Saturday, December 1, 2012

2012 NASBL Post-Season Awards Announced

The 2012 NASBL Post-Season Awards banquet was heavily attended by fans of Outlaw Josey Wales, the Slatington Bulldogs, and the Lake Champlain Cannibals.

Individual Awards winners included:

TG MVP:  Matt Kemp, OJW (.330/46/116).  The Tastes Great Triple Crown winner surprised no-one by receiving the maximum number of 1st place votes. 

LF MVP:  Jose Bautista, SBU/TRY (.319/55/124).  The first ever mid-season trade player ever to win an NASBL MVP award, Bautista was also the first ever mid-season trade player to win a Less Filling Triple Crown.

TG Cy Young:  Justin Masterson, OJW (20-3, 2.10).  Outlaw completes a sweep of the major awards with the league ERA leader, who was also 2nd in the TG in wins.

LF Cy Young:  Matt Cain, SBU (26-4, 2.47)  Cain posted the 2nd highest single-season win total of all time, trailing only 2003 NJT's Randy Johnson and his mark of 27.

TG Rookie of the Year:  Freddie Freeman, LCC (.283/22/73)  The 1st rounder (10th overall) led all TG rookies in HR and RBI while bringing home Lake Champlain's 3rd ROY award (joining 2005 Coco Crisp and 2007 Brian McCann.)

LF Rookie of the Year:  Jemile Weeks, SBU (.321/4/38).  Rickie's younger brother narrowly missed ruining Jose Bautista's triple crown party, but avoided doing so by failing to accumulate enough ABs to qualify for the batting title.  Still, the limited playing time did not prevent Weeks from accumulating an impressive 45 SB.

TG Fireman of the Year:  Joel Hanrahan, LCC (7-4/1.33 /27) and Craig Kimbrel, OJW (6-1/1.93/28).  For the 2nd year in a row, an NASBL Fireman of the Year vote results in a tie.  Last year it was Hung Chi Kuo (VFS) and Huston Street (TRY.)

LF Fireman of the Year:  Ryan Madson, SHA (3-3/1.55/38) 1st in the LF in saves (and 2nd overall behind only Mariano Rivera, who accumulated 40 between 2 conferences,) Madson brought 1st time / long time NASBL GM Mike Johnson home some hardware.


Congratulations to all the award winners!

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