Babes Love Baseball (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
We're going to be kinda lazy and let everyone else in the blogosphere tell the heartwarming stories of Jim Tracy and Mike Scioscia's 2009 Manager of the Year awards. "Congratulations, Mike Scioscia and Jim Tracy. You guys just won the most overrated award in sports." - The Sports Rippers "You simply cannot argue with the job that Mike Scioscia did this year." - It's The Truth "Scioscia...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Mike Scioscia AL Manager of the Year The vote was similar to our SB Nation vote. The writers had Joe Girardi 3rd and we had Wakamatsu 3rd. The writers didn't have anyone vote for Trey Hillman, so maybe they are smarter after all.
Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Mike Scioscia has been named the A.L. Manager of the Year, finishing with 15 of 28 first place votes. Ron Gardenhire and Joe Girardi were second and third, respectively, and Don Wakamatsu and Ron Washington tied for fourth place, with Jim Leyland being the only other manager named (getting two third place votes). Washington and Wakamatsu finishing that far back is a surprise, as the two of them headed...
Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
More photos » by David Zalubowski - AP Jim Tracy matches his SBN manager of the year award with one from the BBWAA. Lou Piniella got no votes. Browse more photos » No surprise here, and the SBNation awards announced last week agree with both these selections. Tracy got 29 of the 32 first-place votes. Two first-place votes went to Tony LaRussa and one to Joe Torre. In the AL, Scioscia got...
River Ave. Blues (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Yankees manager Joe Girardi received 4 first place votes, 3 second place votes, and 5 third place votes in the Manager of the Year voting, finishing third behind winner Mike Scioscia and runner up Ron Gardenhire. Ironically enough, Girardi’s team beat both Gardenhire’s team and Scioscia’s team on its march to the World Championship. Jim Tracy [...] Post from: River Ave. Blues A New...
The FanHouse - Louisville Football (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
by Ed Price Filed under: Angels , MLB Awards As much for keeping the Angels together through the death of pitcher Nick Adenhart and a rash of early-season pitching injuries as for winning the AL West, Mike Scioscia on was named American League Manager of the Year by the Baseball Writers' Association of America on Wednesday. Scioscia earned 15 of 28 first-place votes. Runner-up Ron Gardenhire of the...
The LoHud Yankees Blog (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The last time the Yankees had a lame-duck manager was 2007, when Joe Torre was in the final year of his deal. Torre’s contract was a distraction all year, the Yankees lost (again) in the first round of the playoffs and we all know how the winter went from there. Now it’s Joe Girardi going into [...] Click on the headline for the rest of this blog post ...
Sliding Into Home (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
If you ask me I'd say no; the voters pay too much attention to payroll so I think that will hurt him tremendously. Anthony DiComo of Yankees.com took a look at his chances yesterday, here's some of what he had to say: His job [with the Marlins], guiding a team of young players to a fourth-place finish, was quite different from his job this season, when he was charged with meshing three high-profile...
River Ave. Blues (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Johnny Damon, Andy Pettitte, and Hideki Matsui have dominated headlines over the past two weeks, but they’re not the only Yankee free agents. The Yankees face decisions on most of their 2009 coaching staff, and according to Brian Cashman, the team is “nowhere” in those talks. Manager Joe Girardi and hitting coach Kevin Long are [...] Post from: River Ave. Blues A New York Yankees...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
George A. King III / New York Post : Bombers ‘nowhere’ on coaches — No Yankees coach except hitting instructor Kevin Long is signed for next year. And while the general feeling is that the rest of Joe Girardi's staff is wanted back, none has been offered a contract for 2010. — “We are nowhere,” GM Brian Cashman said when asked …
Sliding Into Home (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
From George A. King III : No Yankees coach except hitting instructor Kevin Long is signed for next year. And while the general feeling is that the rest of Joe Girardi's staff is wanted back, none has been offered a contract for 2010. "We are nowhere," GM Brian Cashman said when asked where he was at concerning the 2010 staff. "We would love to have all of them back under the proper circumstances."...
High and Tight. (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Just as in year's past, I'm going to guess at who will win the major awards, and who should win the major awards. I think the writers are getting better at these awards, but there's still a long way to go. In any event, my picks: Who Should Win Who Will Win AL ROY Rick Porcello Andrew Bailey NL ROY J.A. Happ Chris Coghlan AL MOY Ron Gardenhire Joe Girardi NL MOY Jim Tracy Jim Tracy AL Cy Young Zack...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com : Torre was rooting for Yanks in World Series — Dodgers' manager excited familiar faces won Fall Classic — NEW YORK — Joe Torre knew he was probably supposed to be pulling for the Phillies in the World Series. But in the end, he wound up cheering just as hard as ever for Joe Girardi and the Yankees.
ESPN (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Dodgers manager Joe Torre says he was pleased when successor Joe Girardi and the Yankees won the World Series this month.
Sliding Into Home (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
From The AP : Dodgers manager Joe Torre says he was pleased when successor Joe Girardi and the New York Yankees won the World Series this month. ... Speaking before his foundation's annual gala on Friday night, Torre said it was "surreal" watching the Yankees face the Phillies in the World Series. But he was happy to see some of his former players earn another title. I will always be a Joe...
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rajann4uo2 | 11/07/2009
NEW YORK – If the knock against Yankees manager Joe Girardi is that he's been overmanaging his way through his first postseason, well, let's put it this way: At least he's got plenty of help. Girardi has enough computer programs to make stat geeks envious and the best scouting department money can buy. A binder chock-full with matchups and color-coded charts is never more than an arm's reach away....
bela13xc5 | 11/07/2009
PHILADELPHIA – A.J. Burnett started walking briskly off the mound before manager Joe Girardi even got there. The erratic right-hander already was finished — and he knew it. With a chance to pitch the New York Yankees to their first World Series championship in nine years, Burnett was a major bust in Game 5 on Monday night. He gave up a three-run homer before retiring a hitter and was chased with nobody...
anitra9445u | 11/07/2009
PHILADELPHIA – Brian Cashman leaned against the wall just outside manager Joe Girardi's office as the best players money can buy milled about inside a quiet, but quietly confident, clubhouse. The longest-running gripe in baseball is the Yankees have so much cash that only they can afford to bury their mistakes, and since 1998, the still boyish-looking general manager has been the guy wielding the shovel....
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