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SB Nation Awards: 2009 American League Rookie of the Year

Twinkie Town (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

Next round of the year's awards! Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts 1 Elvis Andrus Texas Rangers 6 9 6 63 2 Andrew Bailey Oakland Athletics 11 1 3 61 3 Jeff Niemann Tampa Bay Rays 3 5 3 33 4 Rick Porcello Detroit Tigers 2 7 2 33 5 Brett Anderson Oakland Athletics 5 1 3 31 6 Gordon Beckham Chicago White Sox 1 2 8 19 7 Nolan Reimold Baltimore Orioles 1 - 1 6 8 Matt Wieters Baltimore Orioles - 1 3 6 9 Brad...

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SBN A.L. Rookie of the Year

Halos Heaven (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

Matt Palmer wuz robbed Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts 1 Elvis Andrus Texas Rangers 6 9 6 63 2 Andrew Bailey Oakland Athletics 11 1 3 61 3 Jeff Niemann Tampa Bay Rays 3 5 3 33 4 Rick Porcello Detroit Tigers 2 7 2 33 5 Brett Anderson Oakland Athletics 5 1 3 31 6 Gordon Beckham Chicago White Sox 1 2 8 19 7 Nolan Reimold Baltimore Orioles 1 - 1 6 8 Matt Wieters Baltimore Orioles - 1 3 6 9 Brad Bergesen...

SBN A.L. ROY Award

Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

by John Froschauer - AP about 1 month ago: Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki is forced out at second as Texas Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus steps over and watches his throw complete a double play on Mariners' Jose Lopez at first during the third inning of a baseball game in Seattle on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/John Froschauer) View full size photo » Today we release the balloting for the...

SBN Baseball Blogger Awards: AL Rookie of the Year

South Side Sox (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

More photos » by Jim Prisching - AP wuz robbed Browse more photos » Larry already posted this one in the last thread's comments, but not everyone is brave enough to venture in there. Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts 1 Elvis Andrus Texas Rangers 6 9 6 63 2 Andrew Bailey Oakland Athletics 11 1 3 61 3 Jeff Niemann Tampa Bay Rays 3 5 3 33 4 Rick Porcello Detroit Tigers 2 7 2 33 5 Brett Anderson...

2009 SBN AL Rookie Of The Year Voting Results

Lookout Landing (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

I'm looking at this for the first time, just like you guys. Let's see what we've got. Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts 1 Elvis Andrus Texas Rangers 6 9 6 63 2 Andrew Bailey Oakland Athletics 11 1 3 61 3 Jeff Niemann Tampa Bay Rays 3 5 3 33 4 Rick Porcello Detroit Tigers 2 7 2 33 5 Brett Anderson Oakland Athletics 5 1 3 31 6 Gordon Beckham Chicago White Sox 1 2 8 19 7 Nolan Reimold Baltimore Orioles 1...

2009 SBN Baseball Awards: AL Rookie of the Year

Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

This week, we're posting the results for each of Major League Baseball's regular season awards, as voted upon by the SB Nation baseball bloggers. (Each site gets two ballots; Mack Avenue Tigers ' Kurt Mensching helped me out with a vote.) Today's announcement is for the 2009 Rookie of the Year balloting. This is the one award a Tigers player may have had his best chance with. How did Detroit's Kid...

2009 SBN Baseball Awards: Rookies of the Year

Purple Row (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

More photos » by Matt York - AP I won SBN's AL Rookie of the Year. Who am I and what do I receive along with the title? (Sadly, the answer is that SBN awards don't come with anything.) Browse more photos » In the next installment for SBN Baseball's end of the year awards, I present to you the AL and NL ballots. First, let me recap who Purple Row chose for its award winners. In the AL, our...

SBN Awards: Rookie of the Year awarded to Elvis Andrus and Tommy Hanson

Camden Chat (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

by Tony Gutierrez - AP Elvis Andrus, SBN's AL Rookie of the Year. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) View full size photo » Below are the results for Rookie of the Year as voted by the SBN baseball writers. Elvis Andrus , the slick fielding shortstop from Texas, narrowly beat A's pitcher Andrew Bailey in the American League and Braves starting pitcher Tommy Hanson solidly won in the National League. My...

2009 SBNation Awards: Rookie Of The Year

Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

by Nam Y. Huh - AP Randy Wells had a fine rookie year and finished sixth in SBN rookie balloting. View full size photo » Count me as one of those surprised at the SBN Rookie of the Year balloting. Neither J.A. Happ nor Chris Coghlan , the two players named at the top of the BCB ballots, won. Tommy Hanson is a deserving recipient, no doubt, but I was sure that Happ was going to win. The third-place...

SB Nations Rookie of the Year Awards

Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

Yesterday we posted the voting in our SB Nation Manager of the Year , today it is the Rookie of the Year. A much more interesting vote, the one to get the most first place votes didn't finish first because a number of us left him off our ballot. There was no clear cut RoY this year which made the voting that much harder. k Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts 1 Elvis Andrus Texas Rangers 6 9 6 63 2 Andrew Bailey...

2009 SBN Rookie of the Year Award

DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

The first legitimate shot at a Ray winning ... Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts 1 Elvis Andrus Texas Rangers 6 9 6 63 2 Andrew Bailey Oakland Athletics 11 1 3 61 3 Jeff Niemann Tampa Bay Rays 3 5 3 33 4 Rick Porcello Detroit Tigers 2 7 2 33 5 Brett Anderson Oakland Athletics 5 1 3 31 6 Gordon Beckham Chicago White Sox 1 2 8 19 7 Nolan Reimold Baltimore Orioles 1 - 1 6 8 Matt Wieters Baltimore Orioles...

SBN Baseball Awards: Rookie Of The Year

Over the Monster (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

More photos » by Mark Duncan - AP Could this guy win SBN's Rookie of the Year for the AL? Maybe. Browse more photos » With Manager of the Year out of the way , we turn our attention to Rookie of the Year awards voted on by SB Nation bloggers. In the American League, will a late run by Rick Porcello give him the nod? Or will consistent Elvis Andrus earn enough votes to take the award? Andrew...

SB Nation NL Rookie of the Year: Tommy Hanson

Bucs Dugout (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

More photos » by John Bazemore - AP Atlanta Braves starter Tommy Hanson works in the first inning of a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Friday, July 31, 2009, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) Browse more photos » Here are the results (after the jump because the charts don't quite work on the front page): Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts 1 Tommy Hanson Atlanta Braves 9 9 6 78 2 J.A....

O's to break in Sarasota new spring home with 'Fanfest'

Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009

The Orioles will celebrate their new spring training home by holding a free "Family Fanfest" from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 14 at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota, Fla. The event will include player autograph sessions, giveaways, fan forums, activities for children, and a free hot dog and soda for all who attend. One fan will win a trip to Baltimore, with airfare, hotel accommodations and Orioles...

Your 2009 Most Birdland Player: It's a Tie!

Camden Chat (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009

More photos » by Nick Wass - AP The residents of 2110 Eutaw Street take home the Most Birdland Trophy. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) Browse more photos » daveh873 came up with the idea . dayzd toe created the awesome spreadsheet . And you guys spent all year voting. Here's your Most Birdland Top Ten: Nick Markakis - 14 Adam Jones -14 Brian Roberts - 10 Brad Bergesen - 9 Nolan Reimold - 9 Matt Wieters...