Armed and Dominant: Year of the Pitcher

All this week, the FanHouse staff will look back at the most significant baseball storylines of 2010.

In China, 2010 was the Year of the Tiger.

In Major League Baseball, it was the Year of the Pitcher.

Finally.

After nearly 20 years of an offensive boom, hurlers took back the game in 2010. The Giants won the World Series with great starters and a rag-tag lineup. There were two perfect games, one near-perfecto and four other no-hitters, including the second-ever in the postseason.

We should have known it was coming when the defensive play of the year came on Opening Day -- and it, too, was by a pitcher.

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