More Sox snubbing in postseason awards...*yawn*

Tadahito Iguchi placed 4th in the AL ROY voting (after Huston Street, Robinson Cano and Jonny Gomes), which I can't argue with; I also generally have a problem with professionals from foreign leagues coming over and getting ROY awards as they approach their 30th birthdays. The Gooch had a solid year (.278/.342/.438, .978 fielding percentage), so 4th place sounds about right.

The award today that I think was a real slap in the face was Kenny Williams placing second in the Executive of the Year award given by the Sporting News. Cleveland's Mark Shapiro won it, which is a curious development given that the Indians, in the end, came up short of even making it to the postseason. The Indians went from 80-82 in '04 to 93-69 this year, an improvement of 13 games; the White Sox went from 83-79 to 99-63, an improvement of 16 games. And, need I remind anyone, the White Sox won the World Series (though the award was probably voted on before the postseason was finished). Williams made some bold gambles in reshaping the team by dumping Valentin, Lee and Ordonez and signing or trading for Podsednik, Dye, Iguchi, Pierzynski, Jenks, El Duque, etc. Almost no one predicted the White Sox to finish first in the AL Central and they completely dominated the division. Oh well, KW got the award that means the most, in the end.