BBWAA Awards Dinner

The baseball writers award dinner was held last night and a couple of Yankees recieved awards. Johnny Damon who wasn't present recieved the Ben Epstein-Dan Castellano "Good Guy" Award. Mike Mussina whose introduction spurred chants of one more year thanked writers after he won the Casey Stengel "You Could Look It Up" Award, bestowed upon a player not previously recognized by the chapter. Bernie Williams won an award for playing in the most games at the refurbished Yankee Stadium. Bernie also played an original version of Take Me Out To The Ballgame before serenading the crowd with a more traditional version of the song. Kay Mercer was in attendance, the widow of Bobby Murcer. His presence through his wife was palpable and will be for many more dinners to come. It will be intersting to see Bernie play in the World Baseball Classic if he does, he may also join the Yankees in spring training as a special instructor. I hope we see him and everything is forgotten about his exit from the Yankees after the 06 season.