Beltran, Francouer to be honored at Writers' dinner
Carlos Beltran and Jeff Francouer are to receive awards at the annual winter dinner staged by the New York Chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. The chapter voted on the recipients of its nine awards to be presented Jan. 23 at the Hilton, New York.
Beltran is to receive the Joan Payson Award for community service, named after the first owner of the Mets. His ongoing philanthropy will be hailed at the chapter's 87th dinner. Francoeur was voted to receive the Ben Epstein-Dan Castellano "Good Guy" Award. Epstein, who died in 1958, covered the Yankees for the New York Daily Mirror for most of 15 years - 1943-58. Castellano covered the Mets for the Newark Star-Ledger from 1979 through 1991. He lives in Dumont, N.J.
The World Series champion Yankees were voted three awards. Derek Jeter is to receive the Joe DiMaggio "Toast of the Town" Award. Alex Rodriguez was voted the Babe Ruth Award for postseason most valuable player. And the "Core of Four" Yankees - Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte and Jorge Posada will share the "Willie, Mickey and the Duke" Award, given annually to players who are forever linked in our memories.
The other award winners include Joe Mauer of the Twins; Don Zimmer, the former Yankees coach, Red Sox manager and Dodgers and Mets player; Aaron Boone, who made his way back to the big leagues after heart surgery; and former Indians and Tigers slugger Rocky Colavito. Mauer is to receive the Sid Mercer-Dick Young "Player of the Year" Award, and Zimmer is to be recognized for long and meritorious service with the William J. Slocum-Jack Lang Award. The Arthur and Milton Richman "You Gotta Have Heart Award" goes to Boone, and the "Casey Stengel "You Could Look It Up" Award goes to Colavito.
-- Marty Noble
Beltran is to receive the Joan Payson Award for community service, named after the first owner of the Mets. His ongoing philanthropy will be hailed at the chapter's 87th dinner. Francoeur was voted to receive the Ben Epstein-Dan Castellano "Good Guy" Award. Epstein, who died in 1958, covered the Yankees for the New York Daily Mirror for most of 15 years - 1943-58. Castellano covered the Mets for the Newark Star-Ledger from 1979 through 1991. He lives in Dumont, N.J.
The World Series champion Yankees were voted three awards. Derek Jeter is to receive the Joe DiMaggio "Toast of the Town" Award. Alex Rodriguez was voted the Babe Ruth Award for postseason most valuable player. And the "Core of Four" Yankees - Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte and Jorge Posada will share the "Willie, Mickey and the Duke" Award, given annually to players who are forever linked in our memories.
The other award winners include Joe Mauer of the Twins; Don Zimmer, the former Yankees coach, Red Sox manager and Dodgers and Mets player; Aaron Boone, who made his way back to the big leagues after heart surgery; and former Indians and Tigers slugger Rocky Colavito. Mauer is to receive the Sid Mercer-Dick Young "Player of the Year" Award, and Zimmer is to be recognized for long and meritorious service with the William J. Slocum-Jack Lang Award. The Arthur and Milton Richman "You Gotta Have Heart Award" goes to Boone, and the "Casey Stengel "You Could Look It Up" Award goes to Colavito.
-- Marty Noble
I'm sure that Noble admires Francoeur's on-field play, and the contributions he makes to the community off it, but he might have at least spelled the man's name correctly (oeu, not "oue," Marty).
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Very good article regardless of the spelling of a name incorrectly! I usually don't like Marty's style of writing, but at least this is an article worth reading. Marty is not a very good writer for someone who's been around the game as long as he has, but ocassionally gets a good one.
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Right on, writers! I enjoy how Mr. Noble totally bashes writers about their lapses in grammar, syntax, and spelling. Yet his "Francouer" misspelling and his (mis)use of "vis vie" (vis-à-vis, Marty) of last week were classics. How do you spell cur⋅mudg⋅eon, Mr. Noble (see: mirror)?!
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