Chicagoist: Sweet Lou Takes NL Manager of the Year

Thunderbelly

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:12:02 -0600

All of the major sports awards are regular season based. Its the only fair way to do it. Great players not surrounded by decent talent would be hampered. Same with coaches. If the Rays fell one game short of the playoffs, Maddon still deserved the award for the dramatic turnaround. If it included the playoffs, these situations would not be given a fair shake.

mike_thoms

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:47:31 -0600

it does seem like post-season should factor in to the voting in these award categories. sure you'd be judging 8 managers based on more games than the rest of the managers but it's not like their job ends when the calendar flips to October.

Thunderbelly

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:46:30 -0600

They don't announce it during the postseason to avoid distraction and to prevent taking away from the postseason games themselves. As for the long delay after the world series is wrapped up, I think you can chalk that up to MLB wanting to prolong the news cycle of the sport. Keep the game in the headlines as long as possible after the playoffs end.

Marcus Gilmer

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:20:10 -0600

...which is why even in following major league baseball since I was a wee lad, I never picked up on the whole "voting before the season ends" thing. I mean, sure it all makes sense, but...yeah...I'm feeling not so sharp right about now.

tc3

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:17:01 -0600

The fact that the awards are given out based solely on the regular season makes it all the more baffling that they wait until so long after the postseason ends to make the announcements.

bombast

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:10:06 -0600

Manager of the year, MVP, Cy Young, etc. are all based solely on the regular season.

ktr

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:08:25 -0600

voting is done prior to post season play.