Can you name any unanimous or young Cy Young Award winners?

Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes won his second consecutive Cy Young Award Wednesday, and he joined an elite group that includes Dwight Gooden and Fernando Valenzuela as the only recipients to win a unanimous vote, claiming all 30 votes.

Detroit’s Tarik Skubal won his second straight Cy Young Award Thursday, gaining 26 of the 30 votes with Boston’s Garrett Crochet claiming the other four.

In this version of my Yesterday column — reminiscing about sports and pop culture from the 1960s, 70, 80s and sometimes before and beyond — I’ll look back at some young and veteran Cy Young Award winners, as well as some pop-culture “winners.”

Do you know what brothers won Cy Youngs? What was the best-selling game of the 1970s, and what best seller of the 50s was supposedly developed on a yacht? Do you know the top-selling video game of the 70s?

You also may recall some sprinkled in song titles from your past.

And do you remember King Curtis?

Oh, Very Young ... It’s hard to believe Skenes is only 23, and how he has dominated the game.

Playing with a bad Pirates team, Skenes’ 10-10 record was deceiving, but his stats told the story. He had a 1.97 ERA with 216 strikeouts and just 42 walks. He also allowed just 136 hits in 187.2 innings.

Last season, he found himself in a similar situation with an 11-3 record, a 1.97 ERA, 170 strikeouts, 42 walks, and 94 hits allowed in 133 innings.

In 1985, baseball found itself with two young stud winners in 20-year-old Dwight Gooden, and 21-year-old Bret Saberhagen, the former Royal being the league’s youngest winner.

Gooden, who was the runner-up in his rookie season, went 24-4 with a 1.53 ERA and recorded 268 strikeouts and 69 walks. He hurled 16 complete games, and allowed 198 hits in 276.2 innings.

Saberhagen’s marks were a bit less impressive, but he posted a 20-6 record with a 2.87 ERA. He did dominate in strikeouts and walks with a 158-38 differential. Saberhagen recorded 10 complete games.

More importantly, Saberhagen went 18-3 with a 2.76 ERA in his final 26 starts, and led the Royals to the championship. Saberhagen was the World Series MVP, and had one of the most dominating performances in a series, going 2-0 with a 0.50 ERA in two complete game starts in which he allowed a combined 11 hits and had 10 strikeouts.

Valenzuela finished the 1981 year with a 13-7 slate, a 2.48 ERA and 10 complete games. He notched 180 strikeouts and walked 61.

Some of you may remember that Gooden ended his career with the Yankees, but he also had stops with Cleveland and a one-game stay with Houston. Saberhagen signed a free-agent deal with the Mets, but never lived up to the expectations. He did have a stop in Colorado before his career ended in Boston.

Valenzuela moved south to San Diego, and also pitched for the Phillies along with Baltimore, California and St. Louis.

By the way, “Oh, Very Young,” was recorded by Cat Stevens in 1974, and it reached No. 10 on the Top 100 Billboard Chart.

Blue Morning, Blue Day ... At age 22, Vida Blue captured the American League Cy Young Award in 1971 with one of the game’s most phenomenal seasons.

I previously mentioned Blue in a baseball column, but it is worth mentioning again.

Blue helped the A’s to 101 wins, as he was 24-8 with a 1.82 ERA, had 24 complete games and eight shutouts, and fanned 312 batters in 302 innings. Blue allowed an average of six hits over nine innings. His season is one that often gets overlooked in baseball annals.

In 1970, Blue only made six starts, but twirled a no-hitter and a one-hitter, providing a trailer of what was ahead. He went 20-9 in 1973, helping his team to a World Series title, and was 22-11 in 1975.

“Blue Morning, Blue Day” was a song by Foreigner in 1978 that reached No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100.

He’s Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother ... Aside from Blue, the brothers Perry also get glossed over in terms of some of the game’s Cy Young Award winners. In fact, Jim and Gaylord Perry are the only brothers to win Cy Young Awards, as well as win 200 games each.

Jim, the older brother, compiled an overall 215-174 record with a 3.45 ERA, 109 complete games, and 32 shutouts in 630 career starts. He won the Cy Young in 1970 with the Twins with a 24-12 record, a 3.04 ERA and 13 complete games in 40 starts. Perry spent the majority of his career with the Twins, but also pitched for Cleveland, Detroit and Oakland over 17 seasons.

Better-known and high-profile Gaylord — mainly for his spitball — spent 22 seasons in the majors with an overall record of 314-265, a 3.11 ERA, 303 complete games and 53 shutouts.

He won the Cy Young in 1972 (24-12, 1.92 ERA and 29 complete games in 40 starts).

At age 39, Perry won his second Cy Young in 1978 with the Padres after compiling a 21-6, 2.73 line.

Fans and officiatos like to talk about the Niekro pitching brothers, but the Perrys might have been better.

“He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” was a song by the Hollies in 1969, and reached No. 7 on the Billboard Chart.

Simply the Best ... Aside from the aforementioned Cy Young Award winners, here are some of the other stellar seasons from our yesterday:

Bob Gibson (1968) 22-9, 1.12 ERA, 28 complete games, 13 shutouts, 268 strikeouts; Sandy Koufax (1965) 26-8, 2.04, 27 complete games, eight shutouts, 382 strikeouts; Koufax (1966) 27-9, 1.73, 27 complete games, 317 strikeouts: Ron Guidry (1978) 25-3, 1.74, 16 complete games, nine shutouts; Steve Carlton (1972) 27-10, 1.97, 30 complete games, 310 strikeouts; Dean Chance (1964) 20-9, 1.65. 15 complete games; Denny McLain (1969) 24-9, 2.80, 23 complete games, nine shutouts; and Ferguson Jenkins (1971) 24-13, 2.77, 30 complete games.

“Simply the Best” (or “The Best”) was a Tina Turner song in 1989 that reached No. 6 on the Billboard chart.

Filling the Bowl ... During the 70s, most of us spent our breakfasts filling our cereal bowls.

What were the top-selling cereals of the decade?

Cheerios and Frosted Flakes — remember Tony the Tiger? — topped the charts, and Honey Nut Cheerios debuted in 1979. Other mainstays during the period that you probably had were Lucky Charms, Cap’n Crunch, Froot Loops, and Life.

Some of the top-selling newcomers were Fruity Pebbles and Count Chocula, both of whom got plenty of commercial time during our Saturday morning cartoon marathons.

Invading Your Living Room ... Some of us began to get hooked on video games in the 70s, while some of us like myself didn’t.

Still, we all have to agree that we all tried “Space Invaders,” which was the highest-grossing arcade game of the decade, and still is among the all-time highest-grossing video games.

In terms of board games during the different decades, the top-seller in the 1950s was “Yahtzee” (reportedly developed by two Canadians aboard a yacht, and was also referred to as the Yacht Game”); and in the 60s, it was “Twister.”

Getting into the 70s, the top-selling game was a surprise in “Connect 4,” and “Trivial Pursuit” took over the 80s.

Turn Up the Lights ... In the 70s, the longest staying single atop the Billboard chart may surprise you.

It was Debbie Boone’s one-hit wonder, “You Light Up My Life,” which spent 10 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the most of any song that decade. Unfortunately for Boone, it was her only hit.

The Bee Gees’ “How Deep is Your Love,” and Andy Gibb’s “Shadow Dancing” also had staying power at the top.

WWWF/WWE Wrap ... Each column, I will review the career of a former wrestler we watched in our youth.

Do you remember King Curtis? He had a brief two-year stay in the WWWF in the early 1970s. Curtis teamed with Baron Mikel Scicluna to capture the WWWF Tag-Team championship. They defeated incumbents Karl Gotch and Rene Goulet. Curtis also had a few chances at the heavyweight title.

Curtis, born as Chris Piehu Laukea III in Hawaii, wrestled most of his career in his native state. He also was the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight champion and a tag-team champion. Curtis also held heavyweight titles in the NWA and IWA.

Known for his “Big Splash,” Curtis posted an overall record of 517-555-164 in a 20-year career that ended in 1980. Curtis also briefly spent time as a manager.

He passed away at age 73 in 2010.

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