2009 Milwaukee Brewers team awards
Posted by Vince Morales
In case you didn't hear the Brewers recently announced their team awards and the results weren't that surprising. From the JSONLINE:
First baseman Prince Fielder and right-hander Yovani Gallardo were named the Milwaukee Brewers' most valuable player and most valuable pitcher, respectively, for 2009 in balloting conducted by the Milwaukee chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America.
Other award winners were closer Trevor Hoffman as top newcomer, reliever Todd Coffey as unsung hero and veteran infielder Craig Counsell as recipient of the "Good Guy" award.
(Quick tangent: The Milwaukee chapter of the BBWAA? We have ONE daily newspaper here, how many people can be in it? Seriously, is this just Tony W, Tom H and Mike Hunt voting? Is this a joke? I mean, it's not like they allow broadcasters in here and Uecker got a vote. Who are the people voting on this? I can't find one of them on the BBWAA Wikipedia page. It has to just be the guys at the Journal Sentinel, there is nobody else. So why not just say that?)
Anyways, since this is America and it's full of PC crap where everyone gets a trophy and little league games end in a tie these weren't the only awards handed out. In fact, everyone gets an award! Why let anyone feel left out? These are millionaire baseball players that get tons of adulation and hook up with different women every night, we don't want to hurt their feelings! We need to coddle them and what better way to coddle them than by awarding them for things? Seriously, I want an answer.
Luckily, I have sources and they were able to get me the complete list of Brewers awards handed out to the players and I now present them here for you.
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MVP: Prince Fielder
Pitcher of the Year: Yovani Gallardo
Unsung Hero: Todd Coffey
Good Guy: Craig Counsell
Top Newcomer: Trevor Hoffman
You're Still Our Favorite: Ryan Braun
Player We Are Most Likely To Miss Badly When Team Decides Not To Re-Sign Him: Mike Cameron
Thanks for the Memories, Now Get The F@%& Outta Here: JJ Hardy
Best Newcomer, For Real: Alcides Escobar
A for Effort: Jeff Suppan
B for Effort: Mike Burns
C for Effort: Corey Hart
A for Occassional Effort: Manny Parra
Midseason Acquisition That No One Else Wanted That Turned Out Awesome: Frank Catalanotto
Best Sleeves: Felipe Lopez
Best First Month: Rickie Weeks
Best Smile: Bill Hall
Least Surprising Strikeout: Corey Patterson
Best Skinheaded Slipknot Fan: Jason Kendall
Name That Gives Us No Clue As To Your Nationality: Hernan Iribarren
Tweeter of the Year: Seth McClung
You Know, When We Think About It You Probably Should Have Gotten A Few More Starts: Mike Rivera
Best Backup Outfielder to Get Sent Down and Never Come Back: Chris Duffy
Sorry We Expected You To Be Ryan Braun From Day One: Mat Gamel
We Didn't Realize You Hit More Homeruns As A Brewer Than Tony Gwynn Jr Has Ever Hit: Jody Gerut
It's Still Fun To Say Your Last Name: Carlos Villanueva
Really Unsung Hero: Chris Smith
We Can't Think of Anything So Here's An Award: John Axford and Josh Butler (tie)
Best Beard: Dave Bush
Ha, Remember That Guy: Brad Nelson
Come Back Soon: Chris Narveson
Beavis and Butthead Award for Best First Name: RJ Swindle (hu-huh, RJ)
Best Jesus: Jesus Colome
Thank God You Are Gone: Jorge Julio
Where Did You Come From?: Mark DiFelice
Lefty of the Year: Mitch Stetter
Best OPS: Carlos Corporan
Free Money: David Riske
Thanks For Never Making Us Call You Dillweed: Tim Dillard
That One Homerun Was Pretty Cool: Jason Bourgeois
Wow, I Really Thought You Would Suck But You Totally Surprised Me: Claudio Vargas
Best Name for Bad Headlines: Dave Weathers
Winner of the Year: Braden Looper
Rookie of the Year and The Fact That We Got You From The Cubs For Nothing Is Awesome: Casey McGehee
And there you have it, your 2009 Milwaukee Brewers Team Awards!


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There are sportswriters from places other than the Journal Sentinal who are members of the Milwaukee chapter of the BBWAA. Here is the current list as of May, per Biz of Baseball:
Susan Shemanske Racine Journal Times
Tom Haudricourt Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Michael Hunt Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Jeff Horrigan At Large
Garry D. Howard Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Bill Windler Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Dennis Semrau Madison Capital Times
Don Walker Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Adam Mertz Madison Capital Times
Chris Jenkins Associated Press
Colin Fly Associated Press
Anthony Witrado Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
AW just posted that list to get his name out there
[...] Miller Park Drunk doles out more year-end awards. My personal favorite being the "Least Surprising Strikeout" going to Corey Patterson. I would have thought that Bill Hall was a sure-bet for that award. Patterson was a darkhorse, however, and pulled through down the stretch. [...]
[...] for those of you remember last year's awards I had a quick tangent about the Milwaukee chapter of the BBWAA and someone was nice enough to email me the list. Here [...]