IBWAA ANNOUNCES MANAGER, EXECUTIVE AWARDS

IBWAA ANNOUNCES MANAGER, EXECUTIVE AWARDS

Los Angeles – The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) announced its Manager of the Year awards Wednesday, naming Arizona Diamondbacks' skipper Kirk Gibson in the National League, and the Tampa Bay Rays' Joe Maddon in the American League.

The IBWAA NL Executive of the Year award was won by Milwaukee Brewers' general manager Doug Melvin, with Rays' Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman winning in the AL.

Voting results are as follows:

NL Manager

1^st Place: Kirk Gibson, Ariz
2^nd Place: Ron Roenicke, Mil
3^rd Place: Fredi Gonzalez, Atl

AL Manager

1^st Place: Joe Maddon, TB
2^nd Place: Jim Leyland, Det
3^rd Place: Ron Washington, Tex

NL Executive

1^st Place: Doug Melvin, Mil
2^nd Place: Kevin Towers, Ariz
3^rd Place: Ruben Amaro, Phil

AL Executive

1^st Place: Andrew Friedman, TB
2^nd Place: Dave Dombrowski, Det
3^rd Place: Jon Daniels, Tex

The IBWAA wraps up its award season Friday with the naming of the 2011 Rollie Fingers American League Relief Pitcher of the Year and Hoyt Wilhelm National League Relief Pitcher of the Year awards.

The IBWAA was established July 4, 2009 by Howard Cole, editor of BaseballSavvy.com and Dodger blogger for the Orange County Register, to organize and promote the growing online baseball media, and to serve as an alternative voice to the BBWAA.

Among others, IBWAA members include Tim Brown, YahooSports; Fred Claire, former General Manager, Los Angeles Dodgers; Tony Jackson, Dodgers reporter, ESPNLosAngeles.com; Ben Maller, ThePostGame.com and Fox Sports Radio; David Pinto, BaseballMusings.com; Mike Petriello, MikeSciosciasTragicIllness.com; and prominent baseball authors Peter Golenbock and Dan Schlossberg.

Association membership is open to any and all Internet baseball writers, with a yearly fee of $10. Discounts for groups and scholarships are available.

For more information on the IBWAA, please visit this page at BaseballSavvy.com, http://www.baseballsavvy.com/internetbaseballwriters.html

Contact:

Howard Cole
Director, IBWAA