TWIB Awards...how I voted(This Week In Baseball)
The names in bold are the ones I voted. If youre a baseball fan, you should really vote!
Closer of the year:
Armando Benitez
Francisco Cordero
Keith Foulke
Eric Gagne
Trevor Hoffman
Jason Isringhausen
Brad Lidge
Joe Nathan
Mariano Rivera
John Smoltz
(Note: It was tempting to choose Smoltz because Im a Braves fan, but the unbiased vote went to Gagne)
Randy Johnson's perfect game
Ted Lilly's 13K 3 hit shutout of Boston
Rob Mackowiak's two-out, walk-off grand slam in Game 1 of a doubleheader, then followed it up with a ninth-inning, game-tying blast in the second game.
Mike Maroth's complete game, one-hit, seven-strikeout shutout against the Yankees in July.
Victor Martinez's 5-for-5 game with three homers and seven RBIs as Cleveland pounded Seattle, 18-6, in July.
Carlos Pena becoming the fourth Tiger in history to collect six hits in a game. He had five RBIs and hit two homers.
Albert Pujols' three homers and five RBIs helped St. Louis erase an 8-2 deficit and defeat the Chicago Cubs, 11-8.
Jason Schmidt was dominant in a May start against the Cubs, throwing a one-hit shutout while striking out 13.
Ben Sheets struck out 18 Braves during a complete-game win on May 16, the highest K total in the Majors in 2004.
Mark Teixeira became the 17th switch-hitter in history to hit for the cycle when he pounded Cleveland in August.
(Note: While the performances Shhets and Johnson gave were superb...what "Mack-whack" did was phenominal in itself.)
Mike Gonzalez
Tom Gordon
Ray King
Steve Kline
Scott Linebrink
Ryan Madson
Guillermo Mota
Akinori Otsuka
Juan Rincon
Frankie Rodriguez
B.J Ryan
Scot Shields
Torii Hunter jumps into the right field baggy to rob Philadelphia's Bobby Abreu of extra bases.
Derek Jeter dives into the stands to rob Boston's Trot Nixon in the 12th inning of a huge midsummer game.
Joe Crede, Juan Uribe and Paul Konerko turn a 5-4-3 triple play against the Angels.
Jim Edmonds races full speed and leaps high above the wall to rob Cincy's Jason LaRue in the ninth.
Mueller's two-run, walk-off homer off Mariano Rivera in the bottom of the ninth gives Boston an 11-10 win.
Morgan Ensberg, Jeff Kent and Mike Lamb turn a triple play against Philly's Todd Pratt in a 12-10 win.
Bengie Molina flips the ball behind his back without looking to Francisco Rodriguez to nail Cleveland's Ronnie Belliard at the plate.
Kerry Wood makes a no-look, behind-the-back grab on a Sean Casey grounder to start a DP
Sammy Sosa makes a diving catch with the bases loaded in the eighth to help preserve a 1-0 Cubs win
With two strikes and two outs in the ninth, David Dellucci lines a two-run double to give Texas a 5-4 win over Oakland.
LA's Steve Finley launches a ninth-inning grand slam against the Giants to clinch the NL West on the season's final weekend.
Jason Bay
Daniel Cabrera
Bobby Crosby
Khalil Greene
Zack Greinke
Ryan Madson
Aaron Miles
Akinori Otsuka
Shingo Takatsu
David Wright
(Note: While skeptics might say that I made a bad choice by voting for Greene, look no further than the top rookie shortstop in the majors! Bay may have been NL ROTY, but my vote has always been for Khalil!)
Felipe Alou
Bruce Bochy
Bobby Cox
Terry Francona
Ron Gardenhire
Phil Garner
Tony LaRussa
Mike Scioscia
Buck Showalter
Joe Torre
Jim Tracy
Eric Wedge
(Note: What??? I didnt pick Cox? See, I told you I am unbiased. He got NL manager of the year. Rightfully so, but look what at the time interim manager Phil Garner did with the slumping Astros! True, Francona led the Sox to the WS title. Whoopee. But look at Garner. He went above and beyond the call of duty. Rock on.)
Colorado's Vinny Castilla loses the battle for a J.D. Drew foul ball to a fan in the stands.
A fan in Minnesota uses his cup to catch a foul ball off the bat of Tampa Bay's Rey Sanchez.
Paul Byrd tosses his glove to first for the out after a Javy Lopez grounder gets caught in his glove.
Manny Ramirez cuts off a throw from Johnny Damon, allowing David Newhan to hit an inside-the-park HR
A squirrel decides to take a full tour of the Jacobs Field infield and outfield during a Yankees-Indians game.
Coco Crisp does his best to avoid El Duque's tag after hitting a slow roller up the first base line.
Philadelphia's Jason Michaels bobbles a Charles Thomas liner over the wall for a home run.
Melvin Mora proves you should never give up in a rundown as he scores a run against Boston.
(Note: That was HYSTERICAL!)
Randy Johnson
Roger Clemens
Pedro Martinez
Roy Oswalt
Carl Pavano
Jake Peavy
Oliver Perez
Johan Santana
Curt Schilling
Jason Schmidt
Ben Sheets
Carlos Zambrano
(Note: This was a tossup between Santana and Jason Schmidt, who in my ever so humble opinion was ROBBED of the NL Cy Young award. He had my vote!)
Carlos Beltran
Luis Castillo
Eric Chavez
Jim Edmonds
Torii Hunter
Cesar Izturis
Andruw Jones
Mike Matheny
Scott Rolen
Brian Schnieder
Ichiro Suzuki
Jack Wilson
(Note: HUH? I didnt pick Andruw Jones? Or Edmonds? HUH? They ROCK the outfirled in defense, and I mean they rock and put on a SHOW! But how can we deny Jack Wilson of the Pirates in all he did this year in ways of fielding percentage? Yeah, AJ and Edmonds may bring the house down, but if we wanna be fair and just since this is OVERALL best, the vote goes to Jack Wilson.)
Adrian Beltre
Barry Bonds
Jim Edmonds
Vladimir Guerrero
Todd Helton
David Ortiz
Albert Pujols
Manny Ramirez
Scott Rolen
Gary Sheffield
Ichiro Suzuki
Miguel Tejada
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