The answer to the question pose above -- East Coast Bias.
That sums up the way I look at the announcement that came out yesterday. (That, and thinking "we wuz robbed!") Counsell finished second to Atlanta's Brian Snitker (116 to 99 in voting totals ).
When the season began, the Milwaukee Brewers were picked to finish third in the NL Central, behind Chicago (tabbed to reach the NLCS) and St. Louis. But it was the Brewers who won the NL Central, running down Chicago in the final month, and taking the LA Dodgers to a seventh game in the NLCS.
Granted, Atlanta was picked to finish fourth in the NL East -- behind Washington, the New York Mets, and Philadelphia -- all of which woefully under-performed.
Maybe that's just my "Homer" coming out, but I still don't think Milwaukee is getting the respect it should in light of a 96-67 season. Let's just hope that Christian Yelich is rewarded with a very-much deserved NL MVP trophy!
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