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Two of Major League Baseball's proudest, most tradition-laden teams made big announcements this morning ...

For the ex-Brooklyn Dodgers, Clayton Kershaw won the team's 10th Cy Young Award, joining a list of names including the likes of Koufax (three times), Drysdale, Valenzuela and Hershiser, not to mention two closers, in Mike Marshall and Eric Gagne. Kershaw, frighteningly just 23, finished well ahead of runner-up old friend Roy Halladay. Like Justin Verlander Tuesday, Kershaw's Cy comes in the wake of his winning his league's 2011 Pitcher's Triple Crown.

In other news, the long-suffering Cubs named a new manager today for the 2012 season, opting for Milwaukee hitting coach Dale Sveum after Texas pitching coach Mike Maddux withdrew his candidacy. Sveum was a third-base coach for the Red Sox when new Cubbies GM Theo Epstein held that same post in Boston.

So, today's QOTD .... Were these the "right" choices for the NL and for the Cubs? If not, who shouldawouldacoulda?

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Mike Green - Thursday, November 17 2011 @ 05:12 PM EST (#246828) #
Kershaw is probably a better fielder than Halladay, and did get a Gold Glove for it. If you factor that out, I would have voted for Halladay, and even without that factor, I would have probably voted for him once you account for park and strength of opposition batters in the unbalanced schedule.  It is undoubtedly close.
Glevin - Thursday, November 17 2011 @ 05:29 PM EST (#246830) #
No problem with Kershaw winning, but it was really a toss-up between Kershaw, Halladay, and Lee. The top three was blindingly obvious. I was not surprised Kennedy got a first place vote, there's almost always a homer vote, but he got 3 2nd place and 6 third place votes. Somehow, there were 10 people that had Cliff Lee outside the top three.
Jdog - Thursday, November 17 2011 @ 07:04 PM EST (#246836) #
I think Hoyer is the new GM of the Cubs is he not. Epstein is no longer a lowly GM.
Thomas - Friday, November 18 2011 @ 08:50 AM EST (#246863) #
I think Hoyer is the new GM of the Cubs is he not

That's correct.

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