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		<title>2013 Hall of Fame</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<td class="column-1">Craig Biggio</td><td class="column-2">388 (68.2%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Jack Morris</td><td class="column-2">385 (67.7%)</td><td class="column-3">14</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Barry Bonds</td><td class="column-2">206 (36.2%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Edgar Martinez</td><td class="column-2">204 (35.9%)</td><td class="column-3">4</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Alan Trammell</td><td class="column-2">191 (33.6%)</td><td class="column-3">12</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Larry Walker</td><td class="column-2">123 (21.6%)</td><td class="column-3">3</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Fred McGriff</td><td class="column-2">118 (20.7%)</td><td class="column-3">4</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Dale Murphy</td><td class="column-2">106 (18.6%)</td><td class="column-3">15</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Mark McGwire</td><td class="column-2">96 (16.9%)</td><td class="column-3">7</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Don Mattingly</td><td class="column-2">75 (13.2%)</td><td class="column-3">13</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Sammy Sosa</td><td class="column-2">71 (12.5%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Rafael Palmeiro</td><td class="column-2">50 (8.8%)</td><td class="column-3">3</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Kenny Lofton</td><td class="column-2">18 (3.2%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Sandy Alomar Jr.</td><td class="column-2">16 (2.8%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Julio Franco</td><td class="column-2">6 (1.1%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
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		<td class="column-1">David Wells</td><td class="column-2">5 (0.9%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Steve Finley</td><td class="column-2">4 (0.7%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Shawn Green</td><td class="column-2">2 (0.4%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Reggie Sanders</td><td class="column-2">1 (0.2%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Jeff Conine</td><td class="column-2">0 (0%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Roberto Hernandez</td><td class="column-2">0 (0%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Ryan Klesko</td><td class="column-2">0 (0%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Jose Mesa</td><td class="column-2">0 (0%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Jeff Cirillo</td><td class="column-2">0 (0%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Mike Stanton</td><td class="column-2">0 (0%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Todd Walker</td><td class="column-2">0 (0%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Rondell White</td><td class="column-2">0 (0%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
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<p>A winning candidate did not emerge from the Hall of Fame balloting conducted by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America and verified by Ernst &#038; Young. There were <a href="13-hof-ballots">569 ballots</a> cast, the third highest total in the history of the voting, but none of the 37 candidates in the 2013 vote gained mention on the required 75 percent for election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.</p>
<p>Craig Biggio, who totaled 3,060 hits and was a seven-time All-Star while playing three positions (catcher, second base, outfield), topped the ballot with 388 votes – 39 shy of the 427 needed for election. His total reflected 68.2 percent of the <a href="voting-faq">electorate</a>, which consists of BBWAA members with 10 or more consecutive years of Major League Baseball coverage. Five blank ballots were among those submitted. Other players named on more than half the ballots were pitcher Jack Morris with 385 (67.7 percent), first baseman Jeff Bagwell with 339 (59.6), catcher Mike Piazza with 329 (57.8) and outfielder Tim Raines with 297 (52.2).</p>
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<p>Commenting on the election, Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson said, “The standards for earning election to the Hall of Fame have been very high ever since the rules were created in 1936. We realize the challenges voters are faced with in this era. The Hall of Fame has always entrusted the exclusive voting privilege to the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. We remain pleased with their role in evaluating candidates based on the criteria we provide.”</p>
<p>This is the eighth election by the BBWAA that did not produce a Hall of Famer and the first since 1996. That year, the top three vote getters were Phil Niekro (68.3), Tony Perez (65.7) and Don Sutton (63.8). All were subsequently elected; Niekro in 1997, Sutton in 1998 and Perez in 2000. The other BBWAA elections without a winner were in 1945, 1946, 1950, 1958, 1960 and 1971.</p>
<p>Biggio and Piazza were each on the ballot for the first time, Morris for the 14<sup>th</sup> year, Bagwell the third and Raines the sixth. Players remain on the ballot for up to 15 years provided they receive five percent of the vote in any year. There were 19 candidates who failed to make the cut this year (29 votes) – 18 of the 24 players who were on the ballot for the first time, plus outfielder Bernie Williams, who was on the ballot for the second time. First-year candidates who received sufficient support to remain in addition to Biggio and Piazza were pitchers Curt Schilling and Roger Clemens and outfielders Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa. Outfielder Dale Murphy, in his 15<sup>th</sup> and final year on the ballot, received 106 votes (18.6).</p>
<p>Other holdovers that will remain on the ballot in addition to Biggio, Morris, Bagwell, Piazza and Raines are first basemen Mark McGwire, Fred McGriff, Don Mattingly and Rafael Palmeiro; pitcher Lee Smith; shortstop Alan Trammell; designated hitter-third baseman Edgar Martinez and outfielder Larry Walker.</p>
<p>As part of the Induction Weekend ceremony Sunday, July 28, at the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown, N.Y., in which three Pre-Integration Committee electees – umpire Hank O’Day, New York Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert and 19<sup>th</sup>-century player Deacon White – will be inducted, the Hall of Fame will recognize 12 individuals previously counted among its roster of members who never had a formal induction due to wartime restrictions. They are BBWAA electees Lou Gehrig (1939) and Rogers Hornsby (1942), along with the entire class of 1945 selected by the Committee on Old Timers: Roger Bresnahan, Dan Brouthers, Fred Clarke, Jimmy Collins, Ed Delahanty, Hugh Duffy, Hughie Jennings, King Kelly, Jim O’Rourke and Wilbert Robinson. Paul Hagen, the J.G. Taylor Spink Award winner for baseball writing, and the late Tom Cheek, the Ford C. Frick Award winner for broadcasting, will be honored during the Awards Presentation Saturday, July 27, at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown.</p>
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		<title>2013 Hall of Fame ballot</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens Among Newcomers to Ballot Jack Morris, Jeff Bagwell, Lee Smith Lead Returnees; Results Announced Jan. 9, 2013 Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds, the two most decorated players in the history of Baseball Writers’ Association of America awards voting, and Craig Biggio, a member of the 3,000-hit club, are among 24 new [...]]]></description>
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<div style="font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; text-align: center;">Jack Morris, Jeff Bagwell, Lee Smith Lead Returnees; Results Announced Jan. 9, 2013</div>
<p>Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds, the two most decorated players in the history of Baseball Writers’ Association of America awards voting, and Craig Biggio, a member of the 3,000-hit club, are among 24 new candidates on the 2013 Hall of Fame ballot that is being mailed this week to more than 600 voting members of the BBWAA.</p>
<p>They join 13 holdovers from the 2012 balloting in which shortstop <a href="http://bbwaa.com/2012/01/2012-hof-results/">Barry Larkin was elected</a>. Candidates must be named on 75 percent of the ballots submitted to gain entry into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.</p>
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		<td class="column-1">Sandy Alomar Jr.</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td>
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		<td class="column-1">Jeff Bagwell</td><td class="column-2">321</td><td class="column-3">56.0%</td><td class="column-4">2</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Craig Biggio</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td>
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		<td class="column-1">Barry Bonds</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td>
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		<td class="column-1">Royce Clayton</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td>
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		<td class="column-1">Roger Clemens</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td>
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		<td class="column-1">Jeff Conine</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td>
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		<td class="column-1">Steve Finley</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td>
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		<td class="column-1">Julio Franco</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td>
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		<td class="column-1">Shawn Green</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td>
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		<td class="column-1">Roberto Hernandez</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td>
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		<td class="column-1">Ryan Klesko</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td>
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		<td class="column-1">Kenny Lofton</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td>
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		<td class="column-1">Edgar Martinez</td><td class="column-2">209</td><td class="column-3">36.5%</td><td class="column-4">3</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Don Mattingly</td><td class="column-2">102</td><td class="column-3">17.8%</td><td class="column-4">12</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Fred McGriff</td><td class="column-2">137</td><td class="column-3">23.9%</td><td class="column-4">3</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Mark McGwire</td><td class="column-2">112</td><td class="column-3">19.5%</td><td class="column-4">6</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Jose Mesa</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td>
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		<td class="column-1">Jack Morris</td><td class="column-2">382</td><td class="column-3">66.7%</td><td class="column-4">13</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Dale Murphy</td><td class="column-2">83</td><td class="column-3">14.5%</td><td class="column-4">14</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Rafael Palmeiro</td><td class="column-2">72</td><td class="column-3">12.6%</td><td class="column-4">2</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Mike Piazza</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td>
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		<td class="column-1">Tim Raines</td><td class="column-2">279</td><td class="column-3">48.7%</td><td class="column-4">5</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Reggie Sanders</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td>
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		<td class="column-1">Curt Schilling</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td>
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		<td class="column-1">Aaron Sele</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td>
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		<td class="column-1">Lee Smith</td><td class="column-2">290</td><td class="column-3">50.6%</td><td class="column-4">10</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Sammy Sosa</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td>
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		<td class="column-1">Mike Stanton</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td>
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		<td class="column-1">Alan Trammell</td><td class="column-2">211</td><td class="column-3">36.8%</td><td class="column-4">11</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Larry Walker</td><td class="column-2">131</td><td class="column-3">22.9%</td><td class="column-4">2</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Todd Walker</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td>
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	<tr class="row-35 odd">
		<td class="column-1">David Wells</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td>
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		<td class="column-1">Rondell White</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td>
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		<td class="column-1">Bernie Williams</td><td class="column-2">55</td><td class="column-3">9.6%</td><td class="column-4">1</td>
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		<td class="column-1">Woody Williams</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td>
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<p>In the 2012 voting, Larkin was named on 495 of 573 ballots cast (86.4 percent). For election, 430 votes were necessary. The only other players on at least half the ballots were pitcher Jack Morris with 382 votes (66.7), first baseman Jeff Bagwell with 321 (56.0) and relief pitcher Lee Smith with 290 (50.6).</p>
<p>Players may remain on the ballot for up to 15 years provided they receive five percent of the vote in the previous year. The only first-year candidate in 2012 who received sufficient support to remain was outfielder Bernie Williams with 55 votes (9.6).</p>
<p>Clemens, who compiled a 354-184 record with a 3.12 earned run average and 4,672 strikeouts over a 24-season career, was the recipient of eight BBWAA awards, the most by any individual player. He was the American League Most Valuable Player with the Boston Red Sox in 1986 and won the Cy Young Award a record seven times – in the AL with the Red Sox in 1986, ’87 and ’91; with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1997 and ’98; with the New York Yankees in 2001 and in the National League with the Houston Astros in 2004.</p>
<p>Bonds, baseball’s single-season home run record holder with 73 in 2001 and all-time home run leader with 762 over a 22-season career with the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants, was the MVP of the NL seven times, more than twice as often as any player in history, including a record string of four victories from 2001-04 with the Giants. Bonds also won with the Giants in 1993 and with the Pirates in 1990 and ’92. He finished second in the voting in 1991 with the Pirates and 2000 with the Giants.</p>
<p>Biggio totaled 3,060 hits in a 20-season career spent entirely with the Astros. He played regularly as a catcher, second baseman and outfielder. Of Biggio’s hit total, 668 were doubles, which ranks fifth all-time and first among right-handed batters. He is the only player in history with at least 3,000 hits, 600 doubles, 400 stolen bases and 250 home runs.</p>
<p>Outfielder Sammy Sosa, the NL MVP in 1998, and two former Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Award winners, catchers Sandy Alomar Jr. (1990) and Mike Piazza (1993), are also on the ballot for the first time. Joining them are pitchers Curt Schilling, the 2001 World Series co-MVP, and David Wells, whose perfect game in 1998 was a highlight of the Yankees’ 114-victory season; outfielders Kenny Lofton, who competed in 20 postseason series, and Shawn Green, the record holder for most total bases in a game (19), and infielder Julio Franco, the ageless former batting champion who was the oldest player (48) to hit a home run in the majors. Other newcomers are starting pitchers Aaron Sele and Woody Williams; relievers Roberto Hernandez, Jose Mesa and Mike Stanton; infielders Jeff Cirillo, Royce Clayton and Todd Walker; outfielders Steve Finley, Reggie Sanders and Rondell White and outfielders-first baseman Jeff Conine and Ryan Klesko.</p>
<p>Among those returning to the ballot are first basemen Don Mattingly, Fred McGriff, Mark McGwire and Rafael Palmeiro; outfielders Dale Murphy, Tim Raines and Larry Walker; shortstop Alan Trammell and third baseman-designated hitter Edgar Martinez.</p>
<p>Writers with 10 or more consecutive years’ experience make up the electorate, which must return ballots by a Dec. 31 postmark. Votes are counted jointly by BBWAA secretary-treasurer Jack O’Connell and Ernst &amp; Young partner Michael DiLecce. Results will be announced Wednesday, January 9, 2013, on the MLB Network and the web sites of the <a href="http://www.baseballhall.org" target="_blank">Hall of Fame</a> and the <a href="http://bbwaa.com" target="_blank">BBWAA</a>.</p>
<p>Read the <a href="http://bbwaa.com/voting-faq/">Voting FAQ</a> and see O&#8217;Connell discuss the Hall of Fame voting process in this video&#8230;</p>
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		<title>2013 Spink Award</title>
		<link>http://bbwaa.com/2012/12/2013-spink/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Philadelphia Writer Paul Hagen Honored Paul Hagen, whose baseball writing career has spanned 40 years, including the past 26 as an authoritative analytical voice in Philadelphia, was elected the 2013 winner of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. He will be honored with the award that is [...]]]></description>
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<p>Paul Hagen, whose baseball writing career has spanned 40 years, including the past 26 as an authoritative analytical voice in Philadelphia, was elected the 2013 winner of the <a href="http://bbwaa.com/constitution/#spink">J.G. Taylor Spink Award</a> in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.</p>
<p>He will be honored with the award that is presented annually to a sportswriter “for meritorious contributions to baseball writing” during the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s induction weekend July 26-29 in Cooperstown, N.Y.</p>
<p>Hagen received 269 votes from the 421 ballots, including five blanks, cast by BBWAA members with 10 or more consecutive years’ service in becoming the 64<sup>th</sup> winner of the award since its inception in 1962 and named for the first recipient. Spink was a driving force of The Sporting News, known during his lifetime as the “Baseball Bible.”</p>
<p>Jim Hawkins, whose coverage of the Detroit Tigers and Major League Baseball extended over four decades, received 87 votes. Russell Schneider, a fixture of baseball coverage in Cleveland for half a century and the author of 13 books on the game, got 60.</p>
<p>The candidates were selected by a three-member, BBWAA-appointed committee and announced during the All-Star Game meeting July 10 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. Voting was conducted in November through a mail ballot, a process that began in 2002.</p>
<p>Hagen has carved out a reputation as a tireless reporter, always willing to wait out a player for that extra quote or put in that extra phone call and wait for hours for a return call – anything for that extra detail or piece of reporting that will make a story and serve a reader well.</p>
<p>A graduate of Ohio University, Hagen began his baseball writing career with the San Bernardino Sun covering the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1974. Three years later, he started a decade’s worth of coverage of the Texas Rangers for the Dallas Times Herald and the Fort Worth Star Telegram.</p>
<p>In 1987, Paul moved on to the Philadelphia Daily News where he covered the Philadelphia Phillies for 15 seasons before becoming the paper’s national baseball columnist in 2002.  In addition to his regular workload of features and columns, Hagen specialized in in-depth takeouts such as a three-part series in 2007 examining why the Phillies had been so unsuccessful for so long, a Q&amp;A with Supreme Court Justice – and Phillies fan – Samuel Alito, and a 2011 assessment of the fall of former Phillies center fielder Lenny Dykstra.</p>
<p>An enthusiastic member of the BBWAA, Paul served as national president in 2003 and on various other committees, including the Hall of Fame Veterans Committee on Executives in 2007.</p>
<p><a href="http://bbwaa.com/constitution/#spink">Past winners</a></p>
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		<title>2012 Award Winners</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 01:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cy Young]]></category>
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		<td colspan="2" class="column-1 colspan-2"><div style="background-color:black; color:white; line-height:30px;">MVP</div></td>
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		<td class="column-1"><a href="12-al-mvp"><img src="http://bbwaa.com/wp-content/uploads/cabrera12.jpg" width=350><br />
Miguel Cabrera, Tigers</a></td><td class="column-2"><a href="12-nl-mvp"><img src="http://bbwaa.com/wp-content/uploads/posey12.jpg" width=350><br />
Buster Posey, Giants</a></td>
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		<td colspan="2" class="column-1 colspan-2"><div style="background-color:black; color:white; line-height:30px;">Cy Young</div></td>
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David Price, Rays</a></td><td class="column-2"><a href="12-nl-cy"><img src="http://bbwaa.com/wp-content/uploads/dickey12.jpg" width=350><br />
R.A. Dickey, Mets</a></td>
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		<td colspan="2" class="column-1 colspan-2"><div style="background-color:black; color:white; line-height:30px;">Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year</div></td>
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		<td class="column-1"><a href="12-al-roy"><img src="http://bbwaa.com/wp-content/uploads/trout12.jpg" width=350><br />
Mike Trout, Angels</a></td><td class="column-2"><a href="12-nl-roy"><img src="http://bbwaa.com/wp-content/uploads/harper12.jpg" width=350><br />
Bryce Harper, Nationals</a></td>
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		<td colspan="2" class="column-1 colspan-2"><div style="background-color:black; color:white; line-height:30px;">Manager of the Year</div></td>
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Bob Melvin, Athletics</a></td><td class="column-2"><a href="12-nl-mgr"><img src="http://bbwaa.com/wp-content/uploads/johnson12.jpg" width=350><br />
Davey Johnson, Nationals</a></td>
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		<title>2012 Awards Finalists</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time, the BBWAA is releasing the top finishers in voting for its annual awards in advance of the release of the total results. The finalists are listed alphabetically. Awards will be announced live on the MLB Network, starting Monday, with each hour-long show starting at 6 pm ET. Full results will appear [...]]]></description>
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<p>For the first time, the BBWAA is releasing the top finishers in voting for its annual awards in advance of the release of the total results. The finalists are <strong>listed alphabetically</strong>. Awards will be announced live on the <a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/network/" target="_blank">MLB Network</a>, starting Monday, with each hour-long show starting at 6 pm ET. Full results will appear here after the announcement.</p>
<p>Voting was conducted at the end of the regular season. See our <a href="voting-faq">FAQ</a> for more information about the voting process.</p>

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		<td colspan="2" class="column-1 colspan-2"><div style="background-color:black; color:white; line-height:30px;">Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year (Nov. 12)</div></td>
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		<td class="column-1">Yoenis Cespedes, A's<br />
Yu Darvish, Rangers<br />
Mike Trout, Angels<br />
</td><td class="column-2">Todd Frazier, Reds<br />
Bryce Harper, Nationals<br />
Wade Miley, Diamondbacks</td>
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		<td colspan="2" class="column-1 colspan-2"><div style="background-color:black; color:white; line-height:30px;">Manager of the Year (Nov. 13)</div></td>
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		<td class="column-1">Bob Melvin, A's<br />
Buck Showalter, Orioles<br />
Robin Ventura, White Sox<br />
</td><td class="column-2">Dusty Baker, Reds<br />
Bruce Bochy, Giants<br />
Davey Johnson, Nationals</td>
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		<td colspan="2" class="column-1 colspan-2"><div style="background-color:black; color:white; line-height:30px;">Cy Young (Nov. 14)</div></td>
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		<td class="column-1">David Price, Rays<br />
Justin Verlander, Tigers<br />
Jered Weaver, Angels<br />
</td><td class="column-2">R.A. Dickey, Mets<br />
Gio Gonzalez, Nationals<br />
Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers<br />
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	<tr class="row-9">
		<td class="column-1">Adrian Beltre, Rangers<br />
Miguel Cabrera, Tigers<br />
Robinson Cano, Yankees<br />
Josh Hamilton, Rangers<br />
Mike Trout, Angels</td><td class="column-2">Ryan Braun, Brewers<br />
Chase Headley, Padres<br />
Andrew McCutchen, Pirates<br />
Yadier Molina, Cardinals<br />
Buster Posey, Giants</td>
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		<title>2012 Award Announcements</title>
		<link>http://bbwaa.com/2012/10/2012-award-announcements/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2012 02:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Baseball Writers&#8217; Association of America&#8217;s awards will be announced on a series of hour-long programs on the MLB Network, starting Monday, Nov. 12. Shows will air at 6 p.m. ET, and the winners of the awards in both leagues will be announced during those broadcasts, and then posted here. Here is the full schedule [...]]]></description>
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The Baseball Writers&#8217; Association of America&#8217;s awards will be announced on a series of hour-long programs on the <a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/network/" target="_blank">MLB Network</a>, starting Monday, Nov. 12. Shows will air at 6 p.m. ET, and the winners of the awards in both leagues will be announced during those broadcasts, and then posted here.</p>
<p>Here is the full schedule of announcements:</p>
<p><strong>Monday, Nov. 12:</strong> AL and NL Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Awards. </p>
<p><strong>Tuesday, Nov. 13:</strong> AL and NL Managers of the Year.</p>
<p><strong>Wednesday, Nov. 14:</strong> AL and NL Cy Young Awards.</p>
<p><strong>Thursday, Nov. 15:</strong> AL and NL MVP Awards.</p>
<p>Voting was conducted at the end of the regular season. For more information on the voting process, read our <a href="http://bbwaa.com/voting-faq">Frequently Asked Questions</a>.</p>
<p>Click <a href="http://bbwaa.com/awards/">here</a> to see past winners.</p>
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		<title>2012 Hall of Fame</title>
		<link>http://bbwaa.com/2012/01/2012-hof-results/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Longtime Reds Shortstop Barry Larkin Elected Barry Larkin, a 12-time All-Star, nine-time Silver Slugger and three-time Gold Glove winning shortstop, was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America in balloting verified by Ernst &#38; Young. Larkin, 47, will be inducted into the Hall July 22 at the [...]]]></description>
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<p>Barry Larkin, a 12-time All-Star, nine-time Silver Slugger and three-time Gold Glove winning shortstop, was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America in balloting verified by Ernst &amp; Young.</p>
<p>Larkin, 47, will be inducted into the Hall July 22 at the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown, N.Y., along with the late third baseman Ron Santo, who was elected last month by the Golden Era Committee. Also to be honored over Induction Weekend will be <a href="http://bbwaa.com/2012-spink">Bob Elliott of the Toronto Sun with the J.G. Taylor Spink Award</a> for baseball writing and television analyst Tim McCarver, the former major league catcher, with the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasting.</p>
<p>A total of <a href="http://bbwaa.com/2012-hof-voting-link">573 ballots</a>, including nine blanks, were cast by BBWAA members with 10 or more consecutive years’ service. Players must be named on 75 percent of ballots submitted to be elected. This year, 430 votes were required.</p>
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		<td class="column-1"><b>Name</b></td><td class="column-2"><b>Votes</b></td><td class="column-3"><b>Yrs on<br>ballot</b></td>
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		<td class="column-1">Barry Larkin</td><td class="column-2">495 (86.4%)</td><td class="column-3">3</td>
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	<tr class="row-4 even">
		<td class="column-1">Jack Morris</td><td class="column-2">382 (66.7%)</td><td class="column-3">13</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-5 odd">
		<td class="column-1">Jeff Bagwell</td><td class="column-2">321 (56.0%)</td><td class="column-3">2</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-6 even">
		<td class="column-1">Lee Smith</td><td class="column-2">290 (50.6%)</td><td class="column-3">10</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-7 odd">
		<td class="column-1">Tim Raines</td><td class="column-2">279 (48.7%)</td><td class="column-3">5</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-8 even">
		<td class="column-1">Alan Trammell</td><td class="column-2">211 (36.8%)</td><td class="column-3">11</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-9 odd">
		<td class="column-1">Edgar Martinez</td><td class="column-2">209 (36.5%)</td><td class="column-3">3</td>
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	<tr class="row-10 even">
		<td class="column-1">Fred McGriff</td><td class="column-2">137 (23.9%)</td><td class="column-3">3</td>
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	<tr class="row-11 odd">
		<td class="column-1">Larry Walker</td><td class="column-2">131 (22.9%)</td><td class="column-3">2</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-12 even">
		<td class="column-1">Mark McGwire</td><td class="column-2">112 (19.5%)</td><td class="column-3">6</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-13 odd">
		<td class="column-1">Don Mattingly </td><td class="column-2">102 (17.8%)</td><td class="column-3">12</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-14 even">
		<td class="column-1">Dale Murphy</td><td class="column-2">83 (14.5%)</td><td class="column-3">14</td>
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	<tr class="row-15 odd">
		<td class="column-1">Rafael Palmeiro</td><td class="column-2">72 (12.6%)</td><td class="column-3">2</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-16 even">
		<td class="column-1">Bernie Williams</td><td class="column-2">55 (9.6%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-17 odd">
		<td class="column-1">Juan Gonzalez</td><td class="column-2">23 (4.0%)</td><td class="column-3">2</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-18 even">
		<td class="column-1">Vinny Castilla</td><td class="column-2">6 (1.0%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-19 odd">
		<td class="column-1">Tim Salmon</td><td class="column-2">5 (0.9%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-20 even">
		<td class="column-1">Bill Mueller</td><td class="column-2">4 (0.7%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-21 odd">
		<td class="column-1">Brad Radke</td><td class="column-2">2 (0.3%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-22 even">
		<td class="column-1">Javy Lopez</td><td class="column-2">1 (0.2%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-23 odd">
		<td class="column-1">Eric Young</td><td class="column-2">1 (0.2%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-24 even">
		<td class="column-1">Jeromy Burnitz</td><td class="column-2">0 (0%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-25 odd">
		<td class="column-1">Brian Jordan</td><td class="column-2">0 (0%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-26 even">
		<td class="column-1">Terry Mulholland</td><td class="column-2">0 (0%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-27 odd">
		<td class="column-1">Phil Nevin</td><td class="column-2">0 (0%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
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	<tr class="row-28 even">
		<td class="column-1">Ruben Sierra</td><td class="column-2">0 (0%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
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	<tr class="row-29 odd">
		<td class="column-1">Tony Womack</td><td class="column-2">0 (0%)</td><td class="column-3">1</td>
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	<tr class="row-30 even">
		<td colspan="3" class="column-1 colspan-3"><i><center>Induction July 22 in Cooperstown, N.Y.<br />
75% required for induction. 5% required to remain on the ballot</center></i></td>
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<p>Larkin, who was in his third year of eligibility, received 495 votes, for an 86.4-percent plurality. His vote total reflected a 24.3-percent gain from the 2011 ballot, the largest jump in one year to gain election since 1948 when pitcher Herb Pennock received 77.7 percent of the vote after having tallied 53.4 percent in 1947. Larkin’s jump is the largest for any Hall of Fame election in which at least 400 ballots were cast. The previous highest was the 16.4-percent jump by first baseman Tony Perez from 1999 (60.8) to 2000 (77.2).</p>
<p>Larkin’s election brings to 297 the number of elected Hall members. Of that total, 207 are former major-league players, of which 112 have been through the BBWAA ballot. Larkin is the 24<sup>th</sup> shortstop elected to the Hall and the 11<sup>th</sup> by the BBWAA. He is also the 48<sup>th</sup> Hall of Famer who played his entire career with one club and the third to do so for the Cincinnati Reds, joining catcher Johnny Bench and 19<sup>th</sup>-century second baseman Bid McPhee.</p>
<p>A Cincinnati native, Larkin played 19 seasons for the Reds and batted .295 with 2,340 hits, including 441 doubles, 76 triples and 198 home runs. He drove in 960 runs, scored 1,329, stole 379 bases and had more walks (939) than strikeouts (817). Larkin became the first shortstop to join the 30-30 club when he had 33 home runs and 36 steals in 1996. He was voted the National League Most Valuable Player in 1995 by the BBWAA and hit .353 in the Reds’ World Series sweep of the Oakland Athletics in 1990.</p>
<p>The only players other than Larkin to gain more than 50 percent of the vote were pitcher Jack Morris with 382 votes (66.7%), first baseman Jeff Bagwell with 321 (56.0%) and reliever Lee Smith with 290 (50.6%).</p>
<p>Players may remain on the ballot for up to 15 years provided they receive five percent of the vote in any year. There were 13 candidates who failed to make the cut this year (30 votes), including 12 of the 13 players who were on the ballot for the first time. The only first-year candidate who received sufficient support to remain was outfielder Bernie Williams with 55 votes (9.6%). Two-time American League MVP Juan Gonzalez got 23 votes (4.0%) and fell off the ballot in his second year of eligibility.</p>
<p>Other holdovers that will remain on the ballot in addition to Morris, Bagwell, Smith and Williams are first basemen Mark McGwire, Fred McGriff, Don Mattingly and Rafael Palmeiro; outfielders Tim Raines, Dale Murphy and Larry Walker; designated hitter-third baseman Edgar Martinez and shortstop Alan Trammell.</p>
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		<title>2012 Spink Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Longtime Toronto writer Bob Elliott honored Bob Elliott, who has been a positive influence on an entire country for the past 30 years as a writer, columnist and ambassador for baseball and Canada, was elected the 2012 winner of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. He will [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>Longtime Toronto writer Bob Elliott honored</h2>
<p>Bob Elliott, who has been a positive influence on an entire country for the past 30 years as a writer, columnist and ambassador for baseball and Canada, was elected the 2012 winner of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.</p>
<p>He will be honored with the award that is presented annually to a sportswriter “for meritorious contributions to baseball writing” during the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s induction weekend July 20-23 in Cooperstown, N.Y.</p>
<p>Elliott received 205 votes from the 455 ballots cast by BBWAA members with 10 or more consecutive years’ service in becoming the 63<sup>rd</sup> winner of the award since its inception in 1962 and named for the first recipient. Spink was a driving force of The Sporting News, known during his lifetime as the “Baseball Bible.”</p>
<p>Paul Hagen, an authoritative, analytical voice in Philadelphia over the past 25 years during a 40-year career, received 169 votes. Russell Schneider, a fixture of baseball coverage in Cleveland for half a century and the author of 13 books on the game, got 81.</p>
<p>The candidates were selected by a three-member, BBWAA-appointed committee and announced during the All-Star Game meeting July 12 at Chase Field in Phoenix. Voting was conducted in November through a mail ballot, a process that began in 2002.</p>
<p>Elliott has been a cornerstone and a sounding board for two Halls of Fame – at Cooperstown, in terms of paths to follow with veterans and the regular vote, and in the village of St. Marys in Ontario where the first pro game in Canada was played. He is the first Canadian writer to be honored.</p>
<p>Never before have there been as many Canadian players in college and pro leagues than in the past decade, and practically every one of them, their parents or coaches reached out to Elliott for advice and counsel. Elliott, known as “Boxer,” speaks the truth by investigating and researching all sides of the story, maintaining strong relationships with executives, players, managers, coaches, scouts, agents and fans with a high level of integrity and affection for the sport.</p>
<p>Elliott covered the Montreal Expos in the early 1980s with two Ottawa newspapers and quickly earned the trust and respect of the public relations department, front office, players and coaching staff. His move to the Toronto Sun allowed his talents as a writer to be appreciated by a wider audience.</p>
<p>The emergence of the Canadian pro baseball player closely parallels the emergence of Elliott as a major North American sports writing influence. In 2007, there were 750 Canadian athletes on scholarship at U.S. universities, colleges and junior colleges. At the same time there were 500 Canadian hockey players on scholarship in the States.</p>
<p>A former chairman of the Toronto Chapter, Boxer has served on several BBWAA committees and was the national president in 1999.</p>
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		<title>2012 Hall of Fame Ballot</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bernie Williams Leads Field of 13 Newcomers Barry Larkin, Jack Morris Tops Among Returnees; Results announced Jan. 9, 2012 Two American League batting champions, two league leaders in runs batted in and a winner of the Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Award are among 13 new candidates on the 2012 Hall of Fame ballot [...]]]></description>
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<div style="font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; text-align: center;">Barry Larkin, Jack Morris Tops Among Returnees; Results announced Jan. 9, 2012</div>
<p>Two American League batting champions, two league leaders in runs batted in and a winner of the Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Award are among 13 new candidates on the 2012 Hall of Fame ballot mailed this week to approximately 600 voting members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.</p>
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<td align="center" colspan="3"  bgcolor="black"><span style="color: white;"><strong>2012 Hall of Fame Ballot</strong></span></td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7"><strong>Name</strong></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7"><strong>2011 Votes</strong></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7"><strong>Yrs on ballot</strong></td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">Jeff Bagwell</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">242 (41.7%)</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">1</td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">Jeromy Burnitz</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7"></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7"></td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">Vinny Castilla</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7"></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7"></td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">Juan Gonzalez</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">30 (5.2%)</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">1</td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">Brian Jordan</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7"></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7"></td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">Barry Larkin</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">361 (62.1%)</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">2</td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">Javy Lopez</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7"></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7"></td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">Edgar Martinez</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">191 (32.9%)</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">2</td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">Don Mattingly</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">79 (13.6%)</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">11</td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">Fred McGriff</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">104 (17.9%)</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">2</td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">Mark McGwire</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">115 (19.8%)</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">5</td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">Jack Morris</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">311 (53.5%)</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">12</td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">Bill Mueller</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7"></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7"></td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">Terry Mulholland</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7"></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7"></td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">Dale Murphy</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">73 (12.6%)</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">13</td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">Phil Nevin</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7"></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7"></td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">Rafael Palmeiro</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">64 (11.0%)</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">1</td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">Brad Radke</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7"></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7"></td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">Tim Raines</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">218 (37.5%)</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">4</td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">Tim Salmon</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7"></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7"></td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">Ruben Sierra</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7"></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7"></td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">Lee Smith</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">263 (43.5%)</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">9</td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">Alan Trammell</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">141 (24.3%)</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">10</td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">Larry Walker</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">118 (20.3%)</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">1</td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">Bernie Williams</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7"></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7"></td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">Tony Womack</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7"></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7"></td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7">Eric Young</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7"></td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#d8d7d7"></td>
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<td align="center"colspan="3"  bgcolor="#d8d7d7"><em>Note: 75% required for enshrinement. Results announced Jan. 9, 2012</em></td>
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<p>They join 14 holdovers from the 2011 balloting in which <a href="http://bbwaa.com/2011/01/2011-hall-of-fame/">second baseman Roberto Alomar and pitcher Bert Blyleven were elected</a>. Candidates must be named on 75 percent of the ballots cast to gain entry into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.</p>
<p>In the 2011 voting, Alomar was named on 523 of the record 581 ballots cast (90 percent) and Blyleven on 463 (79.7). For election, 436 votes were necessary. The only other players on at least half the ballots were shortstop Barry Larkin with 361 votes (62.1) and pitcher Jack Morris with 311 (53.5).</p>
<p>Players may remain on the ballot for up to 15 years provided they receive five percent of the vote each year. First-year candidates in 2011 who received sufficient support to remain were first basemen Jeff Bagwell with 242 (41.7) and Rafael Palmeiro with 64 (11.0) and outfielders Larry Walker with 118 (20.3) and Juan Gonzalez with 30 (5.2).</p>
<p>Newcomers on the 2012 ballot include Bernie Williams, the switch-hitting center fielder on four World Series champs during a 16-season career with the New York Yankees. A .297 career hitter with 287 home runs, Williams won the AL batting crown in 1998 with a .339 average. The other new AL batting champ on the ballot is third baseman Bill Mueller, who hit .326 in 2003. One year later, Mueller hit .429 in the Boston Red Sox’ first World Series triumph in 86 years.</p>
<p>Outfielder Ruben Sierra led the AL in RBI with 109 in 1989 with the Texas Rangers when he ran second to the Milwaukee Brewers’ Robin Yount for the AL Most Valuable Player Award. Sierra drove in 1,322 runs over a 20-season career with nine clubs. Third baseman Vinny Castilla was the National League RBI leader with 131 in 2003 for the Colorado Rockies, his fifth season of driving in more than 100 runs in a 16-year career in which he batted .276 with 320 home runs.</p>
<p>Outfielder Tim Salmon was the AL’s top rookie in 1993 by a unanimous vote and went on to bat .282 with 299 home runs and 1,016 RBI over 16 seasons, all with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, including 2002 when he hit .346 with two homers and five RBI in their World Series victory over the San Francisco Giants. Other members of championship teams on the ballot for the first time are catcher Javy Lopez of the 1995 Atlanta Braves and infielder Tony Womack of the 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks.</p>
<p>Also on the ballot for the first time are pitchers Terry Mulholland and Brad Radke, outfielders  Jeromy Burnitz and Brian Jordan, second baseman Eric Young and infielder-catcher Phil Nevin. Others returning to the ballot include first basemen Don Mattingly, Fred McGriff and Mark McGwire; outfielders Dale Murphy and Tim Raines; shortstop Alan Trammell; third baseman-designated hitter Edgar Martinez and relief pitcher Lee Smith.</p>
<p>Writers with 10 or more consecutive years’ experience make up the <a href="http://bbwaa.com/voting-faq">electorate</a>, which must return ballots by a Dec. 31 postmark. Votes are counted jointly by BBWAA secretary-treasurer Jack O’Connell and Ernst &amp; Young partner Michael DiLecce. Results will be announced Monday, January 9, 2012, on the MLB Network and the Web sites of the <a href="http://www.baseballhall.org" target="_blank">Hall of Fame</a> and <a href="http://bbwaa.com" target="_blank">BBWAA</a>.</p>
<p>See O&#8217;Connell discuss the Hall of Fame voting process in this video&#8230;</p>
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		<title>2011 NL MVP</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ryan Braun Slugs His Way to Award Milwaukee left fielder Ryan Braun, whose slugging and clutch hitting helped the Brewers win the National League Central title, was named the league’s Most Valuable Player in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Braun, who turned 28 last Thursday, was listed first on 20 ballots and [...]]]></description>
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<p>Milwaukee left fielder Ryan Braun, whose slugging and clutch hitting helped the Brewers win the National League Central title, was named the league’s Most Valuable Player in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.</p>
<p>Braun, who turned 28 last Thursday, was listed first on 20 ballots and second on the rest of the 32, submitted by two writers from each league city, to score 388 points, based on a tabulation system rewarding 14 points for first place, nine for second, eight for third and on down to one for 10<sup>th</sup>. Braun led the league in slugging (.597), on-base plus slugging (.994) and extra-base hits (77) and ranked second in batting average (.332) and runs (109), fourth in RBI (111), tied for sixth in home runs (33) and seventh in stolen bases (33). He hit .351 in 148 at-bats with runners in scoring position.</p>
<p>Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp, who flirted with the Triple Crown all season, received 10 first-place votes and was the runner-up with 332 points. Kemp topped the NL in home runs (39) and runs batted in (126) and was third in the batting race at .324 behind New York Mets shortstop Jose Reyes (.337) and Braun. Kemp also led the NL in runs (115) and total bases (353).</p>
<p>Receiving one first-place vote apiece were Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder (.299, 38 HR, 120 RBI), who finished third with 229 points, and Arizona Diamondbacks right fielder Justin Upton (.289, 31 HR, 88 RBI, 105 R), who placed fourth with 214 points. Braun, Kemp, Fielder and Upton were the only players named on every ballot.</p>
<p>St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols (.299, 37 HR, 99 RBI, 105R), a three-time winner, finished fifth, marking the 11<sup>th</sup> consecutive year that he has placed in the top 10 of MVP voting. Rounding out this year’s top 10 were the 2010 winner, Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto (.309, 29 HR, 103 RBI, 40 2B, 110 BB), Cardinals right fielder Lance Berkman (.301, 31 HR, 94 RBI), Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki (.302, 30 HR, 105 RBI), Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay (19-6, 2.35 ERA, 8 CG, 220 K) and Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard (.253, 33 HR, 116 RBI). In all, 26 players gained mention.</p>
<p>The election marked the fourth time a Brewers player won the MVP Award and the first in the NL. The franchise, which began as the expansion Seattle Pilots in 1969 and moved to Milwaukee a year later, was shifted to the NL from the American League in 1998. Brewers winners in the AL were Robin Yount as a shortstop in 1982 and as a center fielder in 1989 and relief pitcher Rollie Fingers in 1981. The only other Milwaukee player to win the NL MVP Award was right fielder Henry Aaron with the Braves in 1957. They moved to Atlanta in 1966 and have had four winners since.</p>
<p>Braun won the NL’s Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Award in 2007 and became the 13<sup>th</sup> former winner to be elected MVP, joining Howard, Pujols, Jeff Bagwell, Andre Dawson, Johnny Bench, Dick Allen, Pete Rose, Willie McCovey, Orlando Cepeda, Frank Robinson, Willie Mays and Don Newcombe. There have been eight dual winners in the AL, including Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander this year.</p>
<p>This was the 14<sup>th</sup> time a left fielder has been honored in the NL, including seven-time MVP Barry Bonds. Other winning left fielders: Rose, Kevin Mitchell, Kirk Gibson, George Foster, Hank Sauer and Joe Medwick. Left fielders have won the award in the AL eight times: Ted Williams twice, Hank Greenberg, Carl Yastrzemski, Jim Rice, Don Baylor, George Bell and Rickey Henderson.</p>
<p>Medwick in 1937 was the last NL player to win batting’s Triple Crown, which Kemp came close to achieving this year. His second-place finish was the 11<sup>th</sup> for a Dodgers player in the history of the voting. Other Dodgers runners-up for MVP were Sandy Koufax in 1965 and ’66, Mike Piazza in 1996 and ’97, Pete Reiser in 1941, Dixie Walker in 1946, Duke Snider in 1955, Sal Maglie in 1956, Steve Garvey in 1978 and Adrian Beltre in 2004.</p>
<p>The voting:<br />

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		<th class="column-1">Player, Team</th><th class="column-2">1st</th><th class="column-3">2nd</th><th class="column-4">3rd</th><th class="column-5">4th</th><th class="column-6">5th</th><th class="column-7">6th</th><th class="column-8">7th</th><th class="column-9">8th</th><th class="column-10">9th</th><th class="column-11">10th</th><th class="column-12">Points</th>
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		<td class="column-1">Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers</td><td class="column-2">20</td><td class="column-3">12</td><td class="column-4"></td><td class="column-5"></td><td class="column-6"></td><td class="column-7"></td><td class="column-8"></td><td class="column-9"></td><td class="column-10"></td><td class="column-11"></td><td class="column-12">388</td>
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	<tr class="row-3 odd">
		<td class="column-1">Matt Kemp, Los Angeles Dodgers</td><td class="column-2">10</td><td class="column-3">16</td><td class="column-4">6</td><td class="column-5"></td><td class="column-6"></td><td class="column-7"></td><td class="column-8"></td><td class="column-9"></td><td class="column-10"></td><td class="column-11"></td><td class="column-12">332</td>
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	<tr class="row-4 even">
		<td class="column-1">Prince Fielder, Milwaukee Brewers</td><td class="column-2">1</td><td class="column-3">4</td><td class="column-4">11</td><td class="column-5">9</td><td class="column-6">1</td><td class="column-7">3</td><td class="column-8"></td><td class="column-9">2</td><td class="column-10"></td><td class="column-11">1</td><td class="column-12">229</td>
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	<tr class="row-5 odd">
		<td class="column-1">Justin Upton, Arizona Diamondbacks</td><td class="column-2">1</td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4">8</td><td class="column-5">11</td><td class="column-6">6</td><td class="column-7">3</td><td class="column-8">1</td><td class="column-9">1</td><td class="column-10"></td><td class="column-11">1</td><td class="column-12">214</td>
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	<tr class="row-6 even">
		<td class="column-1">Albert Pujols, St. Louis Cardinals</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4">1</td><td class="column-5">6</td><td class="column-6">11</td><td class="column-7">6</td><td class="column-8">4</td><td class="column-9"></td><td class="column-10">2</td><td class="column-11"></td><td class="column-12">166</td>
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	<tr class="row-7 odd">
		<td class="column-1">Joey Votto, Cincinnati Reds</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4">4</td><td class="column-5">3</td><td class="column-6">2</td><td class="column-7">8</td><td class="column-8">3</td><td class="column-9">3</td><td class="column-10">4</td><td class="column-11">1</td><td class="column-12">135</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-8 even">
		<td class="column-1">Lance Berkman, St. Louis Cardinals</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4">1</td><td class="column-5">2</td><td class="column-6">6</td><td class="column-7">3</td><td class="column-8">7</td><td class="column-9">2</td><td class="column-10">4</td><td class="column-11">3</td><td class="column-12">118</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-9 odd">
		<td class="column-1">Troy Tulowitzki, Colorado Rockies</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td><td class="column-5"></td><td class="column-6"></td><td class="column-7">3</td><td class="column-8">4</td><td class="column-9">8</td><td class="column-10">5</td><td class="column-11">4</td><td class="column-12">69</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-10 even">
		<td class="column-1">Roy Halladay, Philadelphia Phillies</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4">1</td><td class="column-5"></td><td class="column-6">1</td><td class="column-7">1</td><td class="column-8">6</td><td class="column-9">2</td><td class="column-10"></td><td class="column-11">3</td><td class="column-12">52</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-11 odd">
		<td class="column-1">Ryan Howard, Philadelphia Phillies</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td><td class="column-5">1</td><td class="column-6">3</td><td class="column-7">1</td><td class="column-8">1</td><td class="column-9"></td><td class="column-10">1</td><td class="column-11">3</td><td class="column-12">39</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-12 even">
		<td class="column-1">Jose Reyes, New York Mets</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td><td class="column-5"></td><td class="column-6">1</td><td class="column-7">1</td><td class="column-8"></td><td class="column-9">3</td><td class="column-10">4</td><td class="column-11">3</td><td class="column-12">31</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-13 odd">
		<td class="column-1">Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td><td class="column-5"></td><td class="column-6">1</td><td class="column-7">1</td><td class="column-8"></td><td class="column-9">2</td><td class="column-10">5</td><td class="column-11">2</td><td class="column-12">29</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-14 even">
		<td class="column-1">Shane Victorino, Philadelphia Phillies</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td><td class="column-5"></td><td class="column-6"></td><td class="column-7"></td><td class="column-8"></td><td class="column-9">3</td><td class="column-10">3</td><td class="column-11">3</td><td class="column-12">18</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-15 odd">
		<td class="column-1">Ian Kennedy, Arizona Diamondbacks</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td><td class="column-5"></td><td class="column-6"></td><td class="column-7">1</td><td class="column-8">2</td><td class="column-9">1</td><td class="column-10"></td><td class="column-11"></td><td class="column-12">16</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-16 even">
		<td class="column-1">Cliff Lee, Philadelphia Phillies</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td><td class="column-5"></td><td class="column-6"></td><td class="column-7"></td><td class="column-8">2</td><td class="column-9">1</td><td class="column-10"></td><td class="column-11">1</td><td class="column-12">12</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-17 odd">
		<td class="column-1">Hunter Pence, Astros/Phillies</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td><td class="column-5"></td><td class="column-6"></td><td class="column-7">1</td><td class="column-8"></td><td class="column-9">1</td><td class="column-10">1</td><td class="column-11"></td><td class="column-12">10</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-18 even">
		<td class="column-1">Pablo Sandoval, San Francisco Giants</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td><td class="column-5"></td><td class="column-6"></td><td class="column-7"></td><td class="column-8">1</td><td class="column-9">1</td><td class="column-10"></td><td class="column-11"></td><td class="column-12">7</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-19 odd">
		<td class="column-1">John Axford, Milwaukee Brewers</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td><td class="column-5"></td><td class="column-6"></td><td class="column-7"></td><td class="column-8"></td><td class="column-9">1</td><td class="column-10">2</td><td class="column-11"></td><td class="column-12">7</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-20 even">
		<td class="column-1">Michael Morse, Washington Nationals</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td><td class="column-5"></td><td class="column-6"></td><td class="column-7"></td><td class="column-8">1</td><td class="column-9"></td><td class="column-10"></td><td class="column-11">1</td><td class="column-12">5</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-21 odd">
		<td class="column-1">Carlos Beltran, N.Y. Mets/S.F. Giants</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td><td class="column-5"></td><td class="column-6"></td><td class="column-7"></td><td class="column-8"></td><td class="column-9">1</td><td class="column-10"></td><td class="column-11"></td><td class="column-12">3</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-22 even">
		<td class="column-1">Miguel Montero, Arizona D-backs</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td><td class="column-5"></td><td class="column-6"></td><td class="column-7"></td><td class="column-8"></td><td class="column-9"></td><td class="column-10">1</td><td class="column-11"></td><td class="column-12">2</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-23 odd">
		<td class="column-1">Yadier Molina, St. Louis Cardinals</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td><td class="column-5"></td><td class="column-6"></td><td class="column-7"></td><td class="column-8"></td><td class="column-9"></td><td class="column-10"></td><td class="column-11">2</td><td class="column-12">2</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-24 even">
		<td class="column-1">Starlin Castro, Chicago Cubs</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td><td class="column-5"></td><td class="column-6"></td><td class="column-7"></td><td class="column-8"></td><td class="column-9"></td><td class="column-10"></td><td class="column-11">1</td><td class="column-12">1</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-25 odd">
		<td class="column-1">Craig Kimbrel, Atlanta Braves</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td><td class="column-5"></td><td class="column-6"></td><td class="column-7"></td><td class="column-8"></td><td class="column-9"></td><td class="column-10"></td><td class="column-11">1</td><td class="column-12">1</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-26 even">
		<td class="column-1">Carlos Ruiz, Philadelphia Phillies</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td><td class="column-5"></td><td class="column-6"></td><td class="column-7"></td><td class="column-8"></td><td class="column-9"></td><td class="column-10"></td><td class="column-11">1</td><td class="column-12">1</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="row-27 odd">
		<td class="column-1">Mike Stanton, Florida Marlins</td><td class="column-2"></td><td class="column-3"></td><td class="column-4"></td><td class="column-5"></td><td class="column-6"></td><td class="column-7"></td><td class="column-8"></td><td class="column-9"></td><td class="column-10"></td><td class="column-11">1</td><td class="column-12">1</td>
	</tr>
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