Topic: Baseball Writers' Association of America

Brewers' Braun wins National League MVP award

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Milwaukee Brewers slugger Ryan Braun was named the winner of the Most Valuable Player Award for the National League Tuesday.Braun, who hit the home run that clinched the National League Central title for Milwaukee, had a .332 batting ...

Dodgers' Kershaw wins National League Cy Young Award

(Reuters) - Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League Cy Young Award as the top pitcher on Thursday, capping a season where he had the league's lowest earned run average and highest strikeout total.Kershaw was named first ...

Tigers' Verlander unanimously wins AL Cy Young

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers won the American League Cy Young Award as the top pitcher on Tuesday, capping a brilliant season in which he led the league in wins, earned run average and strikeouts.Verlander, who went ...

Tigers' Verlander wins American League Cy Young Award

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers won the American League Cy Young Award as the top pitcher on Tuesday, capping a brilliant season where he led the league in wins, earned run average and strikeouts.Verlander, who was 24-5 ...
0 . Susan Slusser, The Chronicle's Oakland A's beat writer, can add a new title: trailblazer.. . On Saturday in Arlington, Texas, Slusser was...

Baseball's labor peace is rare these days

0 . . . - The topic is baseball labor, and we're discussing it way up here atop Page 2 because it's not front-page news, at least for now. That...

Cincinnati's Joey Votto wins National League MVP award

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cincinnati first baseman Joey Votto, who helped the Reds claim their first post-season berth in 15 years, was a runaway choice as National League Most Valuable Player announced on Monday.Votto, 27, was listed first in all but one ...

Cincinnati's Votto wins National League MVP award

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cincinnati first baseman Joey Votto, who helped the Reds claim their first post-season berth in 15 years, was a runaway choice as National League Most Valuable Player announced on Monday.Votto, 27, was listed first in all but one ...

Colorado's Tracy, LA's Scioscia managers of the year

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Colorado Rockies manager Jim Tracy and Los Angeles Angels skipper Mike Scioscia were named managers of the year on Wednesday by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.Tracy, who took over the Rockies in late May when they were ...

Samuel Harold Lacy

May 8, 2003, Washington, D.C.), was an editor and columnist for the Afro-American Newspapers in Baltimore, Md., from 1943 until shortly before his death and in that position was an influential crusader for racial integration in the major leagues. He was ...