So, here we are. After two articles that ended up being much longer than I anticipated we are finally at the end. It’s time to me to defend my choices and explain why I voted for the five candidates that I did for the Baseball Blogger’s Alliance virtual Hall of Fame. In the first blog in[...]
Archive for the ‘2009 Season Awards’ Category
Rookie Vote Shows Gulf Between Old and New
The Baseball Writers of America Monday announced their Rookies of the Year. In some regards, it seemed to solidify the difference between the old guard and the new guard represented by the Baseball Bloggers Alliance. I am not one of those that condemns the BBWAA as a hide-bound organization that h[...]
November 11th, 2009 - 8:22 pm § by Hippeaux § in 2009 Season Awards, General Baseball
Gold Gloves are Meaningless, Laughable…Again
It isn’t the managers’ fault. In order to make a truly informed decisions regarding the defensive awards, one would need to watch many, many games. And one would have to watch every team with equal interest and enthusiasm. Even then, one would still have to rely on a wide variety of stat[...]
October 27th, 2009 - 12:06 am § by Insidethemonster § in 2009 Season Awards, AL East, Boston Red Sox, General Baseball
ITM’s AL MVP Ballot
ITM’s three writers scrambled this evening to meet the AL MVP voting deadline. We still have differences in the exact order of the top ten, but the list below represents a little bit of compromised on all sides. Perhaps the biggest difficulty was keeping Jason Bay off the list, and listin[...]
October 26th, 2009 - 8:02 pm § by Allan Wood § in 2009 Season Awards, General Baseball
Joy of Sox: AL MVP Ballot
I had hoped to spend more time on this, but that didn’t happen. So all I have is a list, with a few notes. 1. Joe Mauer, Twins 2. Ben Zobrist, Rays 3. Zack Greinke, Royals 4. Mark Teixeira, Yankees [...][...]
October 26th, 2009 - 6:46 pm § by Michael Jong § in 2009 Season Awards
BBA Ballot: National League MVP Award, Pt. 2
You guys saw Part 1, right? If you didn’t, here’s a recap: 10. Chris Carpenter, RHP, St. Louis Cardinals (6.08 WAR) 9. Prince Fielder, 1B, Milwaukee Brewers (5.93 WAR) 8. Dan Haren, RHP, Arizona Diamondbacks (6.25 WAR) 7. Javier Vazquez, RHP, Atlanta Braves (6.34 WAR) 6. Adrian Gonzalez,[...]
October 26th, 2009 - 6:45 pm § by Michael Jong § in 2009 Season Awards
BBA Ballot: National League MVP Award, Pt. 1
Congratulations to Zack Greinke of the Kansas City Royals and Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants for winning the BBA’s award for the AL and NL Cy Young awards respectively. This is a great year to debunk the myth of the pitcher win-loss record, and I’m happy that our group’s [...]
October 25th, 2009 - 2:17 pm § by Kevin Graham § in 2009 Season Awards, General Baseball
BBA American League MVP
As a member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance in the general baseball category I have for your perusal, my votes for the American League MVP. 10. Jason Bay(BOST)- .261-36-119 (Some Red Sox love from a Yankee fan) 9. Aaron Hill(TOR)- .286-36-108 8. Ichiro(SEA)- .352-11-46 (Could be higher, but only[...]
October 25th, 2009 - 2:12 pm § by TheTribeDaily § in 2009 Season Awards, Cleveland Indians
AL MVP Award Ballot
The Tribe Daily's AL MVP ballot submission.[...]
October 24th, 2009 - 4:52 pm § by DirtbagFan § in 2009 Season Awards, Tampa Bay Rays
Rays The Stakes’ AL MVP. And The Winner is…
My duties as a member of the BBA include casting votes for all the major annual awards, and no award in all of sports is more major than the coveted title of MVP. The BBA voting is set-up essentially like the “real” voting: Votes are made for the top 10 candidates in a weighted vote (ie[...]
