The NY NL Chapter of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance (BBA) has voted on this years Goose Gossage Award for the best reliever in the National League and here is our final vote:
1. John Axford
2. Craig Kinbrel
3. J.J. Putz
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October 15, 2011
The Baseball Bloggers Alliance is an organization of baseball writers from around the country and around the world. Every October each of the BBA's chapters vote on the various BBA post season awards. The General Chapter is made up of writers not focused on a single team in their writing. This Fan is proud to be the president of the General Chapter, not because the title means...
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October 15, 2011
It's that time again! The Baseball Bloggers Alliance get to pick their annual award winners. What is the BBA you ask? And what are these "awards" I speak of? I'm not really sure either, but the fine folks at the BBA gave me this press release to share with you.
The Baseball Bloggers Alliance was formed in the fall of 2009 to encourage cooperation and collaboration...
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October 15, 2011
The Baseball Bloggers Alliance is once again conducting its own end-of-season MLB awards as part of an ongoing effort to provide an improved and more transparent balloting system. The ballots are divided evenly among chapters representing each team, along with a “General Baseball” chapter, and are tallied with equal weight to create the final winners.
As part of the Pittsburgh...
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October 14, 2011
Ah, the good old reliever of the year ballot. The BBA has to remind me every year this is NOT for best mustache. Oh, and saves are a stupid, stupid stat. Let's roll...1. Craig Kimbrel, AtlantaNot much to this one. Kimbrel led all relievers with a 3.2 fWAR (Fangraphs Wins Above Replacement) and was my choice for the BBA Willie Mays award for rookie of the year, which he won. Over...
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October 14, 2011
Ah, the good old reliever of the year ballot. The BBA has to remind me every year this is NOT for best mustache. Oh, and saves are a stupid, stupid stat. Let's roll...1. Jonathan Papelbon, BostonI don't have any clue how other BBA members vote for reliever of the year. I'm not against voting for a closer, despite the very defined role, if he was the best reliever in the...
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October 16, 2011
The Baseball Bloggers Association is conducting their post-season awards voting. Tomorrow, the Goose Gossage Award will be given to the best relievers of 2011 as determined by the BBA, will be announced. My ballot is as follows. Best reliever is a tough thing to figure out. Is it the reliever with the best ERA? Is it the reliever with the best FIP or xFIP? The most WAR? The most...
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October 17, 2011
(PRESS RELEASE)
In earlier voting this postseason by the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, Atlanta Braves closer Craig Kimbrel won the Willie Mays Award for top rookie handily while the American League race for that award was much tighter. With the Goose Gossage Award, handed out to the best reliever, Kimbrel got to see how the other half lives, at least somewhat. Kimbrel beat...
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October 17, 2011
Romo finished fourth in voting amongst Giants bloggers for the NL's top reliever award. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
Atlanta Braves closer Craig Kimbrel beat Milwaukee’s John Axford by 13 points in the votes submitted by the National League voters of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance’s 2011 Goose Gossage Award, handed out to the best reliever in the league.
Kimbrel...
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