Well here it is. The 2011 Ray W Award winners. A big thanks to everyone who voted, it still wasn't an extremely high voter turn out, but it was much higher then the previous years.
And as spring training descends upon us, 2012 looks like it's going to be a pretty great year for the Royals !
Without farther ado,
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"The Best Royals Blog" goes to:
Rany on the Royals
In what ended up being the closest vote by far as Rany beat out Kings of Kauffman by a single point.
Previous winners:
2008: Rany on the Royals
2009: Royals Centricity
2008: Rany on the Royals
2009: Royals Centricity
2010: *
2011: Rany on the Royals
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Best New Royals Blog
Pinetarpress.com
Previous winners:
2008: Royally Speaking
2009: Kings Of Kauffman
2008: Royally Speaking
2009: Kings Of Kauffman
2010: *
2011: Pine Tar Press
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*New Award* Best Royals Twitter(er)
@FakenedYost
Twitter is huge for baseball and according to the fans a fake manager is a great as Royals Twitter land gets.
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Best Royals Relief Pitcher
Greg Holland
Previous winners:
2008: Ramon Ramirez
2009: Robinson Tejeda
2008: Ramon Ramirez
2009: Robinson Tejeda
2010: *
2011: Greg Holland
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The IRTGFNORRP
Matt Treanor
This is my favorite award. Jeff Fulchino 2008 ! :)
Previous winners:
2008: Jeff Fulchino2009: Zack Greinke
2008: Jeff Fulchino2009: Zack Greinke
2010: *
2011: Matt Treanor
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Best Royals Board
Royals Review
Previous winners:
2008: Royals.com Board2009: Royal Board
2008: Royals.com Board2009: Royal Board
2010: *
2011: Royals Review
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Best Royals Sportswriter:
Bob Dutton
Previous winners:
2008: Sam Mellinger2009: Joe Posnanski
2008: Sam Mellinger2009: Joe Posnanski
2010: *
2011: Bob Dutton
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Best Royals Prospect Blog:
Pine Tar Press
Previous winners:
2008: The Royal Tower
2008: The Royal Tower
2009: The Pipeline
2010: *
2011: Pine Tar Press
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The Overall Best Royals Site
Royals Review
I'm just going to rename this the Royals Review Award I think......
Previous winner:
2008: Royals Review
2009: Royals Review
2010: *
2011: Royals Review~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Best Restaurant Chain
Applebees
Previous winners:
2008:Sonic
2009: Hooters
2010: *
2011: Applebees
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Best Royals Executive or Non Player
JJ Picolo
After co winning in 2009 JJ gets the award all to himself.
2009: JJ Picolo + Mike Arbuckle
2010: *
2011: JJ Picolo
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Royals Prospect of The Year
Jake Odorizzi
Previous winners:
2009: Mike Montgomery
2010: *
2011: Jake Odorizzi
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Best Kc Radio Personality
Nick Wright
Previous winners:
2009: Greg Schaum
2010: *
2011: Nick Wright
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Best Soda
Dr.Pepper
Previous winners:
2009: Pepsi
2010: *
2011: Dr.Pepper
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Special Achievement Award
Matt Treanor
Previous winners:
2008:Joe Posnanski
2009: Zack Greinke
2010: *
2011: Matt Treanor
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Best Royals on Radio Affiliate
610 AM
Previous winners:
2008: Versailles 95.1 (Missouri)
2009: Omaha 590 Am (Nebraska)
2010: *
2011: 610 Am Kansas City~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thanks for reading ! And let's make 2012 even greater !
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