Wahoo's on First » buck showalter http://wahoosonfirst.com A Cleveland Indians Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Mon, 20 May 2013 12:15:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 FanSided MLB 2012 Awards: AL Manager of the Year: Buck Showalter http://wahoosonfirst.com/2012/11/07/fansided-mlb-2012-awards-al-manager-of-the-year-buck-showalter/ http://wahoosonfirst.com/2012/11/07/fansided-mlb-2012-awards-al-manager-of-the-year-buck-showalter/#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:00:22 +0000 Lewie Pollis http://wahoosonfirst.com/?p=6118 For many fans, the end-of-season player awards are one of the biggest highlights of the long MLB offseason. There’s just one problem: the most deserving players don’t always win. Though the BBWAA generally does a better job with the MVP and the Cy Young than with, say, the Hall of Fame, their picks for the coveted hardware are often questionable, if not dumbfounding. (more…)

]]> http://wahoosonfirst.com/2012/11/07/fansided-mlb-2012-awards-al-manager-of-the-year-buck-showalter/feed/ 0 FanSided Manager of the Year Awards Released: Explaining My Ballot http://wahoosonfirst.com/2011/10/07/fansided-manager-of-the-year-awards-released-explaining-my-ballot/ http://wahoosonfirst.com/2011/10/07/fansided-manager-of-the-year-awards-released-explaining-my-ballot/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:38:37 +0000 Lewie Pollis http://deepleftfield.com/?p=2159 The unveiling of the FanSided end-of-season MLB awards began today as Call to the Pen’s Blaine Blontz released the results of our Manager of the Year voting. The Tampa Bay Rays’ Joe Maddon took home the honor of the American League’s top skipper, followed by the Detroit Tigers’ Jim Leyland and the Cleveland Indians’ own Manny Acta. Meanwhile, the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Kirk Gibson came out on top in the National League, with the Milwaukee Brewers’ Ron Ronicke and the Philadelphia Philles’ Charlie Manuel as the top runner-ups. For full breakdowns of the voting, I strongly recommend checking out Blaine’s posts (AL, NL).

In the past, I’ve been a very outspoken opponent of anonymity for these kinds of awards—getting to vote for the BBWAA is a privilege, not a right, and given that the people who cast their ballots all write about baseball for a living, they should be willing and they should definitely be able to publicly explain and defend their choices. So it’s only fair that I be upfront in revealing and explaining how I cast my ballot. (more…)

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