greinke, Cone and Saberhagen have all won Cy Young Awards with the Royals – and all three will be here tonight. But they are not the only Cy Young Award winners to pitch for Kansas City. These six other Cy Young pitchers took the mound for Kansas City teams in their playing careers:

Pitcher	Cy Young Season	Kansas City Connection
Whitey Ford	1961 – New York Yankees	1950 Kansas City Blues
Mike McCormick	1967 – San Francisco Giants	1971 Kansas City Royals
Vida Blue	1971 – Oakland A’s	1982-83 Kansas City Royals
Gaylord Perry	1972 – Cleveland Indians 1978 – San Diego Padres	1983 Kansas City Royals
Catfish Hunter	1974 – Oakland A’s	1965-67 Kansas City Athletics
Mark Davis	1989 – San Diego Padres	1990-92 Kansas City Royals

Remember Zack will be back on the mound again tomorrow night (Saturday) at 6:10, but tonight join us for our salute to his amazing 2009 season.

The first 35,000 fans tonight get this Cy Young Celebration T-Shirt presented by our hometown friends at H&R Block – plus – it’s the first Hy-Vee/Pepsi Fireworks Friday of the season. Red Sox and Royals tonight at 7:10. Get your tickets here.

(Curt Nelson, Director – Royals Hall of Fame)