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At some point this year, in either September or October, the greatest pitcher we've ever seen will throw his final pitch.

From his crouch behind the plate, Yankees catcher Austin Romine sensed a certain quality emanating from starter Hiroki Kuroda.

The Yankees' pantheon of starting pitchers is chock full of legends such as Whitey Ford, Roger Clemens and Ron Guidry.

This week brings us to the middle of May. This means the 2013 season is almost a quarter of the way over.

Roger Clemens is responsible for two of the four 20 strikeout performances in MLB history, but isn't the record in all of baseball history.

Rangers catcher A.J. Pierzynski and pitching coach Mike Maddux visit starter Justin Grimm during the first inning at the Rangers Ballpark.

Since the team moved from Kansas City to Oakland 45 years ago, the A's have largely been a team built on great pitching.

The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees rivalry has been strong for over 100 years.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - A rare matchup of reigning Cy Young Award winners won't be remembered as a pitching duel.

A rare matchup of reigning Cy Young Award winners won't be remembered as a pitching duel.

Some pitching performances are great because they are timely and clutch. Others, because they showcase a pitcher at the top of his craft, doing something seen once in a blue moon - if that often.

But for just the third time since Cy Young Awards were given to winners in each league starting in 1969, the two reigning winners will meet tonight, with Rays LHP David Price , who is 1-3, 6.25, taking on former Mets/now Blue Jays RHP R.A. Dickey , who is 2-5, 5.36. "I know he can pitch better than what he is and so can I," Price said.

The first month of the season for the New York Yankees has been highlighted by a number of different things: the continued plague of injuries, the set-back to Derek Jeter , and the considerable contributions from first-year veterans like Travis Hafner , Vernon Wells , and Kevin Youkilis .

The smoke and mirrors act that is the 2013 Yankees season faces a particularly challenging test starting tonight.

David Price and R.A. Dickey's scheduled meeting on Thursday will mark the third time since 1967 that Cy Young Award winners faced each other in the following season.

1917 Bob Groom of the Browns duplicated teammate Ernie Koob's feat of the previous day by pitching a 3-0 no-hit victory against the Chicago White Sox in the second game of a doubleheader in St.

Former New York Yankees head athletic trainer Gene Monahan, left, and Taylor Hooton Foundation president Don Hooton, listen during a press conference announcing the release of a national survey on steroid abuse, Thursday, May 2, 2013 in New York.

When pitchers start to develop their craft, the fastball is usually the first pitch they develop.

Jon Paul Morosi is a national MLB writer for FOXSports.com. He previously covered baseball for the Detroit Free Press and Seattle Post-Intelligencer . He began his journalism career at the Bay City Times in his native Michigan.

1931 - Wes Ferrell of the Cleveland Indians pitched a 7-0 no-hitter over brother Rick and the St.