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Fightin’s Get Some Love In TYIB Awards
The fans’ votes are in:
Manager of the Year: Uncle Charlie
Executive of the Year: Pat “The Bat” Gillick
Closer of the Year: Brad Lidge
Postseason Moment of the Year: Chase Utley’s pump fake and throw home in Game 6 of the Series.
I don’t think any of these awards could have gone any other way. Matt Stairs’ walk-off homer in the NLCS against LA would be a very close second in the postseason category.
Check out the rest of the “This Year In Baseball Awards” here.
Nice job, Albert
Yes, I would have voted for Howard first and Pujols second, but this is still a much better MVP choice than the BBWAA could have made. Pujols’ bona fides this season are precisely that, so I get it, even if I hold to the view that Howard’s contributions were more valuable because of where they enabled his team to finally go. I get that Howard won the ’06 award even though the Phils didn’t go to the playoffs and Pujols’ Cardinals did (and, interestingly, also won the World Series). I get it. But don’t think that will stop the “MVP! MVP!” chants opening week in Philly this spring.
Howard, who finished second in overall balloting, wasn’t the lone Phil to make a showing. Brad Lidge pulled 104 ballots and Chase Utley 30.
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