Vote Ryan Zimmerman For TYIB's Defensive Player Of The Year!

by Ed Chigliak on Nov 24, 2009 1:34 AM EST Comment 6 comments

What's Balester Doing Down There? VOTE ZIM!!! (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

You have until December 11, 2009 to vote for Washington Nationals' third baseman/Face of the Franchise™, who's up for This Year In Baseball's Defensive Player of the Year after an '09 season that's seen Ryan Zimmerman win the ESPN Web Gem title; take home Bill James' Fielding Bible Award; make his first All-Star appearance; earn his first Gold Glove; and his first Silver Slugger, while hitting 9 more HR's than he'd hit before, (33), collecting more RBI's than he's had since Soriano was around, (106), with more more walks (72) and the best OBP (.364) he's posted in any full season, the best SLG, (.525) and the best OPS, (.888), that the 25-year-old right-handed hitting and throwing Virginia Beach, Virginia native and UV almunus has so far put together...uh... Zimmerman also...had an NL leading 20.1 UZR/150...and 7.1 WAR...which was 4th best in the National league, placing Zimmerman behind only Hanley Ramirez (7.3), Chase Utley (7.6) and Ryan Howard (8.4)...a .963 FP%, 325 assists, 28 double plays...

If that isn't enough, on Monday Ryan Zimmerman was named to the, "Dream Team For Public Service" by All Stars Helping Kids, a foundation, the press release reads, "...created by Pro Football Hall of Famer, #42, Ronnie Lott...which recognize(s) the top athletes who have given back to their community." (ed. note - "Here's the link to MLB.com's Alden Gonzalez's article on the Dream Team for Public Service entitled, "An MLB Dream Team for Public Service"...)

• The Kids Call Him Zim!!! Go Vote For Him...

(ed. note - "Seriously, the competition? Jacoby Ellsbury? Who? Michael Bourn? From the movies? Torii Hunter? (He's pretty good...)...Kaz Matsui? (Wasn't good enough for the Mets?)...Yadier Molina (Pretty Good Too...uh)...Melvin Mora? (Next?)...uh...Jimmy Rollins...and Troy Tulowitzi...well Zimmerman takes a back seat to no one here...Vote ZIM!")

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I have done my duty, voting at least 20 times.

I do question the accuracy of this voting system, which allows you to vote as many times as you want by doing nothing more than waiting a few seconds and hitting “vote again.”

by John Quinn on Nov 24, 2009 1:37 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Ditto .. JQ ...

Lots O votes…

by Berndaddy on Nov 24, 2009 1:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Sounds like the all star game voting

And probably a bit like manager of the year. Somewhere Manny Acta is still clicking on the vote again button.

"I love, love, love John Lackey." -- Graysnail.

by Mezza on Nov 24, 2009 5:01 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

What does "breakthrough" mean???

Okay you Kasten/Rizzo fans……… their words are on the line….(except as Boz said, Kasten says this every year….)

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Organizational report: Nats’ young talent provides hope By Seth Livingstone,
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/nationals/2009-11-19-nationals-organizational-report_N.htm

But team President Stan Kasten sounds like a man who wants to go shopping.

“We expect next year to be a breakthrough year for us,” Kasten says. "We still need pieces, and we’re going to go out there and get them, whether by trade or by free agency."

“We have pieces that are attractive to other teams,” general manager Mike Rizzo says. “We’re leaving all avenues open. We’re going to do what’s best for the ballclub in the long term. We have several needs, and we’re going to try to fill them by free agency, by trade or by waiver claim — any way we can.”

Mezza: ''Are we there yet?'' ...Roscoe: "In baseball hell? Yes we are."

by cat daddy3000 on Nov 24, 2009 10:44 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Mezza...

Tonight we got Will Anderson on our trashy gossip show that’s shooting in Sydney.

He made a couple pretty darn funny comments.

by RoscoeNats on Nov 25, 2009 12:21 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Heh

Yea I saw a snippit of Rove on there before. Will Anderson is excellent – funny guy (former political journalist). Seems like they are rolling out the Australian A-list of comedians at this rate…

"I love, love, love John Lackey." -- Graysnail.

by Mezza on Nov 25, 2009 12:51 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs