baseballwriters.org - 11/10/2008
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4 Previous winners (* Unanimous): 2007 RYAN BRAUN, Milwaukee Brewers; 2006 HANLEY RAMIREZ, Florida Marlins; 2005 RYAN HOWARD, Philadelphia Phillies; 2004 JASON BAY, Pittsburgh Pirates; 2003 DONTRELLE WILLIS, Florida Marlins; 2002 JASON JENNINGS, Colorado Rockies; 2001 *ALBERT PUJOLS, St. Louis ...
bizofbaseball.com - 11/15/2008
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bizofbaseball.com —
With the Dodgers leaving Vero Beach, Florida after
61 years, and heading to a bew $100 million...
facility in Glendale, Arizona, spring training for the Dodgers will cost as much as $90 for nearly 700 seats in the new ...
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$90 for Spring Training Tickets? Welcome to the New ...
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hardballtimes.com - 11/17/2008
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hardballtimes.com —
Monday, November 17, 2008 Breakout party: James Loney
Posted by Derek Carty at 12:44am Over the past...
few weeks, I've discussed some players who I believe over performed in 2008. In my next few articles, I'd like to discuss some who I believe underperformed in 2008 and who should be ...
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Breakout party: James Loney
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The Griddle: Longoria, Soto win Rookie of the Year Awards
Baseball Toaster —
... , easily outdistancing Alexi Ramirez of the White Sox. Longoria was the first unanimous pick in the AL since Nomar Garciaparra won the award in 1997. Longoria is the first Ray to ever win a BBWAA award of any kind. In the NL, Geovany Soto of the Cubs took ROY honors . Soto got all but one first place vote. Joey Votto of the Reds got the other one. Soto is the first catcher to win the award in the NL since Mike Piazza won it in 1993 and he's the first Cub to win the award since Kerry Wood in 1998.
2008 BBWAA Rookie of the Year Picks (AL & NL)
The Outsiders Look at the Insides of Baseball —
... The National League, at first glance, also managed to get things right. Except, wait...What?!? Somebody actually thought that ...
Evan Longoria And Geovany Soto Win AL And NL Rookie Of The Year Awards
FanIQ Blog —
... Longoria Named AL Rookie of the Year [MLB.com]
Soto Wins NL Rookie of the Year Award [MLB.com]
AL Voting Results [BWAA]
NL Voting Results [BWAA]
I give up.
umpbump.com —
Clearly, members of the Baseball Writers Association of America do not read UmpBump.
If they did, they would know that EDINSON VOLQUEZ IS NOT A FREAKING ROOKIE.
And yet, Volquez finished 4th in the National League Rookie of the Year voting.
Right.
And it’s the bloggers who don’t know what they’re talking about … [visit site to read more]
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We’ve Been ‘Perted!
Fantasy Baseball Blog at Razzball.com —
... Woot-woot, Bobster! Woot-woot, Bobster! Woot– Okay, before you get too full of yourself, you also put an ineligible Edinson Volquez down for NL ROY… Then again, some members of the BBWAA did the same. (BTW, don’t look at that BBWAA Geocities-ish site too long. It’ll burn your computer screen and retinas.) ...
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LONGORIA, SOTO ROOKIES OF YEAR —
NY Post: Sports 11/10/2008
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