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Indianapolis' left-hander C.C. Sabathia was untouchable all year long. And for the second consecutive season, his hard work paid off today as the Johnson League named him the Tom Seaver Award winner! C.C. has a record of 20-5 this season, with an ERA of 2.03. In 230.2 Innings he was able to strike out 211 batters. He has 5 complete games and one shutout. He's 2nd in the Johnson League in ERA and 1st in wins! Sabathia wins the award for the 2nd time in his 6-year career.

All the hard work paid off for Atlanta's Bud Smith. The southpaw was named the Tom Seaver Award winner in the Hodges League today. His ERA of 3.04 helped him to a 21-3 record this year. He struck out 226 and walked 57 in 225.1 innings. He has 3 complete games and one shutout. He's 10th in the Hodges League in ERA and 1st in wins!

For the second consecutive season, the Most Valuable Player in the Hodges League was handed to Atlanta's third baseman Troy Glaus! His season features a batting average of .303 (180 hits in 594 AB), 36 doubles, 7 triples and 47 bombs. Glaus collected 142 RBI and 138 runs as well. He finished first in the Hodges League in RBIs and first in homeruns! Glaus won the award for the 2nd time in his 9-year career.

In the Johnson League, Cincinnati's leftfielder Craig Thompson added to his trophy case by picking up the JL MVP trophy for 2007. This year, Thompson drove in 93 and scored 88 runs while batting .419 with 8 longballs. He finished first in the Johnson League in batting, and captured the Jon Matlack Award for the league's outstanding rookie earlier this week.

Alex Gordon was named the Hodges League Jon Matlack Award winner today. Brooklyn's third baseman put up pretty good numbers for a rookie this year. This 23 year old kid will probably have a long and successful career! While compiling an on base percentage of .376, Alex hit .287 and slugged .537. He has collected 89 runs batted in this year.

Meanwhile, Cincinnati's Craig Thompson smiled as he was named the Johnson League Jon Matlack Award winner. His season features a batting average of .419 (269 hits in 642 AB), 12 doubles, 4 triples and 8 taters. Thompson collected 93 RBI and 88 runs as well. He finished first in the Johnson League in batting!

The Atlanta Armadillos captured their second Stengel Cup title - and third Met League baseball trophy overall - with a 5-4 victory over the Toronto Rebels on Friday.

I just wanted to get this on the front page. If anyone is interested, Indianapolis will play host to Toronto in Game 7 of the JLCS tonight at 9:00 P.M., Eastern (tentative). Go to the chat room for rooting, random discussion and wisecracking.

Mired in the midst of a 6-game losing streak, the Oakland Mules are searching for ways to pull themselves out of their two month funk. While the callup of OF Corey Hart from AAA Aliquippa temporarily sparked the offense in May, 4/5 starting pitchers Livan Hernandez and Russ Ortiz have struggled with control, walking nearly 6 batters per 9 innings between the two.

Attention all Met Leaguers! Just a reminder that the MBLS Amateur Draft will be held tonight - Tuesday, April 3rd - in the MBLS Auditorium starting at 9 p.m. Eastern time, 6 p.m. Pacific.

The draft order of teams can be found here, and a full list of available players is here.

To access the MBLS Auditorium, click on the "Chat" tab at the upper right of this page, and then click on "MBLS Auditorium."

The Hodges League Tom Seaver Award winner was announced today, with Atlanta's right-hander Dennis Sarfate taking home the desired trophy. He certainly earned it, he struck fear into hitters all year long. Opposing players hit .192 against Dennis this season. While posting an ERA of 2.48 he went 19-2 in 28 starts, fanning 166 and walking 67 hitters. He had 2 complete games and 2 shutouts. He finished 2nd in the Hodges League in ERA and 2nd in wins.

All the hard work finally paid off for Indianapolis' C.C. Sabathia as well. The left-hander was named the Tom Seaver Award winner in the Johnson League today. C.C. had a record of 16-6 last season, with an ERA of 2.13. In 206.2 Innings he was able to strike out 182 batters. He finished 1st in the Johnson League in ERA and 6th in wins.

Phoenix's leftfielder Chin-Feng Chen will never forget 2006. A great season convinced the voters that he is the worthy Johnson League Most Valuable Player winner. Chen hit for a .347 average this season. He had 64 extra base hits along with 328 total bases, resulting in a .592 slugging percentage. He finished 3rd in the Johnson League in batting, 5th in homeruns and 6th in RBI.

The Most Valuable Player in the Hodges League was handed to Atlanta's third baseman Troy Glaus. He has hit 48 homeruns while batting .319 this season.

The 2006 Hodges League Jon Matlack Award was presented to catcher Joe Mauer of the Norfolk Tides. Mauer put together impressive numbers for a rookie en route to win the first major award of his career. Let's hope more will follow for this 25 year old ballplayer. His season featured a batting average of .354 (192 hits in 542 AB), 50 doubles, 10 triples and 18 taters. Mauer collected 103 RBI and 96 runs as well. He finished 1st in the Hodges League in batting. Getting an award is a nice way to start a career.

Meanwhile, Bay City's Deacon Burns smiled as he was named the Johnson League Jon Matlack Award winner.