Sporting News' AL Manager of the Year: Mike Scioscia
Halos Heaven (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Sporting News' AL Manager of the Year: Mike Scioscia Colorado Rockies Manager Jim Tracy is the Sporting News' National League manager of the year.
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Ron Gardenhire: AL Manager of the Year?
Nick & Nick's Twins Blog (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
There are two general points of view when it comes to Ron Gardenhire. Most people outside of Minnesota seem to feel that he's one of the game's best managers, a man who consistently gets the very most out of his players and puts the Twins in a position to contend year in and year out. When a Twins game is nationally broadcast, you almost always hear the announcers fawning over Gardenhire....
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Sporting News: Scioscia A.L. Manager of the Year
SoCal Sports Hub (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
While it may not be a great time to be affiliated with the Los Angeles Angels, as the Halos presently trail the New York Yankees three games to one in the best of seven American League Championship Series, there is reason for fans, players, and executives alike, to be proud of manager Mike Scioscia. Yesterday, [...]
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My Baseball Bloggers Alliance ballot for AL Manager of the Year
Subway Squawkers (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
As a member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance , I got a "vote" in their AL awards. Here's my ballot for Manager of the Year. Keep in mind that I'm looking at regular season only; not the playoffs. 1. Ron Gardenhire, Minnesota Twins: Early last month, the Twins, a team with only two stars - batting title winner Joe Mauer and 2006 MVP Justin Morneau, lost half that firepower, as Morneau...
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AL Manager Of The Year
The Joy of Sox (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
JoS is part of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance and the site is gathering votes for MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year, and Manager of the Year. There are three Red Sox blogs in the BBA; Derek ( Inside The Monster ) and Christine ( Boston Red Thoughts ) run the other two. I don't usually post end-of-season awards (choosing instead to make fun of the BBWAA's stupidity and poke holes in its "logic"),...
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ESPNMcGinley's choices for MLB Superlatives: AL MVP...
German Village Media (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
ESPNMcGinley's choices for MLB Superlatives: AL MVP - Derek Jeter . I know Mauer is going to win it, and maybe I'm even glad about that, but the steadiest player on the best team in baseball this year has been Jeter . It might be a nod to his career (which I was certain was on the downturn in the past few years) but this year he has been remarkable. Primarily used as a leadoff hitter this season, he...
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sportsdirect.com@St James’ Park -gate ... the secret tapes revealed
Times Online (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
DL “. . . ce running . . . OK, OK. Fast forward. We talked about the long term and then booted out Big Sam. We brought in KK, then little Dennis just to make sure their hero took a battering, YouTube signings, tribunal, lying to supporters as ‘an exercise in public relations’, yadda yadda, JFK, brought in Shearer, relegation, said we’d make Al manager and then forgot about it . . . Oops, hang...
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Bill Conlin: Comparing Phillies, Yankees lineups the right way
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
... by positions in the batting order. (Using DH rules and the most recent starting lineups posted by managers Charlie Manuel and Joe Girardi. I am also assuming Raul Ibanez will DH in New York and Ben Francisco will play left. Most AL managers like to put speed in the No. 9 spot, but Carlos Ruiz runs well and I think Francisco will bat No. 7 behind Ibanez.)Gentlemen, protect yourselves...
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BBA Topic: The Cy Young
Stan Musial's Stance (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
... both on their home blogs, and at the Alliance web site . Already the group has discussed NL and AL Managers of the Year and Rookies of the Year. Next will be the Cy Young, and the MVP, of each league, and I have the opportunity to offer an opinion on both. National League Cy Young We'll start with the NL because that's the home league of this blog. I've long thought the NL Cy Young will...
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Indians fire Wedge
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
The Cleveland Indians have informed manager Eric Wedge that he will not be back next season.
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Baseball Links of the Day
RotoRob (Free subscription) | 26/09/2009
Mike Scioscia (sitting) deserves his second AL Manager of the Year award, argues Chip Caray. We don’t normally link to other sites, preferring instead to deliver original content, but as part of a new arrangement with TBS, we’ll be highlighting some of their content over the next few weeks. In return, they will be offering up some goodies which we will give to our readers through various contests....