2009 SBN Baseball Awards: Managers of the Year
by Russ Oates on Nov 9, 2009 9:00 AM MST
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PrintFor the fourth year in a row, SB Nation Baseball conducted its end-of-the-year awards voting during the last weekend of the season. Each team-specific blog received two ballots and voted for the league awards in which their team participated. The other baseball sites received four ballots, two for each league. A first-place vote awarded five points, second-place three points, and third-place one point.
Here's how we've done historically with first place in this award:
| SBN (AL/NL) |
Actual (AL/NL) |
|
| 2006 | Jim Leyland/Joe Girardi | Jim Leyland/Joe Girardi |
| 2007 | Eric Wedge/Bob Melvin | Eric Wedge/Bob Melvin |
| 2008 | Joe Maddon/Lou Piniella | Joe Maddon/Lou Piniella |
Yeah, we didn't differ from the BBWA over the last three years. Join me after the jump to find out the results for the predictable result to the NL voting. And if you care about the AL, I have those results as well.
The winner of the 2009 SBN NL Manager of the Year Award is our very own Jim Tracy, already the recipient of The Sporting News' 2009 NL Manager of the Year Award.
| 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 |
Jim Tracy received my first-place vote. and I believe Joe Torre and Fredi Gonzalez came in second and third. If our awards are any indication, next week we'll hear that Jim Tracy won the BBWA's award.
Here's the results for that other league:
| 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 |
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Wakamatsu did a good job with a ragtag team featuring Ichiro on the drums
I almost prefer Gardenhire getting the AL, however.
Hope got in my eyes
Gardenhire would have gotten my vote
I think he had less talent overall to work with than Scioscia(except for, you know…) and that push at the end to get the Twins into the playoffs was pretty cool.
Never give up, never surrender.
concur
reason I don’t throw more of a fit is that the Tigers kind of tripped and fell out of the postseason.
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Nov 9, 2009 12:32 PM MST up reply actions
Sorry about the bad grammar, by the way.
Never give up, never surrender.
OK who voted Bruch Bochy #1?
I wonder if Bud Selig will give the Yankees a receipt with their World Series purchase
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Nov 9, 2009 10:38 AM MST reply actions
Rox Girl
Grant from MCC wants to fire the person who gave that vote.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
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by Russ Oates on Nov 9, 2009 10:46 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
i would too
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Nov 9, 2009 11:24 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
I've been meaning to ask you
Did you go to the Yankee Parade on Friday? :)
I wonder if Bud Selig will give the Yankees a receipt with their World Series purchase
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Nov 9, 2009 11:56 AM MST up reply actions
No.
But my brother, a Yankees fan, went to Game 6.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
I read that really fast
and read it as “Yankee Pride Parade” and my mind was just reeling
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Nov 9, 2009 12:07 PM MST up reply actions
This just in: Yankees fans are idiots
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs/2009/news/story?id=4632491&campaign=rss&source=MLBHeadlines
Hope got in my eyes
by Andrew Martin on Nov 9, 2009 12:10 PM MST up reply actions
I wonder how they are going to explain that to people?
“I dont know what happened but we seem to have no record of you buting that stock”
I wonder if Bud Selig will give the Yankees a receipt with their World Series purchase
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Nov 9, 2009 2:41 PM MST up reply actions
buying*
I wonder if Bud Selig will give the Yankees a receipt with their World Series purchase
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Nov 9, 2009 2:41 PM MST up reply actions
nope, now that I am remembering
I’m certain I had Tracy, Gonzalez and either Manuel or LaRussa, but I can’t remember which order the last two came in.
who voted for John Russell #2
maybe I have just not payed attention to the Pirates or something. Did they have a end of the season run or something?
Dex Knows
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. -C.S. Lewis
by run I mean
wining a fair amount of games not running for the playoffs
Dex Knows
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. -C.S. Lewis
Someone
who wanted us to know the name of the Pirates manager.
NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS
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by Russ Oates on Nov 9, 2009 11:34 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
ha
Dex Knows
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. -C.S. Lewis
I knew it!
I recognized that underbite from a mile away.
Just an average guy with exceptional hair. Nothing more, nothing less.
by Bryan Kilpatrick on Nov 9, 2009 1:15 PM MST reply actions
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