Well, it’s that time of the year again–time for the annual UCB Awards. If you aren’t familiar by now, each blogger casts his/her vote for a number of Cardinals-related categories, and the votes are counted at the end of November. We’ve recently added a feature allowing fans/readers to vote for the awards too (which you can do here before November 30th). My votes are below, though I did abstain from a few categories. Stay tuned to see who takes home the hardware*.
*There’s no actual hardware.
1) Player of the Year – Matt Carpenter
Nominees: Matt Carpenter, Matt Holliday, Jhonny Peralta
2) Pitcher of the Year – Adam Wainwright
Nominees: Lance Lynn, Pat Neshek, Adam Wainwright
3) Game of the Year – Game 4 NLDS
Nominees: May 20 (Wainwright one-hitter), May 31 (Taveras debut), Game 1 NLDS, Game 4 NLDS, Game 2 NLCS
4) Surprising Player of the Year – Pat Neshek
Nominees: Jon Jay, Lance Lynn, Pat Neshek
5) Disappointing Player of the Year – Peter Bourjos
Nominees: Peter Bourjos, Justin Masterson, Kevin Siegrist
6) Cardinal Rookie of the Year – Kolten Wong
Nominees: Marco Gonzales, Randal Grichuk, Oscar Taveras, Kolten Wong
7) Acquisition of the Year – John Lackey
Nominees: John Lackey, Pat Neshek, Jhonny Peralta
8) Most Anticipated Cardinal – Stephen Piscotty
Nominees: Rob Kaminsky, Stephen Piscotty, Luke Weaver
9) Cardinal Moment of the Year – “Big City Leap”
Nominees: Taveras’s first home run as the rains came, “The Big City Leap” in Game 4 of the NLDS, Wong’s walkoff in Game 2 of the NLCS
10) Best Individual Cardinal Blog – Abstained
11) Best Team Cardinal Blog* – Abstained
*–All members of The Cardinal Conclave are considered individual blogs. No votes for “The Cardinal Conclave” as a whole should be done here.
12) Best Media Coverage – Derrick Goold
Nominees: Derrick Goold, Jenifer Langosch, Stan McNeal, Bernie Miklasz
13) Best Rookie Cardinal Blog – Abstained
Nominees: Baseball Geek In Galveston, Bird Tales, Cajun Cardinal, Gateway Sports Connection, High Sock Sunday, Red Cleat Diaries
14) Post of the Year – Abstained
Nominees: The Dawn of the Stephen Piscotty Era in Right Field (Daniel Solzman),Doctor’s Prescription: A Daily Dose of Baseball (Doug Vollet), The End of a Love and a Season (Marilyn Green), The Lynning: Fact or Fiction? (Daniel Shoptaw), The Outfield Chronicles: A Conversation (Christine Coleman), Thinking of Playoff Baseball (Dan Buffa)
15) Best UCB Project – Cardinals HOF
Nominees: Bloggers As Players, Cardinal Hall of Fame Voting, Mailbag, Roundtables
16) Best UCB Podcast – UCB Radio Hour
Nominees: Conversations With C70, Gateway To Baseball Heaven, UCB Radio Hour
17) Best Non-UCB Podcast – BPIB
Nominees: Best Podcast In Baseball, St. Louis Cardinals Extras (MLB.com), Viva El Birdos Podcast
18) Best Twitterer – @dgoold
