Ryan Howard has won his second Josh Gibson Award, presented each year to the leading home run hitters in the National and American Leagues. Howard led the NL with 48 homers and 146 RBI. He first won the award, presented by the Negro League Baseball Museum in Kansas City, in 2006. That year he also shared the Oscar Charleston Award, given to the best player each year in the NL and AL, with Derek Jeter of the NY Yankees. In 2005, when Howard was named the NL Rookie of the Year, he also won the Larry Doby Award, presented to the top rookie in each league. The Legacy Awards are now in their ninth year. Proceeds from the awards benefit the NLBM, which is one of the best museums around.
Updates: As thought, the Indians' Cliff Lee got the Cy Young award in the AL. Chase Utley today picked up his third-consecutive Silver Slugger award. This afternoon the Phillies hired Sam Perlozzo, former manager of the Baltimore Orioles, to be a coach. His exact role is yet to be determined.
