Boston Red Sox win the rights to negotiate with Daisuke Matsuzaka
On November 15, 2006, the Boston Red Sox win the rights to negotiate with Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka of the Seibu Lions, after paying $51.1 million to secure those rights.
Jim Leyland, who led the eventual AL champion Tigers in his first year at the helm to their first winning season since 1993, is named the American League Manager of the Year. The veteran skipper received 19 of the writers’ 28 first-place votes, easily outdistancing the Twins’ Ron Gardenhire for the award.
Jim Leyland, who led the eventual AL champion Tigers in his first year at the helm to their first winning season since 1993, is named the American League Manager of the Year. The veteran skipper received 19 of the writers’ 28 first-place votes, easily outdistancing the Twins’ Ron Gardenhire for the award.
Joe Girardi, six weeks after the Marlins fire him, wins the NL Manager of the Year award when he receives 18 of 32 first-place votes in the BBWAA’s balloting. The unemployed freshman skipper, who easily outpointed Willie Randolph of the Mets for the honor, is the first manager of a losing team (78-84) to cop the award.
Joe Girardi, six weeks after the Marlins fire him, wins the NL Manager of the Year award when he receives 18 of 32 first-place votes in the BBWAA’s balloting. The unemployed freshman skipper, who easily outpointed Willie Randolph of the Mets for the honor, is the first manager of a losing team (78-84) to cop the award.
