In case you’re interested: NYBBWAA Awards dinner

January 3, 2012

Want to be surrounded by baseball writers? The New York Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America will hold its 89th annual awards dinner on Saturday, Jan. 21 at the Hilton New York, located at 1335 Avenue of the Americas between West 53rd and 54 Streets.

Stars such as Ryan Braun, Mariano Rivera, Jose Reyes, Justin Verlander, and Clayton Kershaw are scheduled to attend. Local award winners including David Robertson, Gene Monahan, members of the 1962 Mets and World Series MVP David Freese will also be there. Here is the complete list of winners:

Willie, Mickey and the Duke Award: 1962 Mets
Joan Payson Award for community service: David Robertson
William J. Slocum-Jack Lang Award for Long and Meritorious Service: Gene Monahan
Joe DiMaggio Toast of the Town Award: Mariano Rivera
Ben Epstein-Dan Castellano Good Guy Award: Jose Reyes
Sid Mercer-Dick Young Player of the Year Award: Jose Bautista (not attending)
Babe Ruth Award (Postseason MVP): David Freese
Casey Stengel You Could Look It Up Award: Tommy Davis
Arthur and Milton Richman You Gotta Have Heart Award: Gary Carter (to be accepted by his daughter, Kimmy)

The program will also feature a performance celebrating the 75th anniversary of Abbott & Costello’s legendary “Who’s On First?” routine.

Cocktails begin at 6 p.m., with the dinner slated to get underway at 7 p.m. Tickets are $225 each for non-members ($175 for members) and can be purchased through Phil Pepe (philpepman@cs.com or 201-871-5924).

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