Jim Tracy named NL Manager of the Year, Scioscia in the AL

by Andrew Martin on Oct 21, 2009 10:26 AM MDT in Purple Row Awards

As announced by The Sporting News at midnight, Jim Tracy was selected as the Manager of the Year by a panel of 22 MLB managers.

Tracy, who took the reins after Clint Hurdle's firing, led the club from an 18-28 start and went 74-42 to lead the club to their franchise best finish of 92-70, as well as their second postseason berth in 3 years.

Regrettably, the Rockies did not advance beyond the NLDS in the postseason, however, many players cited Tracy as being instrumental in the club's turnaround.

The Rockies' brass are still working on an extension for Tracy, as well as GM Dan O'Dowd.

On the other side of the spectrum, Mike Scioscia led the Angels to their 3rd consecutive postseason (6th in the past 8 years), their 3rd consecutive division title (5th in past 6 years), and the team finished at 97-65, 1 game shy of breaking the .600 mark. The Angels are currently down 3-1 against the Yankees in the ALCS.

Hat tip to SDCat09 for the fanshot.

***It should be noted that this is NOT the Official MoTY award as presented by the BBWAA. However, the Sporting News' award should hardly be sniffed at.***

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I wonder if it was unanimous?

I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.

by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 21, 2009 10:41 AM MDT reply actions

Well deserved

What a turnaround. Regardless of how much Tracy actually contributed to the 74-42 record, he certainly made the season much more entertaining for me an all Rockies fans.

by controlled_slide on Oct 21, 2009 10:56 AM MDT reply actions

i would have voted for Tracy and scoscia

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 21, 2009 10:57 AM MDT via mobile reply actions

Congrats to Tracy

One of the best managerial jobs I’ve ever witnessed. Well, well deserved.

Proud to have the Rockies honored this way.

by BroJB on Oct 21, 2009 11:47 AM MDT reply actions

Congrats to Jim. Here's looking forward to continued success with our Rox.

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby

by pedalpusher on Oct 21, 2009 11:48 AM MDT reply actions

When people started mentioning others as worthy

the only thing I could think of was were they not watching the season play out…

Excellent job by Tracy and its good to see him recognized by his peers.

The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient.

by rockieprogress on Oct 21, 2009 12:13 PM MDT reply actions

Good job Jim

Let’s get ’em just a little farther next year.

I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.

by Silverblood on Oct 21, 2009 12:38 PM MDT reply actions

Even before I saw this

I was thinking about how nice it was to gave a good manager and GM that we want to keep around for the long term.

Congrats Jim and keep up the good work!

GO ROCKIES!

The Colorado Rockies aren't a team, they're an armada.

by free7694 on Oct 21, 2009 12:58 PM MDT reply actions

This is the Sporting News MoY, not the MLB MoY, right?

I wouldn’t be surprised if this is the way the “official” award goes, but it’s not that clear above which award this is about. The MLB awards won’t get announced until after the world series, IIRC.

Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!

by FooMan on Oct 21, 2009 3:30 PM MDT reply actions

This is the Sporting News award

I have such disregard for a lot of the BBWAA, I figure this is more telling anyhow.

Hope got in my eyes

by Andrew Martin on Oct 21, 2009 5:26 PM MDT up reply actions

I suspect Tracy will win the MLB award as well

but for reference, since 1986, when TSN started giving awards to both leagues, they’ve matched up with the eventual MLB award winners 35 of 46 times.

It seems as if this award is typically given to a guy who’s team is in contention and improved a lot from the year before; I wonder how true that is. The award doesn’t seem to receive much attention to it compared to the MVP and Cy Young, maybe that perception (of non-insightful criteria) is why. Or maybe people just don’t care about the manager.

Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!

by FooMan on Oct 21, 2009 9:38 PM MDT up reply actions

I don't even see a close second

I think that even the most east coast biases person out there can not honestly come up with a better choice than Tracy this year. There are others who did a good job this year. Botchy keeping the Giants viable as long as he did with no offense or Cox leading the Braves late charge that came up just short. However, while those guys did well this year Tracy is clearly the only choice for NL MoY regardless of who is giving out the award.

What if the hokey pokey is what it is all about after all????

by FlyAway on Oct 21, 2009 3:53 PM MDT reply actions

Cox makes sense

But I would put bochy near the bottom of the list, much further back than, say, bud black. From what I saw, the giants won in spite of bochy, not because of him. Molina hitting cleanup all season even in that lineup is abominable

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 21, 2009 4:14 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions