Found October 15, 2009 on Where Is Andy Van Slyke:
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This ballot is for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, a group of baseball bloggers (duh) who are pooling votes together to give out our own post-season award. This is an incredibly tough vote for me, for two reasons. The first is that two Pirates are prominently involved here, which means that it's not exactly easy for me to stay objective. The second is that I'm never entirely sure what the Rookie of the Year award really is rewarding. Is it the player that had the best rookie season, or is it a player that had a good rookie season that's going to be a really good player down the road? Some part of me can't look at rookies without projecting their futures; it's what makes rookies exciting and hey, as a Pirate fan it's pretty much all I have going for me. If I were judging by the second criteria, my ballot would probably go 3.) Colby Rasmus, 2.) Andrew McCutchen, and 1.) Tommy Hanson. But that can't be what Rookie of the Year is all about because we just do...
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