Mike Lowell Wins One For the Good Guys

Mike Lowell is officially one of the Good Guys.

On Friday it was announced that in addition to picking up the Thomas A. Yawkey Award from the Boston Baseball Writers for being the Most Valuable Player on the team, Lowell has also been voted the winner of the Tommy McCarthy Good Guy Award for 2007.

No official list has been released of confirmed attendees for the Boston Baseball Writers Association Awards dinner next week, but Lowell, Beckett, Papelbon, Lester, Youkilis, Ellsbury and Buchholz all picked up awards -- so it's likely most of those guys will be there. Also, Papelbon and Pedroia are scheduled to be at the New York Baseball Writers Awards the following week as well.

Let's update that Red Sox trophy cabinet for '07, shall we? In addition to the World Series and American League trophies, these Sox also snagged awards:

World Series MVP - Mike Lowell, 3B
ALCS MVP - Josh Beckett, SP
Gold Glove - Kevin Youkilis, 1B
Silver Slugger - David Ortiz, DH
Delivery Man - Jonathan Papelbon, RP
AL Rookie of the Year - Dustin Pedroia, 2B
Edgar Martinez Outstanding DH Award - David Ortiz, DH
Baseball America Manager of the Year - Terry Francona

2007 All-Star Team
Josh Beckett, SP
Mike Lowell, 3B
Hideki Okajima, RP
David Ortiz, DH
Jonathan Papelbon, RP
Manny Ramirez, LF

The Sporting News Awards
Rookie of the Year: Dustin Pedroia, 2B
All-Star: David Ortiz, DH

This Year In Baseball Awards
Starting Pitcher of the Year - Josh Beckett
SetUp Man of the Year - Hideki Okajima
Closer of the Year - Jonathan Papelbon
Performance of the Year - Clay Buchholz, no-hitter
Postseason Moment of the Year - J.D. Drew, grand slam ALCS game 6

Topps Rookie All-Star Team
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
Hideki Okajima, RP

Boston Baseball Writers Association of America Awards
Thomas A. Yawkey Award (MVP) - Mike Lowell, 3B
Pitcher of the Year - Josh Beckett, SP
Fireman of the Year - Jonathan Papelbon, RP
Tony Conigliaro Award - Jon Lester, SP
Jackie Jensen Award - Kevin Youkilis, 1B
Tommy McCarthy Good Guy Award - Mike Lowell, 3B
Minor League Player of the Year - Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
Minor League Player of the Year - Clay Buchholz, SP

Player of the Month
April: Hideki Okajima, Rookie of the Month
May: Dustin Pedroia, Rookie of the Month
September: David Ortiz, Player of the Month
September: Jacoby Ellsbury, Rookie of the Month

Player of the Week
May 14-May 20: Daisuke Matsuzaka
May 28-Jun 3: Dustin Pedroia
Jul 23-Jul 29: Manny Ramirez
Aug 20-Aug 26: David Ortiz and Mike Lowell
Aug 27-Sep 2: Clay Buchholz




Comments (3)

[ Margaret ] says:
on January 6, 2008 3:16 PM

Oh man! He really is one of the good guys. I just love his attitude.

We're lucky to have him.



[ fc ] says:
on January 6, 2008 7:03 PM

Ah, that was refreshing. Thanks, I needed that. And since I'm settling in to watch Roger, it was nice to have something to cleanse the palate.



[ Liza ] says:
on January 6, 2008 7:20 PM

Oh, Mikey. You're so fantabulous. And I think we'll need a really, really big cabinet to fit all these awards!




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