SIMBL GMS HAVE SPOKEN: 2009'S BEST OF THE BEST ANNOUNCED
San Diego's Ryles & Kitchener's Chisholm Go Back-To-Back Repeating As SIMBL Sluggers Of The Year; Stud Reliever Sanchez Wins Second MROTY Award Of His Young CareerThe 2009 SIMBL GM Awards, as voted on by all SIMBL GMS, have been compiled and announced.Los Angeles GM Dave Bliley was named by his SIMBL peers as the 2009 SIMBL GM Of The Year after guiding his Meat Puppets to a 92-70 record, a 15 game improvement from their previous season, and their first-ever SIMBL playoff appearance. The MP's won the tough UL West and advanced to the SIMBL Coveted Cup Championship Series where they lost to San Diego 4-2 in a tightly played series.San Diego's All-World Daryl Ryles wins his third straight SL MVP and his fourth in five seasons. Ryles joins his teammate Bobby Grimes as unanimous choices as Grimes easily took home the SL Hurler Of The Year Award after going 23-2 with a 2.33 ERA last season.Another Warewolve, closer Bill Hyer, was voted SL Rookie Of The Year, making it a clean sweep for the 2009 SIMBL champions. Grimes and Hyer give GM Paul Ware's 'Wolves their third different HOTY and ROTY in the last five seasons.Kitchener's (formerly Pensacola Red Sox) slugging first baseman Mike Chisholm wins his second straight UL MVP Award after setting a new UL record for home runs with 48 dingers in 2009. Chisholm also hit .300 while also leading the UL in RBI with 121. Tacoma's 10/8/6-rated middle reliever Salvador Sanchez, recently traded to Calgary in a deal that included SP Casey George, wins his second SL MROTY Award after winning the award also in 2007.Here are your 2009 SIMBL GM Awards as voted by all SIMBL GMS: 2009 SIMBL GM OF THE YEAR2009: Dave Bliley LA
2008: Zach Deuel POC
2007: Greg Checovetes BRI
2006: Mike Stewart PEN
2005: Paul Ware SD
DAVID BLILEY LOS ANGELES MEAT PUPPETS
92-70 UL WEST CHAMPIONS UL CHAMPIONS
+15 GAMES IMPROVEMENT 2008-2009 1. Dave Bliley LOS ANGELES
2. Paul Ware SAN DIEGO
3. Ted Williams BEND
2009 UNION LEAGUE HURLER OF THE YEAR2009 UL: Walter Lopez BEN
2008 UL: Thomas Leverett PEN
2007 UL: Richard Dicks MAR
2006 UL: Michael Arnett ATC
2005 UL: Travis Boyd BEN
WALTER LOPEZ BEND BANDITS
20-4 2.31 ERA 206.1 IP 227 K 1.01 WHIP1. Walter Lopez BEN
2. Richard Dicks MAR
2009 SYNDICATE LEAGUE HURLER OF THE YEAR2009 SL: Bobby Grimes SD
2008 SL: Michael Arnett NY
2007 SL: Felix Murff SD
2006 SL: Walt Middleton SD
2005 SL: Miles Farrelly CHI
BOBBY GRIMES SAN DIEGO WAREWOLVES
23-2 2.33 ERA 262.2 IP 258 K 0.85 WHIP1. Bobby Grimes (UNANIMOUS) 2009 UNION LEAGUE SLUGGER OF THE YEAR2009 UL: Mike Chisholm KIT
2008 UL: Mike Chisholm PEN
2007 UL: Luis Franco TOR
2006 UL: Tait Haranobu TOR
2005 UL: Glenn Lathem EDM
MIKE CHISHOLM PENSACOLA/KITCHENER RED SOX
.300 BA 48 HR 121 RBI .991 OPS1. Mike Chisholm KIT
2. Dominick Lund BOS
2009 SYNDICATE LEAGUE SLUGGER OF THE YEAR2009 SL: Daryl Ryles SD
2008 SL: Daryl Ryles SD
2007 SL: Daryl Ryles SD
2006 SL: Dominick Lund BOS
2005 SL: Daryl Ryles SD
DARYL RYLES SAN DIEGO WAREWOLVES
.317 BA 54 HR 159 RBI 1.136 OPS1. Daryl Ryles (UNANIMOUS) 2009 UNION LEAGUE MIDDLE RELIEVER OF THE YEAR2009 UL: Johnny Kull BRI
2008 UL: Manny Meridia COL
2007 UL: Benji Quijano TOR
2006 UL: Rolland Colin ATC
2005 UL: Carlos Osuna BRI
JOHNNY KULL BRISTOL OWLS
4-2 1.66 ERA 76.0 IP 14 ER 7 SAVES 1.25 WHIP1. Johnny Kull BRISTOL
2. Silvio Sachs CALGARY
3. George Leighty TEXAS
4. Jose Jiminez NEW YORK
2009 SYNDICATE MIDDLE RELIEVER OF THE YEAR2009 SL: Salvador Sanchez TAC
2008 SL: Joseph Brown TEX
2007 SL: Salvador Sanchez BEL
2006 SL: Jose Hernandez POR
2005 SL: Marcus Duffy JAX
SALVADOR SANCHEZ TACOMA RAIN
2-4 2.54 ERA 131.1 IP 34 ER 1 SAVE 1.07 WHIP1. Salvador Sanchez TACOMA
2. Ralph Hecker SAN DIEGO
3. Brandon Cabrales CHICAGO
4. Tommy Colclough CAROLINA
5. Jeremy Lamons BROOKLYN
2009 UNION LEAGUE FIREMAN OF THE YEAR2009 UL: Mathew Chow BOS
2008 UL: Tyson Wieland AUG
2007 UL: Aaron Bennett COL
2006 UL: Aaron Bennett COL
2005 UL: Brian Nedd TAC
MATHEW CHOW BOSTON PATRIOTS
10-8 1.51 ERA 93.1 IP 14 ER 0.98 WHIP 41 SAVES1. Mathew Chow BOSTON
2. Marcus Reiley NEW YORK
2009 SYNDICATE LEAGUE FIREMAN OF THE YEAR2009 SL: Richard Lynch POR
2008 SL: Marcus Reiley NY
2007 SL: Frank Emery BEL
2006 SL: Magglio Guzman SD
2005 SL: James Nuzzo CHI
RICHARD LYNCH PORTLAND PUNISHERS
10-1 3.29 ERA 90.1 IP 32 ER 1.10 WHIP 50 SAVES1. Richard Lynch PORTLAND
2. William Cimino ASHEVILLE
3. Bill Hyer SAN DIEGO
2009 UNION LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
JAMIE COOP CALGAY CLIPPERS
11-1 2.60 ERA 135.0 IP 119 K 1.19 WHIP1. Jamie Coop CALGARY
2. Bill Souder BEND
3. Walker McElfresh CALGARY
4. Ronald Ono NEWARK
5. Eduardo Naranjo BRISTOL
2009 SYNDICATE LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
BILL HYER SAN DIEGO WAREWOLVES
6-4 3.55 ERA 41 SAVES 66 IP 26 ER 1.23 WHIP 1. Bill Hyer SAN DIEGO
2. Bruce Rathburn OREGON
3. Jarod Quimet CAROLINA
4. Jose Valencia ASHEVILLE
5. Andre Morales OREGON
2009 All-SIMBL Teams to be announced shortly. Awards monies to be compiled shortly for the 2009 season and applied for all teams as usual after the GM Awards are announced.
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