2007 AL Manager of the Year Poll
Happy Monday, and welcome to our latest poll. Manager of the Year is always a tricky one for me. What criteria should we use to determine the winner? If we look only at total victories, we ignore factors such as improvement from one season to the next. If we consider improvement from one season to the next, but overlook the fact that management spent an obscene amount of money to put itself in that position, we still miss a big part of the picture.
Talk to me…
I usually try to balance overall performance with what our expectations were of a given team coming into the season. For example, in the National League, even though the Cubs improved greatly from 2006 to 2007, it was hardly surprising given all the high-profile moves they made over the winter to help enhance their chances of reaching the postseason.
In the American League, I like Cleveland’s Eric Wedge. This is mostly due to the fact that I badly misjudged the Indians’ chances in ‘07. Many others expected them to do well, and perhaps I should have been one of them. Instead, I had them finishing fourth in the AL Central and they made the playoffs.
The rest of the pack is tough, because no-one really surprised me in a good way. As I’ve said before, if Mike Hargrove hadn’t left the Mariners, I think he’d deserve strong consideration. Beyond that, I’m not sure.
But enough about me. Who gets your vote, and why?
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3 opinions for 2007 AL Manager of the Year Poll
Rain Delay
Oct 8, 2007 at 9:23 am
I went with Tito.
Not sure why, because I didn’t a predictions post on this myself over at PopJocks and picked Torre. Why, because most of us have written the Yanks off in June. Not so much now, though they have to come back against Cleveland to advance.
So, if the Yanks advance, he could very well end up Manager of the Year. If not, it goes to Tito, with Wedge being a close second.
Rain Delay
Oct 8, 2007 at 9:54 am
did..not didn’t.
That’s what I get for typing without the required amount of caffeine to start my morning. Plus I just think my laptop hates me and my fat fingers. lol
Geoff Young
Oct 8, 2007 at 10:21 am
LOL. I hear ya about the caffeine. One of the great cruelties of life is that you have to make the coffee before you can drink it. Sigh…
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