Vote Francona For Manager!

The This Year In Baseball Awards is my favorite voting thing ever. This year the categories and nominees (with my picks in bold) are:

Hitter: Jose Bautista, Adrian Beltre, Robinson Cano, Miguel Cabrera, Carl Crawford, Carlos Gonzalez, Josh Hamilton, Paul Konerko, Albert Pujols, and Joey Votto.

Starter: Clay Buchholz, Roy Halladay, Felix Hernandez, Tim Hudson, Ubaldo Jimenez, Jon Lester, David Price, CC Sabathia, Adam Wainwright, and Jered Weaver.

Rookie: John Axford, Starlin Castro, Neftali Feliz, Jaime Garcia, Jason Heyward, Daniel Hudson, Austin Jackson, Buster Posey, Mike Stanton, and Stephen Strasburg.

Closer: Heath Bell, Matt Capps, Neftali Feliz, Carlos Marmol, Jonathan Papelbon, Mariano Rivera, Joakim Soria, Rafael Soriano, Billy Wagner and Brian Wilson.

Setup: Mike Adams, Daniel Bard, Joaquin Benoit, Luke Gregerson, Hong-Chih Kuo, Evan Meek, Darren O'Day, Arthur Rhodes, Matt Thornton, and Jonny Venters.

Defense: Elvis Andrus, Michael Bourn, Carl Crawford, Franklin Guiterrez, Yadier Molina, Placido Polanco, Albert Pujols, Mark Texiera, Troy Tulowitzki, and Ryan Zimmerman.

X-Factor: Pat Burrell, Brett Gardner, Chris Heisey, Omar Infante, Matt Joyce, Brian Matusz, David Murphy, Carlos Ruiz, Seth Smith, and Danny Valencia.

Breakout: Jose Bautista, Trevor Cahill, Carlos Gonzalez, Gio Gonzalez, Mat Latos, Casey McGehee, Angel Pagan, Martin Prado, C.J. Wilson, and Delmon Young.

Dependable: Pedro Feliciano, Neftali Feliz, Roy Halladay, Felix Hernandez, Brett Myers, CC Sabtahia, Joakim Soria, Rafael Soriano, Ichiro Suzuki, and Adam Wainwright.

Executive: Jed Hoyer, Jon Daniels, Andrew Friedman, Brian Cashman, Bill Smith, Ruben Amaro Jr., Frank Wren, Brian Sabean, Alex Anthopoulos, and Walt Jocketty.

Manager: Dusty Baker, Bud Black, Bruce Bochy, Bobby Cox, Terry Francona, Ron Gardenhire, Joe Girardi, Joe Maddon, Charlie Manuel, and Ron Washington.

Play: Ronnie Belliard, Mark Buerhle, Ryan Braun, Asdrubal Cabrera, Chone Figgins, Carlos Gonzalez, Josh Hamilton, Paul Maholm, Lou Marson, and Nyjer Morgan.

Moment: Dallas Braden, Brooks Conrad, Bobby Cox, Cito Gaston, Jason Heyward, Trevor Hoffman, Daniel Nava, Chris Nelson, Alex Rodriguez, and the Steinbrenner Family.

Performance: Dallas Braden, Shin-Soo Choo, Armando Galarraga, Matt Garza, Carlos Gonzalez, Roy Halladay, Edwin Jackson, Ubaldo Jimenez, Brandon Morrow, and Stephen Strasburg.

Oddity: Melky Cabrera, Brooks Conrad, Nelson Cruz, Dexter Fowler, Golden Knights, Adam Jones, Shawn Marcum, Nyjer Morgan, Roy Oswalt, and Mike Stanton.

Game: Mets: 2- Cardinals: 1, Red Sox: 7-Rangers: 6, Reds: 4-Cardinals: 3, Braves: 10-Reds: 9, Phillies: 1-Marlins: 0, Nationals: 5-Pirates: 2, Phillies: 1-Reds: 0, Astros: 4-Phillies: 2, Rockies: 12-Braves: 10, and Rays: 1-Yankees: 0.

Fan Moment: Ichiro Suzuki, A's ballboy, A's fan, Astros fan, Rays ballboy, Yankees fan, Yankees ballboy, Dodgers ballboy, Phillies fan, Red Sox fan.

Postseason: TBD

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