IBWAA SELECTS JOHNSON, SHOWALTER IN MANAGER OF THE YEAR VOTE

IBWAA SELECTS JOHNSON, SHOWALTER IN MANAGER OF THE YEAR VOTE

 

Los Angeles – The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) announced its 2012 Manager of Year awards Wednesday, electing Washington Nationals skipper Davey Johnson in the National League, and Buck Showalter, of the Baltimore Orioles, in the American League.

 

Election results are as follows:

 

AL Manager

 

1^st Place:                  Buck Showalter, Baltimore Orioles
2^nd Place:                 Bob Melvin, Oakland Athletics
3^rd Place:                 Joe Maddon, Tampa Bay Rays

 

NL Manager

 

1^st Place:                  Davey Johnon, Washington Nationals
2nd Place:                Bruce Bochy, San Francisco Giants
3^rd Place:                  Dusty Baker, Cincinnati Reds

 

2012 IBWAA relief pitcher awards will be announced Friday.

 

The IBWAA was established July 4, 2009 by Howard Cole, editor of BaseballSavvy.com, to organize and promote the growing online baseball media, and to serve as a digital alternative to the BBWAA.

Among others, IBWAA members include Barry Bloom, MLB.com; Tim Brown, Yahoo Sports; Fred Claire, former General Manager, Los Angeles Dodgers; Joe McDonnell, FoxSportsWest.com; Ramona Shelburne, ESPNLA.com; Tom Hoffarth, J.P. Hoornstra and Jill Painter, Los Angeles Daily News; Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times; and prominent baseball authors Paul Dickson, Peter Golenbock, Josh Pahigian and Dan Schlossberg.

 

Association membership is open to any and all Internet baseball writers, with a yearly fee of $10, or $20 lifetime. Discounts for groups and scholarships are available.

For more information please go to www.ibwaa.com.

Contact:

 

Howard Cole
Director, IBWAA
baseballsavvy@aol.com