Wedge, Melvin take Manager Honors

Cleveland's Eric Wedge and Arizona's Bob Melvin have won the AL and NL manager of the year awards. Wedge won easily over Mike Scioscia and Joe Torre. Terry Francona, whose team won the World Series, finished a distant 4th.

Melvin finished well ahead of our pick, Charlie Manuel, as helped guide the Diamondbacks to 1st place in the NL East. Clint Hurdle, who guided the Rockies to a pennant, finished 3rd.

Official voting results.

2007 AL Manager of the Year Award Voting
Manager, Club	1st	2nd	3rd	Points
Eric Wedge, CLE	19	6	3	116
Mike Scioscia, LAA	4	11	9	62
Joe Torre, NYY	5	8	12	61
Terry Francona, BOS		3	4	13

2007 NL Manager of the Year Award Voting
Manager, Club	1st	2nd	3rd	Points
Bob Melvin, ARI	19	7	3	119
Charlie Manuel, PHI	7	11	8	76
Clint Hurdle, COL	4	10	8	58
Lou Piniella, CHC	2	3	6	25
Bud Black, SD		1	1	4
Manny Acta, WAS			4	4
Ned Yost, MIL			2	2

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