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charlie and algernon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-10 03:24 PM
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World Series Rookies Buster Posey and Neftali Feliz win ROYs
NEW YORK -- San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey and Texas Rangers closer Neftali Feliz met again Monday when they were voted the Rookies of the Year.

Posey, who hit several key home runs and helped the Giants win the World Series for the first time since 1954, easily outdistanced Atlanta Braves outfielder Jason Heyward for the National League award.

Posey was picked first on 20 of 32 ballots in voting by members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

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Feliz, the rocket-armed righty from the Dominican Republic who set a rookie record with 40 saves as Texas reached the World Series for the first time, finished far ahead of Detroit Tigers center fielder Austin Jackson for the AL honor.

Feliz was chosen first on 20 of the 28 ballots. He drew seven seconds and one third.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5808278
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Upton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-10 06:31 PM
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1. First Giant to win the award since John Montefusco in 1975.
Posey's influence on the Giants couldn't be more obvious..

Giants

Before Buster: 25-22
With Buster: 67-48
After Molina trade: 49-32

Catching

Molina: 28-27
Whiteside: 18-14
Buster: 46-29


One guy actually left Posey off his ballot entirely.... Yasushi Kikuchi of the Kyodo News, LA-Anaheim Chapter. Whatever in the heck that is.
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-10 09:15 PM
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2. What the heck is that?
Some guy breathing too much LA smog.
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Auggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-10 09:34 PM
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3. Posey the Catcher won, IMO
Yeah, he helped in the line-up, but the bigger contribution came from behind the plate.
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HuckleB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-10 02:18 PM
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4. Is this telling?
Is this an indicator that teams with lower payrolls need to have some young guys step up something fierce to have a shot in any single season?

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charlie and algernon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-10 02:27 PM
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5. idk, I think that's true across the board
Stars continuously get older, so yeah, if you want to be successful, you need to find the young guys who can step up and take over as the older stars decline.
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HuckleB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-10 02:43 PM
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6. Replacements are always necessary.
Edited on Wed Nov-17-10 02:43 PM by HuckleB
But if you don't have the budget to compete with the biggies, you have get lucky enough to have a couple of serious young stars start to shine at the exact time the rest of your team is at a peak.
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hughee99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-10 07:26 PM
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7. Congrats to both! n/t
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