And The Winner Is...

After much careful deliberation and considering the vote of everyone in the thread, I'm going to have to stick with my initial instinct... Yesterday's Lame Duck was Chad Cordero.

The vote in the comments thread was 4-4, but there were two bloggers who saw it the same way I did. They'll break the tie.

Guzman's was a tough play, and a makeable one. But it would have never been an issue of Cordero didn't load the bases in the first place. It's a tough call, but I'll stick with Cordero.

Yes, it's weird that our worst player doesn't have an award yet, but there hasn't been one game that we've lost that's been directly a result of his play. (Yesterday excepted!). He's played decently in some of the losses and crappily in some of the wins. I have no doubt that he'll have his share of awards before too long!

One thing I noticed and posted in Adub's comments, but was a really hidden play...

Once the bases were loaded, Bobby Cox pinch ran for the catcher, Johnny Estrada at first base, bringing in the speedy Pete Orr. At the time it seemed like a silly move. Estrada's run was pretty meaningless -- just an insurance run. But, it paid off.

Orr hustled down the line so quickly, Guzman didn't really have a chance for the forceout at second base. I had initially thought that Jose Vidro didn't get to the bag in time. He did. It's just that Orr was already there. (If you watch the replay, you can see Vinny Castilla pointing for Guzman to throw to second on instincts. He wouldn't have had Orr there, even with a good throw.)

Then you throw in the double switch he used to bring in Andruw Jones in the bottom of the 9th, and Bobby Cox removed Frank's pants, just as Jack McKeon did earlier this week.