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LF Ryan Braun and 1B Prince Fielder won Silver Slugger Awards from the MLB tonight. The awards, presented by Louisville Slugger, are awarded to the top hitters at each position in each league. It is the second Slugger of Fielder's career. He won it in 2007, but it's going to Albert Pujols each of the last three years. It is actually the fourth consecutive Silver Slugger for Braun. The last NL outf...

From Brewers.com" "Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun and pitcher Yovani Gallardo earned Silver Slugger awards on Thursday. It was the third straight Silver Slugger for Braun, who batted .304 with 25 home runs and 103 RBIs. Gallardo earned his first Silver Slugger by virtue of hitting four doubles, four home runs and driving in 10 while batting .254."   The Braun win comes as no surprise, but I th...

2009 came and went just as fast as years past. But just like those past years, Shepherd Express loves to celebrate it with Milwaukee. This is the night to acknowledge all the places and events that ma

The annual ESPN the Magazine survey that ranks professional sports franchises on their fan-friendly-ness. According to the MLB.com story, the ESPN release said they studied the franchises in terms of "Paying fans back for their investment of time, money and passion."The rankings have been released every year since 2003 and use research and fan feedback to rank in eight categories - affordability, ...

Congrats to Badgers junior defenseman Jamie McBain who was announced as WCHA Player of the Year today.The conference announced their awards today. Obviously with McBain's POY title, he was also named first-team all-conference.Here's the paragraph from their release:"WCHA Player of the Year Jamie McBain, a junior from Faribault, Minn., was also named to the All-WCHA First Team. One of the nation's ...

Braun won the NL Silver Slugger Award The award is voted on by MLB managers and coaches and is given to one player at each position in each league.Braun finished the season batting .285 with 37 home runs and 106 RBIs .Read about it here...

The Major League Baseball 2008 This Year In Baseball Awards are up and quite a few Brewers are up, so on this Election Day, forget about Barack and John WhatsTheirNames.Vote Brewers!Ryan Braun is up for Hitter of the YearCC Sabathia is up for Starter of the YearCC's complete game shutout with seven strikeouts on Sept. 28 to clinch the Wild Card is up for Performance of the YearGabe Kapler's ridicu...

From MilwaukeeBrewers.com 10/29/08 4:38 PM ET Brewers' Gamel wins Spink Award Topps, MiLB honor Milwaukee prospect for quiet consistency By Kevin T. Czerwinski / MLB.com There were many "was nots" and "did nots" attached to Mat Gamel this season. While that may seem confusing or even like a bad thing, in the end, everything worked out just fine for the Milwaukee prospect. Gamel was no...