Rookie of the Year

The only two players to win the Rookie of the Year award as Milwaukee Brewers are Pat Listach, who was the American League Rookie of the Year in 1992, and Ryan Braun, who was the National League Rookie of the Year in 2007.

While baseball card blogging is not on par with being a baseball player -- at least not yet...perhaps we should get together and form blogging Dodgeball leagues or something -- I am pleased to say that the voters for the Bip Award Rookie of the Year selected at A Cardboard Problem voted my blog as the Rookie of the Year.

I stole this image from The Starting Nine blog post here

I chalk this win up to the fact that everyone forgot that Bob Walk the Plank -- which turned one year old last week, an event for which Matt is having a great contest -- was a rookie blog as well and forgot to nominate Matt for the award.

I'd have voted for him.

To everyone who voted for me, thank you for your votes and for reading.

To everyone who did not vote for me, well, I hope it's nothing personal!

One more thing: if I have promised you that I would send you cards and I have not done so, please leave me a comment below. I think I know the people that I said I would ship cards, but I never know for sure.

Thanks.

Award Season

When I first started blogging last year in February, one of the first things I ran across was Jaybarkerfan's voting in the 2013 Blog of the Year balloting. When JBF took a break in October, people wondered aloud who would run the awards this year. Thankfully, Suzy Lulgjuraj at A Cardboard Problem stepped up with her own group of awards tastefully titled "The 2014 Bip Awards."

I was surprised to be included as a nominee in the Rookie of the Year voting for Best New Blog. To whomever was kind enough to nominate me, I say "Thank you very much."

Go check out Suzy's list of nominations for best Blog, rookie of the year, industry news source, most generous blogger, best non-baseball blog, best non-sports blog, best recurring subject, best Twitter feed, and best Instagram feed.  

Also, be sure to vote on the "Blog you wish would come back." Who knows? Perhaps we could convince the winner out of 30-Year-Old Cardboard, Crinkly Wrapper, Dinged Corners, Napkin Doon, and Wax Heaven to return to the fold!

Have a great day, and may your Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday be an enjoyable one whether you're working or not.