[Dales]

The link to the second article is here. My picks for rookies of the year: Josh Beckett and Hank Blalock (how could Sheehan have forgotten him at first? lol).

Personally, I happen to think we are in a golden age of new talent coming into baseball. Last year's rookie crop and this year's both look to me to be completely loaded.

Anyhow, I highly recommend the Baseball Prospectus website and book to any hardcore baseball fans.

[Dales]

Yow! The posting software fixed some broken html in the original piece, and in so doing made it not work at all.

Here is the table from early in it, done right:

Season  League     Winner             Others

1995      AL       Marty Cordova      Shawn Green (fifth)
1994      AL       Bob Hamelin        Jim Edmonds (eighth)
1990      AL       Sandy Alomar Jr.   Robin Ventura (seventh)
1989      AL       Gregg Olson        Ken Griffey Jr. (third), Kevin Brown (sixth)
1986      NL       Todd Worrell       Barry Bonds (sixth), Barry Larkin (eighth)

[E Rocc]

Last year it was a 27 year old "rookie" who beat out a 21 year old in the American League.

The classic example of a "Rookie of the Year" who got there with his career year: Joe Charboneau.

-Eric