SEASON 42 OWNER OF THE YEAR

ROBERT E. McCABE SEASON 42

OWNER OF THE YEAR AWARD 

Montreal, QC (McC.com) - We here at McCabe Magazine thinks the Owner of the Year maintains a solid farm system and the Big league club should be in a position for a postseason run. The lower level squads should be in the hunt to capture a minor league World Series championship. The Owner of the Year Award winner should field competitive teams at every level.

We use a point system to crown our Owner of the Year. The owner with the most points will receive the Robert E. McCabe Magazine Owner of the Year Award.

Point System

Total Wins + Playoff Teams + Championships

Each team will receive one point for each win and BONUS POINTS as followed: Major League  60 points for making the playoffs, AAA playoffs 50 points, AA playoffs 40, High A playoffs 30, Low A playoffs 20, and Rookie League playoffs 10.

Bonus Points for World Series and League Pennant

Major League World Series winner 60 points, ML Pennant winner 60, AAA World Series winner 50 points, AAA Pennant winner 50, AA World Series winner 40 points, AA Pennant winner 40, High A World Series winner 30 points, High A Pennant winner 30, Low A World Series winner 20 points, Low A Pennant winner 20, Rookie World Series winner 10 points, and Rookie Pennant winner 10.

Note; World Series winner receives points for winning the WS, Pennant, and a Playoff Team (ML example; WS 60 + Pen 60 + Playoff 60 = 180).

OWNER OF THE YEAR  

The season 42 Robert E. McCabe Magazine OWNER of the YEAR AWARD WINNER is CollegeBoy34 of the Cleveland Indians with a grand total of 828 organizational points.   

Owner
CollegeBoy33
Franchise	Level	Wins	Playoff	Pennant	World Series
Cleveland Indians	ML	101	Yes
Cleveland Indians	AAA	102	Yes
Cleveland Indians	AA	94	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cleveland Indians	High A	105	Yes
Cleveland Indians	Low A	78
Cleveland Indians	Rookie	58	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Wins	538	5	2	2
	Bonus	290
Owner of the Year	Total Points	828

	TOP 10
Rank	Franchise	Owner	Wins	Playoff	Bonus	Total
1	Cleveland Indians	CollegeBoy34	538	190	100	828
2	New York Yankees	staeben	518	150	120	788
3	Detroit Tigers	mrmich2	544	150	50	744
4	*Milwaukee Brewers	cpintens	523	160	60	743
5	Richmond Virginians	spintens	500	210	0	710
6	Baltimore Orioles	kingkai54	503	190	10	703
7	Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	467	110	120	697
8	San Diego Padres	jgarron	477	200	0	677
9	Washington D.C. Nationals	Saffron	516	100	40	656
10	Rochester Broncos	dmann2159	516	100	30	646
	THE NEXT FIVE (5)
Rank	Franchise	Owner	Wins	Playoff	Bonus	Total
11	Oakland Athletics	ojinga	429	150	0	579
12	Chicago White Sox	kgrffth	431	130	0	561
13	Seattle Mariners	mark3314	443	60	40	543
14	Philadelphia Phillies	sbank66	397	110	0	507
15	Pittsburgh Pirates	sportbanker	399	100	0	499
	THE BEST OF THE REST
Rank	Franchise	Owner	Wins	Playoff	Bonus	Total
16	Houston Astros	bballer2118	433	50	0	483
17	Atlanta Braves	franknterry	412	50	0	462
18	Anaheim Angels	captain10a	409	50	0	459
19	New York Mets	larryscubs	415	20	0	435
20	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	372	60	0	432

* Season 41 Owner of the Year

Hall of Fame Snubs

McCabe Magazine Editorial

Sam “no spellcheck” Willie

Senior Editor

Bartolo Hernandez (3B) and Al Garces (P) 

I was sitting in my basement office in beautiful Batavia Township Ohio located about 25 miles east of downtown Cincinnati when I got the ESPN news flash on my phone “two players elected into this year‘s Baseball Hall of Fame, Wilkin Lopez (27 votes) and Kid Richard (25).” My first reaction WTF!!! These players are both deserving of that honor however, the neighbors in my quiet neighborhood heard a loud, long, piercing, SCREAM, when I found out Bartolo Hernandez (3B) and Al Garces (P) was not among those joining the season 43 Hall of Fame class.  

Bartolo was named to the ALL-DECADE TEAM not once but twice. He was an ALL- DECADE TEAM member in the 2^nd and 3^rd Decades. Bartolo was not only selected but he was also named the Player of the Decade (31-40) by The Sporting News, McCabe Magazine’s PAT007OHMSS award (Player of the Decade) and the Baseball Writers of American (BBWA). He has 3 World Series Rings, 2 Most Valuable Player Awards, 7 All-Star Appearances, 9 Silver Slugger Awards, and 1 Gold Glove. In his 19 year pro career he has collected a total of 39 awards.

Among the remaining Hall of Fame nominees that are still waiting for that call, Bartolo Hernandez ranks number 1 in Home Runs with 625, number 1 RBIs 1909 which is 4^th on the All-Time career list, number 1 Slugging percentage .601, number 1 OPS .971, number 2 in Batting Average 314, number 3 Runs Scored 1616, and number 5 in Hits with 2641. 

Al Garces was also named to the ALL- DECADE TEAM and won the JGARRON PITCHER of the DECADE AWARD. He collected 5 Cy Young awards during his playing career and has 9 All-Star appearances. He has a career 2.99 ERA and a 1.17 whip. Garces leads all remaining nominees with 270 wins and a .213 OAV.  

These guys should’ve been first ballot Hall of Famers,..  NO QUESTION. According to the voting results both players received 0 votes, I REPEAT 0 VOTES, not one vote that is an outrage, a absolute abomination!! I must remind the votes that the commissioner’s investigation regarding the trashcan banging in the dugout during Mr. Hernandez World Series runs concluded with these noted findings “the garbage cans had no impact on the outcome of the game.” Also, in regards to Mr. Garces the fact that he was arrested for assaulting the commissioner with an empty trashcan after the press conference in which the commissioner announced his findings should have no impact on the Hall of Fame voters. Much like Bartolo, this should not be held against the 41 year-old pitcher from Los Llanos. He only did what every baseball fan in American wanted to do after the "NO IMPACT" findings by the commissioner. For those of you who are holding that incident and the investigation against the two, just stop it, come down from your high horse and correct a major Hall of Fame injustice.

Wait a minute, zero votes? Okay, I admit when I first started writing this piece I was under the impression that I had voted for Mr. Hernandez and Mr. Garces (oops, my bad), but that’s no excuse for the rest of you. My advice to the voting public is to stay off of the tequila, get rid of that wicky wacky weed you got hid in the garage, and cancel that massage trip to Jupiter Florida so we can get this horrific wrong fix next season by penciling in both players as season 44 Hall of Fame inductees.

If you are interested in helping the “Bartolo and Al for the Hall” campaign, please send your monetary donations to kgrffth via PayPal or Western Union. Come’ on LETS GET IT DONE!! 

Other Hall of Fame Snubs

Pitchers

Mike Harper (5 votes) is second behind Garces on the nominees list with 269 wins, 1 Cy Young, 7 All-Stars, and Yamid Zapata (2 votes) who leads all nominees with a 1.09 whip and a 2.85 ERA.  

STAT OF THE DAY 

SPRING TRAINING TEAM STATS
	Spring Training Team OPS
Rank	Franchise	Owner	R	HR	RBI	SB	OPS
1	Cleveland Indians	CollegeBoy33	104	38	103	2	0.883
2	Boston Red Sox	pat007ohmss	125	31	121	16	0.858
3	Milwaukee Brewers	cpintens	102	19	99	20	0.824
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	sportbanker	112	23	110	20	0.823
	Washington D.C. Nationals	kujhawker	114	18	107	14	0.823
6	Anaheim Angels	captain10a	103	44	97	10	0.821
7	Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	103	29	99	19	0.819
	Texas Rangers	goldenbaer88	106	23	102	17	0.819
9	Colorado Rockies	axtell	106	28	103	12	0.812
	Rochester Broncos	dmann2158	112	24	106	16	0.812
	Spring Training Team ERA
Rank	Franchise	Owner	W	L	SV	WHIP	ERA
1	Anaheim Angels	captain10a	13	5	6	1.17	2.72
2	Cleveland Indians	CollegeBoy33	13	5	7	1.15	2.89
3	Pittsburgh Pirates	sportbanker	12	6	7	1.32	3.07
4	St. Louis Cardinals	slurie2001	11	7	4	1.32	3.50
5	Atlanta Braves	franknterry	10	8	7	1.22	3.63
6	Milwaukee Brewers	cpintens	11	7	3	1.33	3.69
7	Richmond Virginians	spintens	10	8	6	1.35	3.70
8	Seattle Mariners	mark3313	9	9	4	1.26	3.76
9	San Diego Padres	jgarron	8	10	4	1.27	3.89
10	Toronto Blue Jays	dimestoregin	11	7	3	1.33	4.08