MLB Awards
Posted on: November 29, 2009 by admin
Well, it is has been another good year for baseball in some ways, not so good in other ways. At the end of the season there are players that win some very prestigious awards. You have the rookie of the year award and the Cy Young awards for example.
So how are these awards given out? Basically there is a poll of 32 prominent baseball experts. They choose and that is that. Well, back in the 1930′s reporters were polled to decide. Why writers? Well back then not everyone had a radio and there was no TV to watch the games. So the writers were the people that knew the most about the teams and the players.
Now the process seems a little off. Only 32 people decide the big MLB awards. It is somewhere near just over 530 people that decide who makes it into the MLB hall of fame. -But only 32 or so for these awards.
It may be time for the MLB to decide on getting a new system to pick who gets the awards. There needs to be a fair and balanced system to decide these players’ fates. You never know how many players out there have bonuses riding on these deals.
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