IBWAA NAMES JUSTIN VERLANDER AS 2011 AL CY YOUNG

IBWAA NAMES JUSTIN VERLANDER AS 2011 AL CY YOUNG

Los Angeles – The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) announced the fourth of its 14 annual awards Friday, unanimously naming Detroit Tigers' pitcher Justin Verlander its 2011 AL Cy Young Award winner.

Voting results are as follows:

1^st Place:                  Justin Verlander, Det
2^nd Place:                 Jered Weaver, LAA
3^rd Place:                  CC Sabathia, NYY
4^th Place:                  James Shields, TB
5^th Place:                  Dan Haren, LAA

IBWAA Rookie and Comeback awards will be announced Monday, October 10, followed by Manager and Executive awards Wednesday, and Reliever awards Friday.

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, IBWAAbaseballsavvy@aol.com