1988 Awards Voting

[Andrew]

http://www.simgamingnetwork.com/blb/...eos_ballot.php

- Voting is mandatory
- Vote in ALL Categories!!
- Voting begins immediately and will last until Noon ET on Friday, February 5th (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)
- Voting will be done in the utility using the link above.

Feel free to pimp your players in this thread.

[Clay]

Mel Woodbury for IL Stout Slugger

Rod Phillips for IL New Brew

Ivan Perez for IL Last Call

Pancho 'Ironfist' Herrera for IL Pale Ale (yeah... I know he won't win... but he deserves the pimp)

[Matt]

I hit the Add to List and the Ballot disappears.

[Andrew]

I hit the Add to List and the Ballot disappears.

What browser?

[Matt]

I read the small print...it has issues with Firefox...got it now.

[Matt]

Is there a way to purge my vote...I need to find something else than Firefox. After I sort I hit reload and it took me from the IL Awards all the way back to the DL Stout Slugger.

Sorry.

[Andrew]

Is there a way to purge my vote...I need to find something else than Firefox. After I sort I hit reload and it took me from the IL Awards all the way back to the DL Stout Slugger.

Sorry.

Yes but I can't do it until you finish voting. So just run through them all and I can clear them so you can start over.

[rubisco43]

DL Stout Slugger
Harry Keppel
Finley Kinsey

DL New Brew
Finley Kinsey

Winning awards might be the only bright spot in an otherwise dismal season.

[Matt]

It all turned out okay Andrew...no need to delete.

My one pimp:

CL Ken Bayer

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Last year's Last Call once again went above and beyond.

[Lintyfresh85]

IL Refreshing New Brew

2B - Jarred Good - CAL

.309/.360/.462/.823 with 8 HR's/70 RBI's, 84 runs, 54 2B's, 67 XBH's.

Lead all of IL in 2B's.
Lead all rookies in AVG, OBP, SLG, OPS, XBH, Total Bases, Walks, Runs, Hits, 2B's and RBI's.

[Delandis]

I don't know about anyone else but this DL Pale Ale is tough.

[Delandis]

So 17 or so more owners left to vote. If you are in the DL remember the names...

Caballero

and

Washington

for IL Stout Sluggers.

[Delandis]

Will Kinsey be the first Stout Slugger/New Brew winner in the BLB?

[Carlos]

Will Kinsey be the first Stout Slugger/New Brew winner in the BLB?

For good reason, I guess we're considering Keppel's award unofficial?


So through 10 votes, some interesting notes:

Spoiler

DL Stout Slugger
Harry Keppel stole a first place vote from Kinsey. Yet, he only has three total votes in 10 ballots.

Pete Hampton is the second favorite in the league but was left off two ballots.

DL Pale Ale Pitcher
Favorites: Suarez and O'Moore were completely left off one ballot each.

DL Refreshing New Brew
Kinsey is the clear favorite to win by landslide, but no one's really sure who is the second or third best rookie.

DL Last Call Relief
McCoy and Ortiz were each left off a ballot despite being the favorites at this point.

IL Stout Slugger
Mel Woodbury is the clear favorite to take this award, but one GM felt that Caballero was better than second, while two felt that Cabellero didn't even belong.

IL Pale Ale Pitcher
Carlton/Wilkerson leads the vote, but two voters felt it was Wilkerson/Calrton.

IL Refreshing New Brew
Jarred Good is the only rookie to appear on every ballot.

IL Last Call Relief
Ken Bayer is the favorite to repeat and has appeared on every ballot.

GM Of the Year
Davenport's Eric Spearin, Denver's Carlos Hernandez and Washington's Pat McLaughlin have appeared in the most ballots with 5 each. But, five voters felt others were more deserving. Without much surprise, it is the closest of the races.

[Clay]

Want to make sure my guys get their full PIMP:

Mel Woodbury for IL Stout Slugger
Top 10 in the IL in 21 Offensive Categories including #1 in:
- TB (354)
- HR (38)
- R (118)
- EBH (85)
- SLG (.605)
- RC (144.40)
- RC/27 (9.07)
- ISO (.289)
- TAVG (1.093)
- OPS (1.010)
- VORP (89.3)

Extended Stats:
- OPS+ (188) - 2nd in BLB
- PwrSpd (31.6) - 1st in BLB
- wOBA (.425) - 3rd in the BLB

Rod Phillips for IL New Brew
Became the full-time Starter right around the All-Star break. Since the ASG, Phillips went .300/.370/.472/.842 with 8 HR and 38 RBI. His season totals were impressive:

Year/Team Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SH SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS VORP wOBA WS OPS+ EqA
1988 - VIR 23 127 389 114 32 3 12 55 50 40 2 3 5 73 0 2 .293 .358 .483 .841 29.1 .361 13.0 147 .290

He was great down the stretch pushing the Colonials towards the playoffs. He did more than could be expected with the ABs he got and may have turned in the best rookie season from a Rule V pick in BLB History.

Ivan Perez for IL Last Call
Workhorse out of the 'Pen in his 92 appearances. Recorded 23 HOLDS in his 100.7 innings of work. His component ERA (ERC) was the 6th best among RP in the entire BLB at 1.84 and his park adjusted ERA was 5th best in the IL.

Pancho 'Ironfist' Herrera for IL Pale Ale (yeah... I know he won't win... but he deserves the pimp)
Finished Top 10 in the IL in 16 different Pitching catergories. 17 wins - 205 K - All-Star. Become true ACE of the team when pressed into #1 duty.