IBWAA SELECTS FRANCONA, LOVULLO IN MANAGER OF THE YEAR VOTE

IBWAA SELECTS FRANCONA, LOVULLO IN MANAGER OF THE YEAR VOTE

 

Los Angeles – The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) announced the winners in its Manager of the Year category Tuesday, with the Cleveland Indians’ Terry Francona winning the group’s American League award, and Torey Lovullo, of the Arizona Diamondbacks, being selected in the National League.

 

Francona received 57 first-place votes (39.04%) and 468 points while being named on 134 of 146 ballots (91.16%). Others receiving first-place votes include Paul Molitor (64), A.J Hinch (13), Joe Girardi (9) and Mike Scoiscia (2).

 

Lovullo received 75 first-place votes (51.72%) and 477 points while being named on 121 of 145 ballots (82.31%). Others receiving first-place votes include Dave Roberts (27), Bud Black (14) and Dusty Baker (9).

 

Election results are as follows:

 

AL Manager:

 

1^st Place:                  Terry Francona, Cleveland Indians – 468 points
2^nd Place:                 Paul Molitor, Minnesota Twins – 421
3^rd Place :                  A.J. Hinch, Houston Astros – 247

 

NL Manager:

 

1^st Place:                  Torey Lovullo , Arizona Diamondbacks – 477 points
2^nd Place :                 Dave Roberts, Los Angeles Dodgers – 250

3^rd Place:                  Bud Black, Colorado Rockies – 218

 

Ballot tabulations by Brian Wittig & Associates, using the Borda Method.

 

The IBWAA was established July 4, 2009 to organize and promote the growing online baseball media, and to serve as a digital alternative to the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA). Voting for full season awards takes place in September of each year, with selections being announced in November. The IBWAA also holds a Hall of Fame election in December of each year, with results being announced the following January.

 
Among others, IBWAA members include Tim Brown, Yahoo! Sports; Craig Calcaterra, NBC Sports Hardball Talk; Bill Chuck, Billy-Ball.com; Derrick Goold, St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Jon Heyman and Jesse Spector, Today’s Knuckleball; Danny Knobler, Bleacher Report; Kevin Kennedy; Kostya Kennedy, Sports Illustrated; Brian Kenny, MLBN; Will Leitch, Sports on Earth; Bruce Markusen, Hardball Times; Ross Newhan; Dayn Perry and Matt Snyder, CBSSports.com; Tom Hoffarth and J.P. Hoornstra Los Angeles Daily News; Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times; Tracy Ringolsby, MLB.com; Ken Rosenthal, TheAthletic.com; Eno Sarris, FanGraphs; David Schoenfield of ESPN.com; Bill Bowden and Bill Arnold.

 

Association membership is open to any and all Internet baseball writers, with a $75 lifetime fee. Discounts for groups and scholarships are available. Members must be 18 years of age to apply.

For more information please visit www.ibwaa.com.

Contact:

 

Howard Cole
Founding Director, IBWAAbaseballsavvy@aol.com

Thoughts & Prayers Go Out to John Farrell

I'm a little late to the show here, and for that I apologize, but I wanted to announce that our thoughts and prayers here at The Greedy Pinstripes go out to the manager of the Boston Red Sox, John Farrell. Farrell was diagnosed with Stage I lymphoma that will require chemotherapy. Bench coach Torey Lovullo will manage the last place Boston Red Sox for the remainder of the season. The cancer was diagnosed and found when Farrell was undergoing surgery to repair a hernia.

Farrell has been the manager of the Red Sox since the 2013 season including one World Series victory and is expected to be back with Boston after his nine-week chemotherapy concludes. Once again our thoughts and prayers go out to Farrell. Rivalry or not, cancer sucks.