The Managers of the Year were announced earlier today and Squawker Lisa and I just competed in a trivia contest , so here's a trivia question: Who won the American League Manager of the Year in 2000 and who finished second? And who did they beat out? Before I give the answers, Lisa and I had a great time at the trivia contest, which was run by our fellow blogger The Omnipotent Q of the Mighty Quinn...
NEW YORK — Jim Tracy of Colorado won the NL Manager of the Year award on Wednesday and Mike Scioscia of the Los Angeles Angels was selected for the AL honor. Tracy became the second manager to win the award after taking over during the season, joining Jack McKeon for Florida in 2003. Tracy received 29 first-place votes and two seconds for 151 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association...
NEW YORK — Jim Tracy of Colorado won the NL Manager of the Year award on Wednesday and Mike Scioscia of the Los Angeles Angels was selected for the AL honor. Tracy became the second manager to win the award after taking over during the season, joining Jack McKeon for Florida in 2003. Tracy received 29 first-place votes and two seconds for 151 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association...
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...
More photos » by Ross D. Franklin - AP Lou Piniella says, "Get me out of here!" the last time the Cubs played in Chase Field; they lost 10-0 on April 29. Browse more photos » The Diamondbacks released their spring schedule today; included was the information that the Cubs will play the Diamondbacks in two exhibition games at Chase Field on Friday, April 2 at 8:40 Chicago time,...
Two years ago it was Brian Roberts , last winter Jake Peavy . Will this off-season be filled with one Curtis Granderson rumor after the other? Outside of Milton Bradley , the Chicago native has made the most noise in Cubs' circles since the rumor surfaced he could be available this winter. At the forefront of the Curtis Granderson-to-the-Cubs rumor mill has been Phil Rogers ... and the Tribune reporter...
More photos » by Tony Gutierrez - AP Lou Piniella signs autographs during spring training 2009. In Arizona. Browse more photos » Today on cubs.com, Carrie Muskat posted this long article interviewing two of the major players trying to get the Cubs to move to Florida. Craig Bouchard is the co-founder of Esmark, Inc., who lives part of the year in Hinsdale and part of the time in Naples and...
CHICAGO -- The Cubs are trying hard to dump the perennially malcontented Milton Bradley, as it isn't just manager Lou Piniella who didn't connect with him in his season here. Apparently, several key members of the team -- including Aramis Ramirez and Carlos Zambrano -- barely speak to Bradley.
More photos » by David Zalubowski - AP One of the award winners is in this photo. Take a guess. Browse more photos » For the fourth year in a row, SB Nation Baseball conducted its end-of-the-year awards voting during the last weekend of the season. Each team-specific blog received two ballots and voted for the league awards in which their team participated. The other baseball sites received...
More photos » by Matt Slocum - AP CC Sabathia Asks Charlie Manuel If He Was Named The SB Nation's 2009 NL Manager Of The Year, Manuel's Not Telling... (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) Browse more photos » The voting members of the SB Nation's baseball blogs chose Lou Piniella as NL Manager of the Year last season, recognizing the then-second-year Chicago Cubs ' skipper for having led his team to...
Filed:November 9th, 2009 Mike Cameron (Cubbie Nation/file) No, it hasn't come to fruition yet, but I suspect that it's a phrase that we should all start practicing. The Milwaukee Brewers acquired center fielder Carlos Gomez in a swap with the Twins for J.J. Hardy, relegating Mike Cameron, at least temporarily, to the ranks of the unemployed. Can't blame General Manager Doug Melvin. As a cash-constrained...
by David Zalubowski - AP Rockies manager Jim Tracy shares a laugh with Lou Piniella. SBN voters named him the NL Manager of the Year. View full size photo » At the end of the regular season, all the SBN blogs cast their ballots for the same awards given out by the BBWAA. To make the vote comparable to the BBWAA vote, each site was given two votes, and NL blogs voted only for NL teams, AL blogs...
CHICAGO – Tom Ricketts and his family took ownership of the Chicago Cubs and wasted no time making a promise to the team's long-suffering fans: They will bring a World Series title to a team that has gone 101 years without one. "I'll be honest. I think we have a team that can do it next year," Tom Ricketts said without hesitation Friday at a Wrigley Field news conference. "The
More photos » by Gene J. Puskar - AP Joe Torre telepathically tells Don Mattingly that he didn't have any professional managing experience before he got his first MLB managing gig. Browse more photos » The topic of the moment at Dodger Thoughts is manager heir-apparent Don Mattingly and whether or not his lack of professional managing experience is an issue. At some point it occurred to...
Episode: 568 - Type A Free Agents on the Cubs and what that Means, Joe Girardi v. Lou Piniella, and the Chances of Ronnie Woo Woo Getting a Sit-Down with the Cubs New Owners (November 6) - Cubscast 2009 Season Podcasts - Cubscast.com - Hosted By: Lou, Sheps & Sneetch
CHICAGO – Tom Ricketts and his family took ownership of the Chicago Cubs and wasted no time making a promise to the team's long-suffering fans: They will bring a World Series title to a team that has gone 101 years without one. "I'll be honest. I think we have a team that can do it next year," Tom Ricketts said without hesitation Friday at a Wrigley Field news conference. "The fact is, there is enough...
CHICAGO – Tom Ricketts and his family took ownership of the Chicago Cubs and wasted no time making a promise to the team's long-suffering fans: They will bring a World Series title to a team that has gone 101 years without one. "I'll be honest. I think we have a team that can do it next year," Tom Ricketts said without hesitation Friday at a Wrigley Field news conference. "The fact is, there is enough...
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