Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
There's a writer in Chicago who is throwing a tantrum over Gordon Beckham not getting more support for the Rookie of the Year Award. Some key excerpts: Granted, the writers got it right by electing Oakland Athletics closer Andrew Bailey the 2009 AL Rookie of the Year. Bailey had a phenomenal year, start to finish and deserved the honor. But they flubbed by giving Beckham zero first-place votes and...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Andrew Bailey has won the American League Rookie of the Year award, according to MLB.com. Bailey, a right-handed reliever for the Oakland Athletics, won 13 first-place votes and finished with 88 points. Texas Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus placed second with 65 points, followed by Tigers pitcher Rick Porcello with 64 points. Bailey finished 6-3 with a 1.84 ERA, 0.88 WHIP and a 91:24 strikeout-to-walk...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
NEW YORK — Florida Marlins outfielder Chris Coghlan is the National League Rookie of the Year, and Oakland Athletics closer Andrew Bailey is the AL winner. Coghlan edged Philadelphia Phillies pitcher J.A. Happ in a close race, receiving 17 first-place votes and 105 points Monday in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Happ, the only player picked on all 32 ballots, had 10...
The Clinton Administration (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
From the NY times NEW YORK (AP) -- Florida Marlins outfielder Chris Coghlan is the National League Rookie of the Year, and Oakland Athletics closer Andrew Bailey is the AL winner. Coghlan edged Philadelphia Phillies pitcher J.A. Happ in a close race, receiving 17 first-place votes and 105 points Monday in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Happ, the only player picked on all...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Florida Marlins outfielder Chris Coghlan is the National League Rookie of the Year, and Oakland Athletics closer Andrew Bailey is the AL winner. Coghlan edged Philadelphia Phillies pitcher J.A. Happ in a close race, receiving 17 first-place votes and 105 points Monday in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Happ, the only player picked on all 32 ballots, had 10 first-place votes...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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