He was never going to win the award, not after John Farrell took his club from worst to first in the division and then to a 3rd World Series title in 10 years and not after Terry Francona led his club to the playoffs and greatly overachieved what most thought they would do this season. But Joe still had a solid showing for himself yesterday when the BBWAA announced the winners of the 2013 Manager of the Year awards. He finished 4th overall, behind surprise winner Francona, Farrell, and Bob Melvin, and even managed to sneak into the top 3 on more than a few ballots.
It's good to see Joe get some of the recognition he deserved for a job well done this year. Managing the Yankees always comes with a heaping helping of high expectations and precious few "atta boys" when the team does well, and Joe had a helluva lot to deal with this season. It would have been interesting to see how much better he could have done on the ballots had the team managed to make it to the postseason, but all in all a 4th place finish and a couple of 2nd place votes for managing a club that finished 85-77 with a negative run differential is pretty damn good. Plus it gave me another excuse to post the best Yankee-related gif of the year.
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