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By Jon Weisman
The GIBBY Awards aren’t named after Kirk Gibson specifically, though the awkwardness of the full name — Greatness in Baseball Yearly — suggests a determined attempt to arrive at that acronym. In any case, the Dodgers are nominated for several in 2014, and you can vote online through November 7. (Winners will be announced December 6.)
Clayton Kershaw and Yasiel Puig were each nominated in three categories. Here is your full list of Dodger nominees:
- MLB MVP: Kershaw
- Starting pitcher: Kershaw
- Closer: Kenley Jansen
- Bounceback player: Matt Kemp
- Manager: Don Mattingly
- Play: Puig’s double play, July 5 at Colorado
- Outfield throw: Puig, September 22 vs. San Francisco
- Moment: Vin Scully announces his return for 2015, July 29
- Hitting performance: Dee Gordon 5 for 6 with three steals, May 3 at Miami
- Hitting performance: Puig, 4 for 4 with three triples, July 25 at San Francisco
- Pitching performance: Josh Beckett no-hitter, May 25 at Philadelphia
- Pitching performance: Kershaw no-hitter, June 18 vs. Colorado
- Oddity: Dodgers’ defensive wall, August 29 at San Diego
- Walkoff: Hanley Ramirez’s 12th-inning homer, August 2 vs. Chicago
- Cut4 topic: Mo’ne Davis at Dodger Stadium
I can think of at least two other Puig plays that could have been nominated — his May catch in New York and his September catch in Chicago. And for oddity, that April day in San Francisco that he followed a dropped ball with a spinning turn and catch. But here’s a look at that play in Colorado:
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Don Bright
How in the world was Puig’s catch in NY not nominated?
tinlizzie104@verizon.net
Jon, first of all, I want to say you are an excellent reporter of everything Dodger. There is, however, one category th
berkowit28
(This isn’t twitter. You’re allowed more than 140 characters.) TBC?