This Year in Baseball Awards

[HoustonGM]

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/awards/y2009/tyib/index.jsp

Voting has been open for over a month, but I just remembered to check today. Voting's still open for another couple of weeks. I don't know if this is the first year in which they're actually awarding trophies to plays or not, since I don't recall it saying as much in past years, but this year it does say that the winners will be given trophies on the field in 2010.

My votes:

Hitter: Albert Pujols
Starter: Zack Greinke
Rookie: Andrew McCutchen
Manager: Ron Washington
Closer: Mariano Rivera
Setup: Michael Wuertz
Defense: Ryan Zimmerman (How is Franklin Gutierrez NOT an option? *sigh*)
Performance: Mark Buerhle's perfect game
Play: Dewayne Wise's catch preserving Buerhle's perfect game
Moment: Angels pay tribute to Adenhart
Oddity: Cleveland Seagull incident
Executive: Jack Zduriencik
Unsung Star: Ben Zobrist (What about Chase Utley?! )
Postseason Moment: Teixeira/A-Rod ALDS Game 2 (Choke artist extraordinaire Alex Rodriguez is a candidate for 3 separate moments in the postseason)

[haveacigar]

I think the only real choice for oddity was the bee attack at Petco

[HoustonGM]

I think the only real choice for oddity was the bee attack at Petco

A walk-off hit that bounces off a seagull is pretty damn odd.

[haveacigar]

A walk-off hit that bounces off a seagull is pretty damn odd.

So is an hour game delay while everyone waits for the beekeeper to show up.

Although I forgot that that hit was a walk-off.

[HoustonGM]

Of course, they're both odd. I just voted for my favorite. There's no right or wrong answer there lol

[Gocardinals]

Hitter: Albert Pujols
Starter: Chris Carpenter
Rookie: Chris Coughlan
Manager: Jim Tracy
Closer: Mariano Rivera
Setup: Phil Hughes
Defense: Jacoby Ellsbury
Performance: Mark Buehrle
Play: DeWayne Wise
Moment: Alexi Casilla
Oddity: Rangers Fan
Executive: John Mozeliak
Unsung Star: Ben Zobrist
Postseason Moment: Alex Rodriguez 2

[haveacigar]

Of course, they're both odd. I just voted for my favorite. There's no right or wrong answer there lol

IM GONNA TWEET ABOUT HOW WRONG YOU ARE!1!!!11

--- Jon Heyman

[KowboyKoop]

Of course, they're both odd. I just voted for my favorite. There's no right or wrong answer there lol

The beekeeper incident has a NYUK-NYUK-ODDITYNYUK 15 points higher and you know it you rotten scoundrel! You're wronger than the opposite of correct!

[200tang]

The beekeeper incident has a NYUK-NYUK-ODDITYNYUK 15 points higher and you know it you rotten scoundrel! You're wronger than the opposite of correct!

HGM just lost.

[Coach Owens]

Hitter: Albert Pujols
Starter: Chris Carpenter
Rookie: Chris Coughlan
Manager: Jim Tracy
Closer: Mariano Rivera
Setup: Phil Hughes
Defense: Jacoby Ellsbury
Performance: Mark Buehrle
Play: DeWayne Wise
Moment: Alexi Casilla
Oddity: Rangers Fan
Executive: John Mozeliak
Unsung Star: Ben Zobrist
Postseason Moment: Alex Rodriguez 2

Biased much?

[OregonDuck1989]

He only made one homer pick.

[Coach Owens]

He only made one homer pick.

Two. Carpenter over Greinke and Mozeliak over Zduriencik. But those were probably the only Cards who were options.

[OregonDuck1989]

Well Moz did have a pretty good year.

[HoustonGM]

Two. Carpenter over Greinke and Mozeliak over Zduriencik. But those were probably the only Cards who were options.

Mozeliak over Zduriencik isn't really a homer pick.

[Coach Owens]

Well Moz did have a pretty good year.

Zduriencik helped a team improve from 61-101 to 85-77 in one season. A 24-win swing. He also netted the best defensive player in baseball, and prospects, for practically nothing. Not to mention sign a guy who hit 30+ homers to a contract worth $1.4M. Mozeliak improved a team that already has a few stars, including the best player in baseball, by five wins.