Viva El Birdos (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
More photos » by JACK DEMPSEY - AP about 1 hour ago: FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2009, file photo, St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols douses teammates during a National League Central division title celebration following the team's 6-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies, in Denver. Pujols was unanimously voted National League MVP on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, becoming the baseball first player to repeat...
Knuckle Curve (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
When Jim Tracy took over the Colorado Rockies, anyone who even suggested the team could make the playoffs would have been laughed at. The Rockies were 18-28 and looked like one of the worst teams in the league. But with Tracy at the reins, Colorado went 74-42 to finish the season and make the playoffs in the National League. As a result, Tracy was awarded the 2009 National League Manager of the Year...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
NEW YORK -- Jim Tracy of Colorado won the National League Manager of the Year award Wednesday -- and earned a new contract, too -- while Mike Scioscia of the Los Angeles Angels was selected for the American League honor. Tracy became the second manager to win the award after taking over during the season, joining Jack McKeon for Florida in 2003. Less than an hour after the award was announced, the...
Purple Row (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
More photos » by David Zalubowski - AP HEY! I WON THE AWARD! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?! Browse more photos » Mirroring The Sporting News' awards earlier this month, Jim Tracy and Mike Scioscia have won the Manager of the Year awards for their respective leagues. In a suprising twist, Jim Tracy actually won in a landslide (the landslide part being the twist), by even a bigger margin than Zack...
The Good Phight (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
More photos » by David Zalubowski - AP 2009 National League Rookie of the Year Chris Coghlan. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Browse more photos » Chris Coghlan of the Florida Marlins was named the 2009 National League Rookie of the Year today, narrowly edging out Phillies' LHP J.A. Happ for the award. Coghlan received 105 total points and 17 first place votes, versus 94 and 10 for Happ. Coghlan...
Fake Teams (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
by David Zalubowski - AP about 1 month ago: St. Louis Cardinals' Matt Holliday follows the flight of his RBI single against the Colorado Rockies in the first inning of a baseball game in Denver on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) View full size photo » It seems that the Mets should be involved with more names than Matt Holliday after the season they had last year. And maybe...
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...
Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
(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...
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...
Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
More photos » by Ben Margot - AP Did Tim Lincecum repeat as the SB Nation's 2009 NL Cy Young Award Winner? (AP Photo/Ben Margot) Browse more photos » In just his second MLB season, 24-year-old San Francisco right-hander Tim Lincecum was able to claim his first Cy Young award following a 2008 campaign that saw the '06 1st Round pick, taken 10th overall by the Giants, post an (18-5) record...
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:...
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