Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
The Peoria Javelinas are the AFL's '09 Champs after beating the Phoenix Desert Dogs 5-4 Saturday in Scottsdale, Arizona. (ed. note - "Picture above is from an AFL outing earlier this month by DC pitching prospect Stephen Strasburg, who missed today's start with a knee injury.") View full size photo » The Arizona Fall League's '09 season is over. Peoria Javelinas' second baseman C.J....
The Political Game (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
The Rawlings Gold Glove awards have been handed out and break down as follows (parentheses note the number of awards won by each player): National League: P: Adam Wainwright, St. Louis Cardinals (1st) C: Yadier Molina, St. Louis Cardinals (2 nd ) 1B: Adrian Gonzalez, San Diego Padres (2 nd ) 2B: Orlando Hudson, Los Angeles Dodgers (4 th ) 3B: Ryan Zimmerman, Washington Nationals (1st) SS: Jimmy Rollins,...
Halos Heaven (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
The catcher for the Minnesota Twins , might have seen his team robbed in the playoffs but Joe Mauer is the SBN AL MVP. Voting particulars are after the page break - some Angels made it, take a peek and see if you agree... Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pts 1 Joe Mauer Minnesota Twins 24 3 1 - - - - - - - 371 2 Ben Zobrist Tampa Bay Rays - 10 6 2 2 1 - 1 - - 172 3 Mark Teixeira...
South Side Sox (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Wrapping up the SBN Baseball Blogger Awards with the AL MVP voting. Don't blame me. I voted for Kodos. Results after the Jump, because they'll take up the whole front page Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pts 1 Joe Mauer Minnesota Twins 24 3 1 - - - - - - - 371 2 Ben Zobrist Tampa Bay Rays - 10 6 2 2 1 - 1 - - 172 3 Mark Teixeira New York Yankees 2 3 2 4 3 2 7 1 - - 158 4 Derek...
Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Congratulations to Joe Mauer and Albert Pujols , this year's SBN MVP Award winners. The full results: Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pts 1 Joe Mauer Minnesota Twins 24 3 1 - - - - - - - 371 2 Ben Zobrist Tampa Bay Rays - 10 6 2 2 1 - 1 - - 172 3 Mark Teixeira New York Yankees 2 3 2 4 3 2 7 1 - - 158 4 Derek Jeter New York Yankees 1 5 3 4 4 2 1 1 2 1 157 5 Evan Longoria Tampa...
Purple Row (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
by Tom Gannam - AP This is Albert Pujols hitting a grand slam. This is Albert Pujols being an MVP. This is Albert Pujols. View full size photo » Today we unveil our final category: Most Valuable Player. In our Purple Row voting, the winner was unanimous in each league: Joe Mauer in the AL and Albert Pujols in the NL . Unlike the Purple Row voting, SBN Baseball went 10-deep on the ballot. Join...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
We've come to the last of our SB Nation Awards, yesterday we posted the Cy Young , Tuesday the Rookie of the Year and Monday Manager of the Year . If you've been following along you know that the baseball bloggers voted on these, AL blogs voted for the AL awards, NL for NL. For the MVP voting we, just like the BBWAA, list our top 10 choices. So our AL MVP award vote: Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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