The nice guy has finished first – both figuratively and literally. The field manager of the Atlanta Braves, Brian Snitker, was named Tuesday evening as the National League’s Manager of the Year by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.
The makes the 5th (and final) trophy that has been corralled by the Braves here in November: 3 Gold Gloves, a Rookie of the year honor, and now this.
The voting was actually close. While Snitker easily had the most 1st place votes (17 out of 30 total ballots), he lagged behind the Brewers’ Craig Counsell in 2nd place votes (9 to 13).