The 2012 SLAM Awards were held last night at Brother Jimmy's, and for the first time in 10 years, TPG Architecture found themselves on the podium with a second place finish after losing in the deciding Game 3 of the Championships. The SLAM awards party is an annual event filled with beer, BBQ, and of course trophies. With a packed house, league commissioner David Solomon had us hanging on his every word as he announced the 2012 award winners.
For the first time in recent memory (and possibly the history of the league?), both Male and Female MVPs went to the same team. You guessed it, TPG Architecture won both awards as outstanding play from SS Tommy Anderson and 1B Lynee Hastings won them each the league wide MVP award. Tommy also took home the league wide Big Bat award.
Proving that pitching and defense wins championships (in softball at least for this year), RAMSA won both Pitcher of the Year (David Solomon) and Defensive Player of the Year (Dan Sykes).
The 2012 Spirit Awards for best sportsmanship went to Li Ching from KPF and Christine Schlendorf from Perkins Eastman Associates.
Finally, a new award was created this year, and the winner won by a landslide in a unanimous vote. Yes, the 2012 winner of the Gilbert Gottfried Award was none other than TPG Pitcher Derrick Blocker.
In fact, when the Gilbert Gottfried award was announced, the entire room of almost 100 people stood and pointed directly at Derrick before his name was even mentioned. Yes, it was that obvious that Derrick would win this award. Derrick - you have definitely left your mark on this league.
Until next year, when we all will be gunning for the big hardware.
