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That’s the exact message sent two weeks ago when both Corey Seager and Dave Roberts took home the National League Rookie of the Year and National League Manager of the Year Awards respectively. While both awards handed out do not necessarily mean that the Dodgers are championship-worthy just yet, they are a clear indication that the team is certainly headed in the right direction. Seager got the celebration started two weeks ago when he was named National League Rookie of the Year. Teammate Kenta Maeda and Washington Nationals centerfielder Trea Turner were also in the mix for the award, but as it turns out, neither of the other players even had a chance. The first round draft pick of the Dodgers in 2012 was the unanimous winner of the award, receiving the maximum of 150 points in the NL vote (Turner 42, Maeda 37). “It’s obviously awesome to win it in general, but to bring it back to L.A.--it hasn’t been there for a while, and they’re known as an organization for winning all those Rookie of the Years with Tommy Lasorda and all them,” Seager explained. The 22-year-old finished the season with a .308 batting average, 26 home runs and 72 RBIs, while scoring 105 runs and coming through with the second-most hits in the National League at 193. Seager, who was also in the running for league MVP, was one of the main reasons the Dodgers won their fourth consecutive NL West title. Another huge reason was Dodgers rookie manager Roberts. Roberts beat out the Nationals Dusty Baker and the long-considered favorite to win the award, Joe Maddon of the Chicago Cubs, to claim the National League Manager of the Year Award in his first season at the helm in Los Angeles. “I think the focus of the day-to-day and not getting even ahead to tomorrow or the next day made it a lot easier,” Roberts explained. “I think that at any point of the season, if I would have stepped back and looked at the expectation or the injuries, it would have felt daunting--but it never really felt that way, even in late June when we were eight games back.” After taking over for Don Mattingly, Roberts guided the team to their fourth consecutive NL West title with a record of 91-71. It’s the RICH’S PAINTING Specializing in exterior Quality interior work Reliable • Reasonable Rates 310-640-9465 first time in franchise history that the Dodgers have reached the playoffs four years in a row. Roberts had his share of daunting tasks to overcome, headlined by a massive amount of injuries. The team began the season with 10 players on the disabled list and finished it with a total of 28 players that missed time throughout the year. It was the most players any team had put on the DL in the last 30 years. Despite all of the injuries, however, the Dodgers and Roberts persevered and actually got better as the season continued. With the award, Roberts became just the second Dodger rookie manager to lead the team into the postseason since Lasorda accomplished the feat in 1977. He’s also just the sixth rookie manager to ever win the award. Roberts and Seager weren’t the only ones taking home honors. In a less publicized move, Kenley Jansen won the Trevor Hoffman NL Reliever of the Year Award. Jansen finished the season with 47 saves, four behind the Mets Jeurys Familia, but still beat him out for the award. Jansen finished the year with a 3-2 record and a 1.83 ERA. Also, in his last year behind the microphone, Dodgers announcer and icon Vin Scully received a very prestigious award from the President of the United States. The Hall of Fame baseball broadcaster who officially retired this past October received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama. The award is the country’s highest civilian honor, awarded to individuals who make significant cultural or security contributions to the United States or international contributions in the areas of culture or world peace. “I’m just an old baseball announcer,” Scully said when learning of his award. “Well, gosh, I am rather overwhelmed and humbled.” There’s no doubt that Scully has made a generous contribution to the culture of baseball and America, and has maybe even brought his share of peace to all of our homes as well. The Dodgers narrowly missed out on a shot at this year’s World Series by losing to the Cubs in seven games, but perhaps have come away with the next best thing. In a season full of grit, determination and perseverance, Corey Seager, Dave Roberts, Kenley Jansen and most of all, Vin Scully have come to define what the Dodgers are truly all about. The awards garnered by those standout individuals over the past season not only characterize the team’s recent success, but also suggest that the Boys in Blue are on pace for even more of it. Look for even more success and maybe even a much coveted World Series championship, if things should go as planned, coming from the Dodgers in the very near future. Asixlion@earthlink.net • Dodgers Rack up Regular Season Awards Over 40 thousand papers delivered within 20 miles of your home or business. 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