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Kirsten Clark Sports Editor And you thought baseball season was over. Well, for all of us Mariners fans, yes it is; the only news coming from the M's PR people is the fact that they have nothing to tell us. Here I am referring to the loss of manager Lou Pinella and the indecision on new managing possibilities. However, speaking of Mariners in the news, well to be correct ex-Mariners, Phnom pitcher Randy Johnson has won his fifth Cy Young award, 4th consecutive. With Johnson's 24-5 season and an ERA of only 2.32, he was a unanimous pick from all 32 votes. Johnson's teammate Curt Schilling came in second place, the same way he finished last year. But the difference for Johnson this time, with his win it guarantees him an extra $4 million for next year. Here I would like to take a second again to point out the ugly fact that this guy used to pitch for US. The Cy Young award is given each year to the most outstanding pitchers in the National and American leagues. It is named after Pitcher Denton True Young, who pitched in the late 1800s and into the early 1900s. He received the nickname "Cy" because of his cyclone-like fastball. Young had a career ERA of 2.63 and was elected into the hall of fame in 1937. The first award from this category was given to Bob Turley in 1958. Moving on, some of the other awards that have been given out by Major League Baseball already this season are the silver slugger awards. This prize is awarded to the best offensive player in each position in each league. Two of the repeat winners this year were Sammy Sosa, a right fielder from the Chicago Cubs, and Alex Rodriguez, the short stop of the Texas Rangers (it is really painful to mention again another ex). Each of these players received their 10th slugger awards. Another big name in this category was Barry Bonds, who this year did not hit 73 home runs but did finish up the season with a .370 average and 110 RBI's. The manager of the year was also picked Tuesday, Nov. 6, and not suprisingly Mike Scioscia of the World Series champion Anaheim Angels came out on top. Receiving 17 first place votes, he beat out rival manager Art Howe of the Oakland Athletics. However, we must remember that the votes for manager of the year are written in before the beginning of post season play. After fighting back from the worst start in Angels franchise history, Scioscia took this team all the way and seemed to be an obvious choice from the beginning. In the National League, manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, Tony LaRussa took home the manager of the year award with 22 first place votes. This was LaRussa's 4th time winning, along with other NL coach Bobby Cox, this is the most any manager has won in the history of this award. On Monday November 4th the rookie of the year for both National and American leagues were chosen. Pitcher Jason Jennings from Colorado took the award home for the National league, leading the way with 16 wins this season. Eric Hinske of the Toronto Blue Jays took home the award in the American League. This third baseman received 19 of the 28 first place votes. The final award that will be announced this year will be for the most valuable player. The candidates in the National league are: Lance Berkman, Houston Astros; Barry Bonds, SF Giants; Shawn Green, LA Dodgers; Albert Pujols, STL Cardinals. In the American League the candidates are: Garrett Anderson, Anaheim Angels; Alex Rodriguez, Texas Rangers; Jason Giambi, NY Yankees; Alfonso Soriano, NY Yankees; Miguel Tejada, Oakland Athletics. © 2002 Shoreline Community College™ |