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American baseball player (born 1983)
Justin Brooks Verlander is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 21 seasons of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, New York Mets, and San Francisco Giants. A three-time Cy Young Award winner, an American League Most Valuable Player Award recipient, and a two-time World Series champion, Verlander is considered one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history.
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Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league in North America composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and is considered the premier baseball league in the world. Each team plays 162 games per season, with Opening Day held during the last week of March or the first week of April.
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Verlander won the 2011 American League MVP and Cy Young Award with the Tigers, who drafted him No. 2 overall in 2004.
Justin Verlander broke down in tears when his 7-year-old daughter ran out to him after his last pitch this past Saturday.
The metaphor was perhaps a bit on the nose, met with an emotional climax that seemed as made for Hollywood as it was for Detroit. The moment, however, was perfe