With a few games left before the All-Star break, let’s hand out some awards for the first half of a surprising baseball season. I figured I’d get this out in the open before 42 different writers for ESPN, CBS, FOX & Yahoo write on the same subject during the break. So with 3 games to go this weekend and then the Yankee Wet Dream of an All-Star Game, here are the 1st annual Just Before the Break Awards, or the JBBs.
AL JBB MVP: Josh Hamilton, Rangers (.309, 21 HR, 91 RBI)
I'm not going to rehash too many of my pre-draft thoughts. Here's the running notes I kept during the draft:
"With the first pick of the 2008 NBA Draft, the Chicago Bulls select ..."
1. Derrick Rose, CHIM
No surprise here, although ESPN was anxious to report this was definitely going to happen a few minutes before the draft, like they were brilliant for "reporting" the worst kept secret in the past couple weeks. And I still believe they should have taken Beasley.
2. Michael Beasley, MIA
