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14 Responses to “Happ Named Sporting News Rookie of the Year”

1. BS Says:
   October 20th, 2009 at 1:07 pm

   Whoa, I’m a little surprised. I thought McCutchen would get it, but congrats to JA!

2. gabriel Says:
   October 20th, 2009 at 1:07 pm

   fantastic news! i was hoping he’d get it… he definitely deserves this… look at the phillies recent accolades:
   howard – ROY & MVP
   jimmy – MVP, gold glove, silver sluggers
   victorino – gold glove
   happ – ROY
   Allstars – howard, werth, victorino, chase, raul (2009)
   this team is something special, and insanely fun to watch!
   GT

3. Miles Says:
   October 20th, 2009 at 1:23 pm

   Am I correct in saying that this isn’t the official ROY award? I didn’t think that was announced until later…

4. Sam Says:
   October 20th, 2009 at 1:28 pm

   Congrats to JA! I do have on quetion though, why hasn’t chase gotten a gold glove? He is consistently the best fielding 2nd baseman or at least one of the best in the league (barring thurday and fridays games). So I’m just wondering why he hasn’t been given that honor as of yet…

5. Griffin Says:
   October 20th, 2009 at 1:46 pm

   The “official” NL rookie of the year award is named a few days after the World Series. I think McCutcheon will get it but that doesn’t demean the fantastic season that Happ had.

6. Brian Sr. of CO Says:
   October 20th, 2009 at 1:49 pm

   Sam, I think Chase has a somewhat polarizing affect to some sports writers and fans outside of the Philly Sports world, ESPECIALLY New Yorkers because he kills the Mets. I agree that its kind of BS, but oh well, it may also have something to do with the team he is on. Some sports writers might just want to “spread the wealth” considering they are WS Champs, the most amount of All Stars in the Majors, 3 straight NL East champs, and the other honors mentioned above. I would say that single post from gabriel would without make any fan from any other team ESPECIALLY in the NL East DESPISE the Phillies even more…I LOVE IT! I say Keep on hating, because that means the Phillies keep on Winning. When the hating stops, I am afraid the wins stop.

7. The Original Chuck P Says:
   October 20th, 2009 at 1:59 pm

   That’s awesome!! Congrats JA… well deserved.

   Beckham won the TSN ROY for the AL… the MLB only gives out one ROY award. Howard won the MLB ROY award in 2006 without winning the TSN variety. Geovany Soto won the award last year (yawn).

8. mark Says:
   October 20th, 2009 at 3:30 pm

   MLB gives out the official BBWAA award to both leagues since 1949 (Soto and Longoria last year)

9. joedad Says:
   October 20th, 2009 at 3:44 pm

   Did you mean Coghlan with Florida? He had a better year than McCutcheon.

   Well deserved by Happ.

10. Miles Says:
    October 20th, 2009 at 4:51 pm

    Yeah Coghlan is the front runner for the award in my opinion. Happ probably could have held him off without the injury problems at the end of the year but Coghlan had more hits after the all star break than anyone in baseball, and I don’t think it was really that close.

11. Handsome Jack Says:
    October 20th, 2009 at 7:01 pm

    Many kudos to J A Happ. I hope this is the first of many successful campaigns as a Phil.

12. Bruce Says:
    October 20th, 2009 at 11:37 pm

    The ROY award that counts in the eyes of baseball fandom is the one voted by baseball writers association of America (BBWAA). I agree with a few here that considers Chris Coghlan the frontrunner. He was a hit machine for the Marlins and finished strong with a .321 BA.

13. philsbabe Says:
    October 21st, 2009 at 2:10 pm

    Coghlan will definitely get the official ROY award. But this Sporting news award may be more of an honor considering that it is voted on by JA’s peers, as the article said. Happ said as much when he found out.

14. Worse Things Have Happ-ened | That Balls Outta Here | A Philadelphia Phillies Blog Says:
    November 16th, 2009 at 3:15 pm

    [...] after considering the math, we can see that The Sporting News and the MLB Players Choice committee (AKA, the other players) already saw what Happ has done in [...]

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