2006 SB Nation Manager Of The Year Awards

I must confess, I find some of the lower choices here (not the winners, who were pretty obvious) puzzling.

Bob Melvin? Buddy Bell? I suppose you could give Bell a vote for surviving.

Only five NL managers did NOT get any votes: Dusty Baker, Felipe Alou, Jim Tracy, Frank Robinson, and Ned Yost. Of those, Yost did a pretty good job of keeping the Brewers in contention for much of the season.

National League	1st	2nd	3rd	Points
Joe Girardi	18	7	2	113
Willie Randolph	2	9	6	43
Bruce Bochy	4	3	6	35
Grady Little	3	-	2	17
Jerry Narron	1	2	2	13
Charlie Manuel	-	3	4	13
Phil Garner	-	3	2	11
Tony LaRussa	-	1	-	3
Bobby Cox	-	-	2	2
Clint Hurdle	-	-	1	1
Bob Melvin	-	-	1	1

American League	1st	2nd	3rd	Points
Jim Leyland	11	6	-	73
Ron Gardenhire	5	7	4	50
Ken Macha	2	3	9	28
Joe Torre	-	2	2	8
Terry Francona	-	-	1	1
Buddy Bell	-	-	1	1
Mike Scioscia	-	-	1	1

My votes:

1. Little
   
2. Girardi
   
3. Randolph

And I did that because Little got a team that really didn't deserve to be in the playoffs, there, while Girardi didn't. I wasn't alone, either, and remember these votes were made before the playoffs began, and before Girardi was fired.

Mike's votes:

1. Randolph
   
2. LaRussa
   
3. Girardi

Tomorrow: Cy Young Award winners.