Only two of "my" Mennonite farmstands are now open. Both, including this one, will close by Thanksgiving.Manager of the Year awards have just come down. Not surprisingly, it was Joe Maddon for the American League and Lou Piniella for the National. Consolation to either for coming up short in the play-offs? Charlie Manuel finished second in the NL. Had votes been cast during postseason, it might have been different. I doubt that Manuel gives a hoot. After all, he's got the championship that counts.
That sums up how I feel about this year's awards. Yesterday Tim Lincecum of the Giants won the NL Cy Young award. At the press conference the 24-year-old Lincecum, cute in a black jacket and ski cap, looked like the Artful Dodger---and about as old. The award set off debates in NY that Johan Santana of the Mets, who finished 3rd, should have won, that he was better than his record indicated. Yawn. A better case could be made for Brad Lidge, who was after all perfect.
My bet for tomorrow's AL Cy Young announcement is Cliff Lee.
