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Wil Myers Wins AL Rookie of the Year, Braves Get A New Stadium, and Other Random Bits of Ephemera

Wil Myers has been named the 2013 AL Rookie of the Year, beating out fellow teammate Chris Archer and the Detroit Tigers shortstop Jose Iglesias. Myers, the Rays’ third AL Rookie of the Year in the past six seasons, received 23 of 30 first place votes, while Iglesias came in second with five votes and Archer scratched the surface with one vote. The Marlins’ Jose Fernandez won the award on the NL side, to which we retort, “Ha ha, Puig!”

Hot-Stove: Kriseman Wins, Oviedo’s Option Declined, and More

Bill Foster’s rein of error came to an end last night after Rick Kriseman beat the incumbent by a 12 point margin. During the race to become mayor, Kriseman acknowledged the throng of issues he’s tasked with fixing, including (but not limited to) the Pier, curbside recycling, economic redevelopment in Midtown, and the Stadium Saga.

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: An Open Letter to the ‘Pen

Dear Jake McGee, Fernando Rodney, et al,

To put it bluntly, you blew it last night. David Price put you in a good position — ahead by five runs in the waning innings of the game, to no avail. We watched as three of the four back end relievers gave up six runs on five hits and three walks, converting a comfortable lead into a demoralizing one run loss. We watched as the closer incurred the brunt of the damage on three consecutive RBI extra base hits in a third of an inning of work. We watched as you allowed a ground gaining opportunity to slip by the wayside. If I may, it felt like the beginning of the season when no lead felt safe…when the offense put crooked numbers on the board, yet the result was an embarrassing tally in the loss column.