The Baseball Bloggers Alliance was formed with the intention of getting a group of amateur baseball writers to vote on season awards the same way the Baseball Writers Association does.
Think of it as a second opinion.
Well the results are in.
Manager of the Year
American League
Mike Scioscia, Los Angeles (8) 58 Ron Gardenhire, Minnesota (6) 46 Ron Washington, Texas (2) 30 Dan Wakamatsu, Seattle (4) 29 Joe Girardi, New York 8 Terry Francona, Boston 4 Jim Leyland, Detroit 4
National League
Jim Tracy, Colorado (16) 89 Tony La Russa, St. Louis (1) 28 Bruce Bochy, San Francisco (1) 20 Freddi Gonzalez, Florida (1) 20 Joe Torre, Los Angeles 12 Charlie Manuel, Philadelphia (1) 7 Bud Black, San Diego 3 Bobby Cox, Atlanta 1
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Rookie of the Year
American League
Andrew Bailey, Oakland (9) 48 Rick Porcello, Detroit (4) 36 Elvis Andrus, Texas (3) 28 Jeff Niemann, Tampa Bay (2) 21 Matt Wieters, Baltimore (1) 13 Gordon Beckham, Chicago ...
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Matt Garza's Slider is Filthy
draysbay.com 10/28/2009 —
These are all pitches thrown at least 200 times (except in Wade Davis ' case, the limit was 50). Note: Whiff% is (Swinging Strikes/Total Pitches)*100 and rounded to two decimal points.
To avoid making this a data dump, here's some ...
Cubs Potential Offseason Targets: Akinori Iwamura
thecubreporter.com 10/28/2009 —
Let's move back to the infield and check in on another possible second basemen...the Rays Akinori Iwamura.
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Bruney, Hinske added; Guzman, Cervelli off
yankees.lhblogs.com 10/28/2009 — The Yankees just released their World Series roster and RHP Brian Bruney has been added, along with pinch-hitter Eric Hinske. Pinch-runner Freddy Guzman and third catcher Francisco Cervelli were removed.
Dropping Cervelli indicates the Yankees may ...
Tampa Bay Rays Re-Sign OF Gabe Kapler —
Bleacher Report - MLB 10/27/2009
According to an AP report, the Tampa Bay Rays have re-signed one half of their Double-Gabe right field platoon, welcoming back Gabe Kapler.
The team announced a one-year deal worth $1.05 million earlier today. The 34-year-old Kapler played in 99 ...
Utley's bat too power-Phil in Game 1 —
NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 10/29/2009
A year after belting a two-run homer in the first inning of Game 1 against Tampa Bay's Scott Kazmir in St. Petersburg, Utley twice homered off another lefthander, CC Sabathia, Wednesday night to account for the opening two runs in Philadelphia's 6-1 ...
