Nationals' Johnson wins NL Manager of the Year Award

[Upton]

Washington Nationals' Davey Johnson was named the 2012 National League Manager of the Year Tuesday, defeating San Francisco's Bruce Bochy and Cincinnati's Dusty Baker.

Johnson won in a landslide with 23 first-place votes and 131 points. Dusty Baker earned five first-place votes and came in second place with 77 points. Bochy garnered four first-place votes and came in third place with 61 points.

http://www.csnbayarea.com/baseball-san-francisco-giants/giants-talk/Nationals-Johnson-beats-Bochy-for-NL-Man?blockID=801505&feedID=2796

Congratulations to Johnson and all. I mean, unlike Harper's ROY, at least he won this award easily. Though, if the voting had been held after the postseason, no doubt there would have been a different outcome..

[Kingofalldems]

1. I can't wait to hop on the Metro

and head for Nats Park. Looking forward to butting heads with the Champs.

[Upton]

3. Nats are a favorite..

Odds to win the 2013 World Series

Detroit Tigers 6/1

New York Yankees 7/1

San Francisco Giants 10/1

Texas Rangers 12/1

Washington Nationals 12/1

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/29/the-tigers-are-your-2013-world-series-favorites/

Should be interesting...as the Nats and others attempt to prevent the Giants from further cementing their baseball dynasty..

[Auggie]

4. WTF? There are odds out already?

[KamaAina]

2. The A's' Bob Melvin took the AL award

beating out Buck Showalter, who did a not-shabby job with the O's in his own right.

Too bad I never got to post "This ALCS is brought to you by the letters A and O, and by the number 7."

[Upton]

7. Both were deserving..any other year Showalter wins.

Funny thing about Bob Melvin, in his first year in Seattle the Mariners went 93-69, and he was widely praised. The following year..63-99, and he lost his job. Similar in Arizona, Melvin won NL Manager of the Year in 2007 at 90-72, fell back to 82-80 in 2008 and was fired in May of 2009..

Now, I'm not claiming that's going to happen in Oakland. After all, there are a lot of reasons why Melvin's teams may have slumped, but last year was magical, and A's fans should expect a sharp fall back down to earth in 2013..

[Auggie]

5. Congrats to Johnson. Nats had a fine season.

[TZ]

6. Davey said

That he's afraid he's going to get fired now! ( got fired from Baltimore after being named AL MOY). I love him. Gonna miss him in 2014

[joeybee12]

8. Bobby V will win the AL award...

...when pigs fly.

[chelsea0011]

9. Luke Russett should ask him why the old geyser won't step down and give

some young guys a chance.