You Said It...

(A selection of the best comments we received among the hundreds of Baseball Awards ballots. Your mothers should be proud.)

Worst Baseball Writer/Broadcaster: This is also known as the Peter Gammons award, right?

Worst Moment of the Year: watching the Braves take 2/3 from the Phils and being consigned to yet another year of the Braves patented postseason crappenfest

Biggest Freak/Wacko: 116 wins

Worst Moment of the Year: Anytime Bud Selig opened his mouth

Most Crushing Injury: Getting kicked in the nuts

Biggest Freak/Wacko: The Strike Three Writing Team

Weirdest Moment of the Year: Ripken on deck when Brady Anderson made game's last out with crowd cheering "We want Cal."

Weirdest Moment of the Year: Today's ESPN headline: "Oswalt tests groin, says he's ready"

Weirdest Moment of the Year: Watching Al Leiter run the bases hitting a triple

Team of the Year (NL): you're kidding, right?

Greatest Moment of the Year: Rickey Henderson breaks records, gets 3000 hits, retains dignity
Worst Moment of the Year: Carl Everett grabs nuts, loses remaining dignity

Greatest Moment of the Year: Cal retiring
Worst Moment of the Year: Cal retiring
Weirdest Moment of the Year: Cal retiring

Most Disappointing Team: Rangers...oh wait...oh no..everyone expected them to suck

Weirdest Moment of the Year: Liza Minelli's God Bless America at Shea (she seemed to forget *why* she was there, and there was that kick line of police and firefighters behind her!)

Weirdest Moment of the Year: Tommy Lasorda getting attacked by random flying bat during the All-Star game

Worst Moment of the Year: Any Red Sox moment during the Joe Kerrigan era.

Weirdest Moment of the Year: Any number of Tony Larussa's "strategies"

Weirdest Moment of the Year: When the Royals decided they couldn't afford Jermaine Dye so they could give Brent Mayne a multi-million dollar extension.

Weirdest Moment of the Year: watching david eckstein throw the ball

And the best full ballot we saw this year -- from Simon Hathaway of Stanford, CA. What the heck, we'll give him a t-shirt too:

Most Valuable Player (AL): A-rod (by 1/252 millionth of an inch over Giambi)
Most Valuable Player (NL): Oh, gee...let me think. What's his name again? Barry something?
Pitcher of the Year (AL): Josh Towers. Just kidding. Freddy Garcia. Seriously
Pitcher of the Year (NL): Randy "K" Johnson
Rookie of the Year (AL): Ganbari, ganbari, I-CHI-RO
Rookie of the Year (NL): Pujols
Manager of the Year (AL): Mike Hargrove (an Oriole has to win something, and it sure won't be one of the players)
Manager of the Year (NL): Bob Brenly. Just kidding. Uhh...Larry Dierker. Sure, why not?
Team of the Year (AL): Red Sox. No contest
Team of the Year (NL): Phillies
Most Surprising Player: Brett Boone. I mean, seriously...
Most Surprising Team: Twinkies. Who picked them to even have a winning season?
Most Disappointing Player: Johnny Damon
Most Disappointing Team: Orioles. It's kind of a personal thing.
Most Crushing Injury: Brady Anderson. Wait, you mean he WASN'T injured?!
Biggest Freak/Wacko: Carl Everett. Who else could you possibly vote for?
Best Baseball Writer/Broadcaster: You?
Worst Baseball Writer/Broadcaster: Tim McCarver. No, Tim Kjurkian. McCarver. Kurkjian. McCarver! Kurjkjianj!! Ahh, I can't decide!!!
Greatest Moment of the Year: When the Yankees lose in the playoffs to the A's (pleeeeease)
Worst Moment of the Year: Brady Anderson striking out before Cal can get his last atbat. Is that a fitting end to the O's season or what?
Weirdest Moment of the Year: Bud Selig at the All-Star game. How can someone be that bad a public speaker?