Top managers leave no doubtThis was not an average year for Manager of the Year voting. There was not much room for debate, because the performances of two skippers not only suggested that they should win the award; they shouted that they should win the award.
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Scioscia is the ultimate team leader
Mike Scioscia celebrated his 10th anniversary with the Angels by winning the AL Manager of the Year Award. Former Dodgers GM Fred Claire, for one, has not been surprised by Scioscia's success.
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Greinke most definitely deservingThe voting for the Cy Young Award continues to be much tidier than the voting for MVP. The victory of Kansas City's Zack Greinke in the 2009 AL Cy Young voting proves that point.
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Cashman not resting on laurels
A year ago, moving into new Yankee Stadium and missing the postseason convinced the Steinbrenners and Brian Cashman to "go for it." An encore may be even more difficult to achieve.
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No reason to panic, expand replayJust the thought of umpires racing off the field to have a replay checked for something other than home runs angers me. Let's leave the human element of umpiring just where it is.
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Yanks to cash in record shares
It certainly pays to be a Yankee in the postseason, with shares for winning the World Series projected to be about $400,000, a record by a wide margin.
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Scolinos was more than just a coachFred Claire remembers John Scolinos, the winningest coach in Division II college baseball history at the time of his retirement in 1991, who recently died at the age of 91.
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