IBWAA ANNOUNCES 2009 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AND MANAGER OF THE YEAR AWARDS

IBWAA ANNOUNCES 2009 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AND MANAGER OF THE YEAR AWARDS

Los Angeles - The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) announces its second set of postseason votes, naming the 2009 Comeback of the Year (COY) and Executive of the Year (EOY) award winners.

The AL COY was won by Aaron Hill, of the Toronto Blue Jays, with the NL COY going to Chris Carpenter, of the St. Louis Cardinals. AL EOY and NL EOY winners were Brian Cashman, of the New York Yankees, and Dan O'Dowd, of the Colorado Rockies, respectively.

Results are as follows:

IBWAA American League Comeback of the Year:

Winner: Aaron Hill (Toronto Blue Jays)
Second Place: Russell Branyon (Seattle Mariners)
Third Place: Justin Verlander (Detroit Tigers)

IBWAA National League Comeback of the Year:

Winner: Chris Carpenter (St. Louis Cardinals)
Second Place: Troy Tulowitzski (Colorado Rockies)
Third Place: Rafael Furcal (Los Angeles Dodgers)

IBWAA American League Executive of the Year:

Winner: Brian Cashman (New York Yankees)
Second Place: Tony Reagins (Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim)
Third Place: Jon Daniels (Texas Rangers)

IBWAA National League Executive of the Year:

Winner: Dan O'Dowd (Colorado Rockies)
Second Place: John Mozeliak (St. Louis Cardinals)
Third Place: Ned Colletti (Los Angeles Dodgers)

Voting took place between September 15 and October 4, the final day of the regular season.

IBWAA Cy Young and Most Valuable Player awards will be announced Wednesday, November 11.

The association's Rookie of the Year and Manager of the Year awards were announced Monday, November 9, 2009, with the winners as follows:

IBWAA American League Rookie of the Year: Elvis Andrus (Texas Rangers)

IBWAA National League Rookie of the Year: Tommy Hanson (Atlanta Braves)

IBWAA American League Manager of the Year: Ron Gardenhire (Minnesota Twins)

IBWAA National League Manager of the Year: Jim Tracy (Colorado Rockies)

The IBWAA was created in July 4, 2009 by Howard Cole, editor of BaseballSavvy.com, to organize and promote the growing online baseball media, and to serve as an alternative voice to the Base Ball Writers Association of America (BBWAA).

Among others, IBWAA members include Kevin Braun, freelance writer and former copy editor at Atlanta Journal-Constitution; Tim Brown, YahooSports, Peter Golenbock, baseball author; Tom Hoffarth, Media/General Columnist, Los Angeles Daily News; Tony Jackson, former Dodgers reporter, Los Angeles Daily News; Ron Kaplan, New Jersey Jewish News; Kyle Lobner, Managing Editor, BrewCrewBall.com; David Pinto, owner/author, BaseballMusings.com; Dan Schlossberg, baseball author; and Gary Warner, Travel Editor, Orange County Register.

Association memberships are open to any and all Internet baseball writers, with a yearly fee of $20. Discounts for groups and scholarships are available.

For more information on the IBWAA, please visit the temporary webpage here, http://www.baseballsavvy.com/internetbaseballwriters.html. In the coming months, the IBWAA can be found at www.InternetBaseballWriters.com.

Contact:

Howard Cole
Acting Director, IBWAA
baseballsavvy@aol.com