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Florida Marlins: Peers pick Happ over Coghlan
The players have spoken. Their top NL rookie is World Series-bound Phillies left-hander J.A. Happ. This morning on ESPN's Mike and Mike show, the Players Association revealed their first two Players Choice awards. In addition to Happ, the outstanding AL rookie honor went to White Sox ...
Happ, Beckham named SN's MLB rookies of the year - Chris Bahr, Sporting News - MLB - Sporting News
Happ, Beckham named SN's MLB rookies of the year - Chris Bahr, Sporting News - MLB - Sporting News
myteamrivals.typepad.com — Congratulations to J.A. Happ for winning the Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award in the National... League in 2009. He certainly deserved it! Happ's numbers put him in rare company for a rookie . Happ went 12-4 with a 2.93 ERA in 23 starts (and 12 relief appearances). He can now be mentioned in ... (more) Happ, Beckham named SN's MLB rookies of the year - Chris ...
Did Chris Coghlan have a 'historic' rookie year?
Did Chris Coghlan have a 'historic' rookie year?
bases.nbcsports.com — Juan C. Rodriguez covers the Marlins for the Florida Sun Sentinel and apparently believes that Chris Coghlan... had an absolutely spectacular rookie season. Last week Rodriguez criticized the Baseball Bloggers Alliance for ranking Coghlan fourth in their ... (more) Did Chris Coghlan have a 'historic' rookie year?
Umpire Changes and Magazine Honors
Umpire Changes and Magazine Honors
misterballz.blogspot.com — MLB is changing their methods of selecting World Series umpires, due to poor judgements and bad calls... in this year's postseason. Sources within MLB spoke on condition of anonymity, because the announcements are no yet official. In 24 of the past 25 Fall Classics the 6-man umpiring crew has ... (more) Umpire Changes and Magazine Honors
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Chris Coghlan doesn't win Players vote
FishStripes — ... Juan C. Rodriguez got up early this morning, to watch Mike and Mike in the morning, and reports that Chis Coghlan didn't win the NL ROY as selected by the players. ...

Did Chris Coghlan have a 'historic' rookie year?
Circling The Bases — ... the Baseball Bloggers Alliance for ranking Coghlan fourth in their Rookie of the Year balloting despite "the historic nature of Coghlan's offensive season." This week Rodriguez criticized the Players Association for choosing J.A. Happ as their Rookie of the Year despite Coghlan's "multitude of historic achievements." In reality the basis for Coghlan's supposed "historic" rookie season was notching 50 hits in back-to-back months, which while very impressive merely contributed to his batting .321/.390/.460 in 128 games overall. Don't get me wrong, those are strong numbers for ...

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