*-* 1987 Awards Voting *-*

[Clay]

- Voting is mandatory
- Vote in ALL Categories!!
- Voting begins immediately and will last until 9pm ET on Thursday, August 27th (or when the final ballot is received).
- Teams who don't submit a fair ballot may have their votes invalidated. (ie leaving a rival player off the ballot so your guy wins, etc)
- Teams who do not submit a ballot will forfeit any financial awards that they won during the season. This includes awards, All-Star Games, etc. No Vote = No Bonus Money! Period.
- Email your vote to shaveros@gmail.com - Please make the Subject Line: "(Your Team Name) Ballot"

- Each ballot MUST contain your TOP 3, in order for every award:
* DL Stout Slugger (Best Hitter)
* DL Pale Ale Pitcher (Best Pitcher)
* DL Refreshing New Brew (ROY)
* DL Last Call Relief (Best Reliever)
* IL Stout Slugger
* IL Pale Ale Pitcher
* IL Refreshing New Brew
* IL Last Call Relief
* J. Allen Wright (Best GM - remember to vote for 3 people!)

Feel free to pimp your players in this thread.

Ballot's have been submitted by:

Ale Division
Maine Guides
Pittsburgh Millers
Hartford Whalers
Pawtucket Patriots

Lager Division
Hyundai Dinos
Sin City Gamblers
Los Lunas Javelinas
Mississippi Storm


Pilsner Division
Dallas Snappers
Denver Bulls
Syracuse Slammers
Indianapolis Clowns

Stout Division
Washington Bats
Morgantown Mohawks
Wilmington Wildcats (Owner Quit)
Virginia Colonials

Bock Division
Davenport Brawlers
Windy City Playboys
Los Alamos Bandits
Carolina Tobs

Porter Division
Philadelphia Freedom
Baltimore Bulldogs
California Kodiaks
Batavia Muckdogs
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[Lintyfresh85]

Robby Shannon was .0005 away from being the first ever BLB Triple Crown Winner. We also came in first place... so I think he deserves to win the IL Stout Slugger.

I also want to pimp Conan Wilkerson for both Refreshing New Brew and IL Pale Ale Pitcher awards.

In his first season Wilkerson put up these numbers.

1.94 ERA (1st in all of the BLB)
67.6 VORP (1st in all of the BLB)
16 wins (Tied for third most in the IL)
203 K's (3rd most in the IL)
0.99 WHIP (4th overall in the IL)

Obviously I'm biased but I think he deserves both awards.

[Pat]

Need HTML.

Until then, I'm voting for all Washington players.

[Jim]

In his first season Wilkerson put up these numbers.

1.94 ERA (1st in all of the BLB)

Brode had a 1.75 ERA in 144 IP before getting knocked out for the season. :)

Sorry, after not making the playoffs, I have to take any small good things that came out of this season that I can.

[Lintyfresh85]

Yeah, Brode would have easily won it if he didn't get injured. I guess he didn't qualify for the league lead then.

[Gyrodork]

Brode is obviously awesome, but I wouldn't say he would have "easily" won the Pale Ale. There's a guy in Los Lunas who put up good numbers and finished 1st or 2nd in ERA, Wins, VORP, Hits/9 IP, BB/9 IP, Ks, Ks/9 IP, Ks/BB, OAVG, WHIP, and BR/9 IP. He came within 2 Ks of the pitching triple crown. (Of course, a full season from Brode might have given him that distinction.)

By the way, I think the most impressive stat for D.G. is the 21 wins. He pitches for a team that can't hit their way out of a wet paper bag.

[liquidcrash]

I sent my ballot in earlier today, let me know if you didn't get it.

I don't think there's anyone on my team that deserves to win an award this season. Hector Castre deserves some consideration for New Brew, but Wilkerson had a clearly better season. Hamlet and Opio both had nice years at the plate but I'm not sure they deserve to be in the top 3. Same thing for my pitchers. Parongao, Gates and Delclos all had solid years but aren't serious contenders for Pale Ale.

[Carlos]

Dane Browning deserves to be third in DL Stout Slugger voting.

[Spectre]

I'll pimp a few people this year:

3B Curt Dodson for DL New Brew
.308/.350/.778 with a 48.2 VORP- was a middle of the lineup hitter on a playoff squad. The former #1 overall pick really seems to be developing nicely- Clay said he'd be the New Brew winner and I hope he's right.

SP Gervasio Areas
Areas is one of the young bright arms in the game- he went 16-10 with a 3.79 ERA and 1.11 WHIP. #4 in wins in the DL, #4 in WHIP, #3 in opponents AVG. He's been far, far more than I wished for.

SP Manny Puerias
Puerias was the other guy at the front of my rotation- he also went 16-10 with a 3.40 ERA and a 1.18 WHIP. He's tied for #4 in wins, top 10 in WHIP, and only gave up 8 HR in 233 IP. He also threw 3 shutouts this year.

If Latham hadn't been hurt, I think he would have been in contention for the DL Stout Slugger as well.

[Matt]

Sent.

As for my pimps...

SP Nathan Athey: 13-10, 2.53 ERA, 0.95 WHIP
1st in H/9
1st in Opponents AVG
1st in WHIP
2nd in R/9
3rd in ERA
3rd in VORP
7th in K's

The guy could have been 18-5 for a decent hitting team.

MR Ken Bayer: 4-4, 1.04 ERA, 0.80 WHIP, 35 saves
1st in ERA
1st in Opponents Avg
1st in HR/9
1st in H/9
2nd in WHIP
2nd in VORP
2nd in BR/9
7th in Saves (he didn't start the year at closer)

[Clay]

Mini-Pimp for VIRGINIA:

IL STOUT SLUGGER: None

IL PALE ALE: Nate Magness

IL LAST CALL: Vernon Simmonds & Jayson McQueen*

IL NEW BREW: Jayson McQueen*

* - Note that McQueen lead the league in HOLDS this year as a rookie. 86 games. At the top for K's from a reliever. This kid is the real deal.

[Clay]

First post updated to show 6 ballots received.

[spot]

Wayne Van Slyke:

50 games
47 saves
2 BS

That is all.

[rubisco43]

Hyundai:

No one.

[Clay]

9 out of 24 ballots received with about 2.5 days to go.

Remember... Voting is mandatory. No voting, no bonus money.