2007 NL Manager of the Year Poll
October 10, 2007 by Geoff Young
Filed under Awards
You thought I forgot. Go ahead, admit it. You noticed that we didn’t run a poll yesterday, and you thought that I’d forgotten about NL Manager of the Year.
Now, why would I do that?
Right, I wouldn’t. I also wouldn’t vote for anyone other than Clint Hurdle or Bob Melvin for this award. I suppose you could make a case for Charlie Manuel or Ned Yost, maybe Bud Black.
I kinda liked Willie Randolph before The Collapse (TM). Lou Piniella? Not so much for me. His bosses went out and bought the best team money could buy, and he barely managed to win a very weak division. Color me unimpressed.
Can’t get enough? Not a problem…
Am I missing anyone? Manny Acta? I’m actually not being facetious; I could see him getting votes. The Nationals were supposed to be historically bad, but they lost only 89 games. And I guess Bobby Cox always has to be part of the equation.
But really, it comes down to Hurdle or Melvin. In my mind, Hurdle gets the nod because of preseason expectations. I had the Diamondbacks winning the NL West and the Rockies finishing fourth. Hurdle’s club outperformed my wildest expectations. The only other National League teams I can say that about are Milwaukee and Washington, neither of which reached the playoffs.
I’m going Hurdle, Melvin, Yost. How about you? Who do you like and why?
I would vote for Lou Piniella as Nl Manager of the year.
He did a very good job .
The Cubs started slowly and then the Cubs rallied to win the division.
He showed what it takes to lead a team.
The Cubs can do it next year.
Lou deserves to be 2007 nl manager of the year .
Go Cubs!