AZ Snakepit (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
More photos » by Ed Andrieski - AP Spring Training. Can't come soon enough... Browse more photos » Here's something to look forward to: Spring Training starts in less than four months. It'll be the last season for the Diamondbacks in Tucsom - ground was broken on the new spring training complex over in Scottsdale yesterday, and the facilities there will be in use for the 2011 pre-season...
FishStripes (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
And the final SB Nation baseball awards was released, this one being the NL MVP. Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pts 1 Albert Pujols St. Louis Cardinals 31 - - - - - - - - - 434 2 Hanley Ramirez Florida Marlins - 6 8 11 2 1 2 - - - 220 3 Chase Utley Philadelphia Phillies - 7 11 2 3 1 - 1 - 1 192 4 Prince Fielder Milwaukee Brewers - 5 4 4 7 7 1 - - - 186 5 Troy Tulowitzki Colorado...
The Good Phight (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
More photos » by Tom Gannam - AP Shocking, but Albert Pujols might win the National League MVP award this year! (AP Photo/Tom Gannam) Browse more photos » And the SBN bloggers roll out the last set of postseason awards... last but not least, National League Most Valuable Player. The not-shocking results (and the ballots of jonk and me on all awards) after the jump And the only even mild...
The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
by Matt Rourke - AP Is this Pujols? No. Is it an incredible dick-ish picture of Jayson Werth that I've been waiting ages to have a legitimate use for? Yes. View full size photo » Unanimity for presidents has been reserved solely for Washington. For Albert Pujols in 2009, all the denizens of SBN nation who cast a ballot lauded him with the honor being the unanimous NL MVP. Can anyone even make...
Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
More photos » by Nam Y Huh - AP Mike Fontenot after a forceout of Albert Pujols in April at Wrigley Field. Browse more photos » No surprises here, at least not for me. I expected Albert Pujols to be the unanimous MVP among SBN voters, and he was. The AL winner is the guy I would have chosen; you may be a bit surprised at the second-place finisher. Points for MVP are awarded as follows:...
Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Every year the bloggers and members of the SBN baseball blog community get together and do our own BWAA-style voting for all of the major awards. No Braves finished very high in the voting. Surprisingly, Javier Vazquez was the Braves player who ranked the highest. Of course, Pujols won unanimously, as he should have, but it was a real scrum for second place votes. Here is the voting breakdown: Rk Player...
Bucs Dugout (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
More photos » by Tom Gannam - AP St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols connects for a two-run home run in the in the third inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates in a game on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 in St. Louis.(AP Photo/Tom Gannam) Browse more photos » No surprise there. Here are the full results (again, after the jump, because the charts don't fit): Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th...
True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
by Mark J. Terrill - AP "So Joe, you aren't really going to walk me every time a runner is in scoring position, right? Right?" View full size photo » Albert Pujols unanimously won the 2009 SB Nation National League MVP award, easily defeating Hanley Ramirez of the Marlins. Dodgers who received votes were Matt Kemp (11th), Andre Ethier (15th) and Juan Pierre (24th). Here are the results:...
Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Because I've been away for a few days I've fallen behind on a couple of things, including the unveiling of the SBN and IBWAA postseason awards. My apologies. Let's start with the SBN Awards: If you read any of the other SBN baseball sites, you may have seen some of these, but if you don't, they're new to you. Two BCB writers contributed to each of the NL awards: I had one vote, and TheJay had the other....
Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
More photos » by David Zalubowski - AP 3 months ago: Chicago Cubs' Milton Bradley follows the flight of his RBI-single against the Colorado Rockies in the sixth inning of a baseball game in Denver on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Browse more photos » Evan Grant has a lengthy blog post up that discusses the Rangers ' potential interest in re-acquiring Milton Bradley...
FishStripes (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Here are the results of the NL Rookie of the Year as voted on by the SB Nation bloggers. Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts 1 Tommy Hanson Atlanta Braves 9 9 6 78 2 J.A. Happ Philadelphia Phillies 6 9 7 64 3 Andrew McCutchen Pittsburgh Pirates 8 3 5 54 4 Chris Coghlan Florida Marlins 7 5 4 54 5 Dexter Fowler Colorado Rockies - 3 1 10 6 Randy Wells Chicago Cubs - - 6 6 7 Garrett Jones Pittsburgh Pirates...
Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
More photos » by Gene J. Puskar - AP Is Andrew McCutchen the SB Nation's '09 NL Rookie of the Year? (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Browse more photos » In 2008 , the voting members of the SB Nation's baseball sites elected Cubs' catcher Geovany Soto as the NL Rookie of the year after the then-25-year-old catcher had hit .285 with 35 doubles, 23 HR's and 86 RBI's in 141 games behind the plate...
McCovey Chronicles (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts 1 Tommy Hanson Atlanta Braves 9 9 6 78 2 J.A. Happ Philadelphia Phillies 6 9 7 64 3 Andrew McCutchen Pittsburgh Pirates 8 3 5 54 4 Chris Coghlan Florida Marlins 7 5 4 54 5 Dexter Fowler Colorado Rockies - 3 1 10 6 Randy Wells Chicago Cubs - - 6 6 7 Garrett Jones Pittsburgh Pirates 1 - - 5 8 Casey McGehee Milwaukee Brewers - 1 2 5 9 Seth Smith Colorado Rockies - 1 - 3...
True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
More photos » by Morry Gash - AP Browse more photos » In a very close vote, Tommy Hanson of the Braves won the SB Nation NL Rookie of the Year award, over J.A. Happ , Andrew McCutchen , and Chris Coghlan . Here are the results: Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts 1 Tommy Hanson Atlanta Braves 9 9 6 78 2 J.A. Happ Philadelphia Phillies 6 9 7 64 3 Andrew McCutchen Pittsburgh Pirates 8 3 5 54 4...
Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
(Note: the following preamble is 99% unchanged from the previously announced awards, so feel free to skip it if you've already read it.) One of the nice things about having a whole network of baseball sites is that occasionally we get to pretend we're real writers and collaborate on projects with one another. Now that the baseball season is over, and before everyone's focus turns to the free agent...
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