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Showalter named finalist for AL Manager of the Year

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Luke Jones is the Ravens and Orioles beat reporter for WNST BaltimorePositive.com and is a PFWA member. His mind is consumed with useless sports knowledge, pro wrestling promos, and movie quotes, but he often forgets where he put his phone. Luke's favorite sports memories include being one of the thousands of kids who waited for Cal Ripken's autograph after Orioles games in the summer of 1995, attending the Super Bowl XXXV victory parade with his dad in the pouring rain, and watching the Terps advance to the Final Four at the Carrier Dome in 2002. Follow him on social media @BaltimoreLuke or email him at Luke@wnst.net.
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After guiding the Orioles to their first division championship since 1997, Buck Showalter was named one of three finalists for the Baseball Writers’ Association of America’s American League Manager of the Year award.

The winner will be announced on Nov. 11 as Los Angeles Angels manager Mike Scioscia and Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost were named the other finalists on Tuesday. Voting was completed at the end of the regular season, meaning the playoffs do not factor into the decision.

The Orioles won 96 games in 2014 and advanced to the AL Championship Series for the first time since 1997 before they were swept by Kansas City. Baltimore swept the Detroit Tigers in the AL Division Series.

Showalter was named a finalist two years ago when the BBWAA named Oakland’s Bob Melvin as the winner. The Orioles manager previously received the honor in 1994 when he managed the New York Yankees and in 2004 when he was the skipper of the Texas Rangers.

Last month, Showalter finished second to Scioscia in this year’s Sporting News AL Manager of the Year award by one vote.

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