Manager of the Year 2009

In a few hours the MLB 2009 Manager of the Year award will be presented. Here are my thoughts.

National League:
Hands down Jim Tracy of the Colorado Rockies is the best choice to receive this award. After 46 games this season with their past manager, Clint Hurdle, the Rockies were 18-28. Then Tracy stepped in and the Rockies finished the season with a 92-70 record, making it into the playoffs and giving the Phillies a run for their money.

American League:
I would really like to see Ron Gardenhire of the Minnesota Twins win this award. The Twins don't have many amazing players and the amazing ones were hurt and gone for parts of the season. He has an amazing ability to work with what he has. The Twins made an amazing run at the end and got into the Postseason through a fantastic Tie Breaker game. They may have gotten swept by the Yankees but hey, we lost to the World Series winners I guess.

I think the manager that is most likely to win is the Los Angelas Angels of Anaheim's manager Mike Scioscia. He is a good manager and took his team pretty far. But the reason he's going to win is because of the tragedy of Nick Adenhart. Instead of the Angels falling apart, the Angels came together after the accident and used Adenhart's memory to push them through the season. I think this was more of a team effort than something that manager did and I don't think Scioscia should win because of it.