SB Nation's Manager of the Year

by Tom Dakers on Nov 9, 2009 8:00 AM EST in News Comment 7 comments

Each year the baseball bloggers at SB Nation vote on our own version of the BBWAA awards. Each baseball blog gets two votes on each of the Manager of the Year, Rookie of the Year, CY Young and MVP. We only vote for the award in our league.

So the American League vote is here:

Rk	Manager	Team	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts
1	Mike Scioscia	Los Angeles Angels	9	8	3	72
2	Ron Gardenhire	Minnesota Twins	9	5	1	61
3	Don Wakamatsu	Seattle Mariners	6	3	8	47
4	Joe Girardi	New York Yankees	2	4	2	24
5	Ron Washington	Texas Rangers	1	4	4	21
6	Terry Francona	Boston Red Sox	1	1	3	11
7	Jim Leyland	Detroit Tigers	-	2	4	10
8	Joe Maddon	Tampa Bay Rays	-	1	1	4
9	Ozzie Guillen	Chicago White Sox	-	-	1	1
10	Trey Hillman	Kansas City Royals	-	-	1	1

Amazingly, I think I voted for the top three in the order they finished in. I am saying 'I think' because it was a little while ago that I voted, we did the voting at the end of the season, before the playoffs started and I didn't keep a copy of my votes. I voted for Scioscia for the job he did holding the Angels together after the death of Nick Adenhard, which I'm sure wasn't easy. Gardenhire I picked second because of the come from behind win of the AL Central title. Not that it is a tough division to win. And Wakamatsu I picked third for winning 85 games with a roster that consisted of Ichro and 2 dozen guys I'd never heard of before. I can't understand voting for Girardi, when your team spends that much money on players, you are supposed to win. Surprisingly enough, Cito didn't get any votes.

In case you are interested, the SB Nation NL Manager of the Year vote is here:

Rk	Manager	Team	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts
1	Jim Tracy	Colorado Rockies	24	1	2	125
2	Tony LaRussa	St. Louis Cardinals	3	7	10	46
3	Fredi Gonzalez	Florida Marlins	2	6	5	33
4	Joe Torre	Los Angeles Dodgers	-	9	2	29
5	Charlie Manuel	Philadelphia Phillies	-	3	5	14
6	Bruce Bochy	San Francisco Giants	1	1	1	9
7	Bobby Cox	Atlanta Braves	-	1	4	7
8	Bud Black	San Diego Padres	-	1	1	4
9	John Russell	Pittsburgh Pirates	-	1	-	3

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When are they releasing the other awards that you guys voted on?

Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...

by JohnnyG on Nov 9, 2009 8:35 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

I think it is one a day for the week.

by Tom Dakers on Nov 9, 2009 10:01 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks!

Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...

by JohnnyG on Nov 9, 2009 11:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Who would vote for Joe Girardi?

The Yankees could win 100 ball games with that payroll with my 14 month old niece as their manager. She could finger paint the lineup card and they’d still be fine.

Johnnie Morton: The Man. The Myth. The Legend.

by craig in calgary on Nov 9, 2009 1:21 PM EST reply actions 0 recs