Accolades
This is a bit late, but the first annual awards of the Internet Baseball Writers Association have been posted at All-Baseball.com. I'm flattered to have been asked to contribute; my ballot is below:
NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
1. Scott Rolen/Cardinals
2. Albert Pujols/Cardinals
3. Barry Bonds/Giants
4. Adrian Beltre/Dodgers
5. Bobby Abreu/Phillies
6. Carlos Beltran/Astros
7. Eric Gagne/Dodgers
8. Aramis Ramirez/Cubs
9. Jim Edmonds/Cardinals
10. Sean Casey/Reds
AMERICAN LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
1. Vladimir Guerrero/Angels
2. Miguel Tejada/Orioles
3. Ichiro Suzuki/Mariners
4. Gary Sheffield/Yankees
5. Michael Young/Rangers
6. Manny Ramirez/Red Sox
7. Curt Schilling/Red Sox
8. Hank Blalock/Rangers
9. Travis Hafner/Indians
10. Johan Santana/Twins
NATIONAL LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE YEAR
1. Roger Clemens/Astros
2. Carl Pavano/Marlins
3. Jason Schmidt/Astros
AMERICAN LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE YEAR
1. Curt Schilling/Red Sox
2. Johan Santana/Twins
3. Jake Westbrook/Indians
NATIONAL LEAGUE DEBUT OF THE YEAR
1. Khalil Greene/Padres
2. Jason Bay/Pirates
3. Ryan Madson/Phillies
AMERICAN LEAGUE DEBUT OF THE YEAR
1. Bobby Crosby/Athletics
2. Daniel Cabrera/Orioles
3. Alex Rios/Blue Jays
NATIONAL LEAGUE MANAGER OF THE YEAR
1. Bobby Cox/Braves
2. Phil Garner/Astros
3. Jim Tracy/Dodgers
AMERICAN LEAGUE MANAGER OF THE YEAR
1. Ron Gardenhire/Twins
2. Mike Sciosia/Angels
3. Joe Torre/Yankees
NATIONAL LEAGUE EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR
1. John Scheurhohlz/Braves
2. Gerry Hunsicker/Astros
3. Kevin Towers/Padres
AMERICAN LEAGUE EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR
1. Terry Ryan/Twins
2. John Hart/Rangers
3. Chuck LaMar/Devil Rays

2 Comments:
Great picks Tom, it's hard to argue with any of them. The only thing I would have done differently was replace Lamar with Theo and switched Santana and Schilling on the AL-Pitcher-OTY, but only IF the playoffs counted in the voting. Good picks.
Tom G
ballssticksstuff.com
Last time I checked, ballplayers played offense and defense. Doesn't that eliminate Abreu?
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