Awards showcase begins today

From Rookie of the Year to the MVP, top players to get hardware Cliff Lee went 22-3 with a 2.54 ERA for the Cleveland Indians during the 2008 season. (Michael Dwyer/AP) While running a pennant race or just being swept along on baseball's assembly line, players in the midst of authoring distinguished seasons tend to be dismissive about the possible individual spoils of excellence. "When it's all said and done, I might sit back and reflect," they'll say. "Now is not the time." That time has come now. Welcome to Major League Baseball's awards showcase. Call it Revelry Week. Beginning Monday and through next Tuesday, the sport will distribute its major hardware, as determined by a voting panel of members of the Baseball Writers Association of America, two from each city. From the respective leagues' Rookies of the Year, to the... [read full story]