Monday, November 5, 2012

IBWAA SELECTS PRICE, DICKEY IN CY YOUNG VOTE


IBWAA SELECTS PRICE, DICKEY IN CY YOUNG VOTE
 
Los Angeles – The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) announced its 2012 Cy Young Awards Saturday, electing Tampa Bay Rays David Price in the American League, and R.A. Dickey, of the New York Mets, in the National League.
 
Election results are as follows:
 
AL Cy
 
1st Place:                     David Price, Tampa Bay Rays
2nd Place:                    Justin Verlander, Detroit Tigers
3rd Place:                     Jered Weaver, Los Angeles of Anaheim
4th Place:                     Felix Hernandez, Seattle Mariners
5th Place:                     Chris Sale, Chicago White Sox
 
NL Cy
 
1st Place:                     R.A. Dickey, New York Mets
2nd Place:                    Gio Gonzalez, Washington Nationals
3rd Place:                     Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers
4th Place:                     Johnny Cueto, Cincinnati Reds
5th Place:                     Matt Cain, San Francisco Giants
 
2012 IBWAA MVP awards will be announced Monday, November 5, 2012.
 
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; J
oe 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

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