AROD, and my year end Baseball awards

Well I see ARod got his first ever hit in a World Series last night, by upstaging the clincher of the World Series by announcing that he would opt out of the last three years of his deal with the Yankees. I hope when ARod does make it back to the playoffs he chokes miserably like he has every other year. If I was running a team I know what free agent third baseman I would be going after and it's not ARod, It would be Mike Lowell the MVP of the series....(Please Mark Shapiro bring him to Cleveland!). And heck while were on the subjectof MVP I would have given it to Pedroia or Ellersby. The Red Sox have a very bright future.

Well now that the season is over:( it's time for my year end awards.

Playoff MVP- Dustin Pedroia- from game 5 of the ALCS on he was the spark the Red Sox needed, between him and Youkolis they were constanltly getting on base for Ortiz and Manny.

Pitcher of the Playoffs- Josh Beckett- 4-0 in the post season with a 1.20 ERA, he is the one pitcher that I would want to pitch for me in a big game.

Regular Season MVP American League- Sorry ARod but my pick goes to Maglio Ordoniez of the Tigers who was really the only productive bat in the lineup in the second half after Shefield went down.
National League- Matt Holliday of the Rockies hit 340 with 36 HR and 137 RBI, and singlehandedley helped carry the Rockies into the playoffs.

Cy Young AL- CC Sabathia, had a career year in leading the Indians back to the playoffs for the first time since 01. He went 19-7 with a 3.21 ERA and threw 241 innings and came up big all year for the Indians.

NL- Jake Peavy, the only pitcher in the NL with a ERA under 3. He also had a career high in wins (19) and innings pitched (223.1)

AL Rookie of the Year- Astrubal Cabrera, call me a homer but when the only other option is DiceK or Alex Gordon, I can't pick either one of them, when Cabrera was inserted into the everyday lineup in August the Indians went on a run, he gave them a huge spark offensively abd defensively and was one of the reasons the Indians won the AL Central.

NL Rookie of the Year- Troy Tulowitzki, the Rockies rookie short stop only made 11 errors all year, and on his defence alone should win the ROTY, his offensive numbers weren't to shabby either .291 with 24 HR and 99 RBI.