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baseballbloggersalliance.com - 10/10/2009

About BBA /  Baseball Bloggers Alliance

— baseballbloggersalliance.com — The Baseball Bloggers Alliance was formed in 2009 to foster communication and collaboration between bloggers across baseball.... Member blogs are encouraged to use one another to deepen their understanding of the game and the teams that play it. While ... (more) About BBA /  Baseball Bloggers Alliance

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raisethejollyroger.com - 10/8/2009

BBA Ballot: NL Manager of the Year

— raisethejollyroger.com — One of the main goals of the newly-formed [ Baseball Bloggers Alliance ] is to create a... different (read: better) version of the end-of-season awards determined by the Baseball Writers of America. We’ve split it up so all 30 team chapters vote with equal weight (the Pittsburgh chapter ... (more) BBA Ballot: NL Manager of the Year

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northsidenotch.com - 10/10/2009

2009 BBA Ballot: NL Manager of the Year

— northsidenotch.com — As a member of the newly formed, and so far highly successful Baseball Bloggers Alliance, I am... supposed to get my ballot in for NL Manager of the Year. For those who don't know about the BBA yet, it's a pretty cool thing. We have 28 of the 30 ML teams accounted for and our Pittsburgh Chapter of ... (more) 2009 BBA Ballot: NL Manager of the Year

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Pittsburgh Pirates

Los Angeles Dodgers

Colorado Rockies

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Baseball Bloggers Alliance: NL Manager of the Year
Fungoes — ... As Nick from Pitchers Hit Eighth points out, studies like The Hardball Times’s, indicate that managers have a nominal impact on wins and losses (only about a couple either way). Still, someone has to be the best, even if it’s difficult to know. Our framework for thinking about who the best might be is simply and probably flawed: Determine the teams who made the biggest leap in actual wins from their ...