Watch Out, My 2009 Manager of the Year Pick!

So the Mariners suck this season. On paper, they looked like they were going to be pretty good and maybe able to unseat the Angels in the AL West. They are so bad they already fired their manager John McLaren. That got me thinking about my picks and awards post from before the season started. Since I had the Mariners winning the West, I picked John McLaren as the manager of the year. But at least I had a disclaimer in my intro: "By the way, the last time I picked a pre-season manager of the year, it was 2005 and he actually got fired half way through the season, so watch out." Yep, back in our massive 2005 preview on the old Is It Sports? site, I picked Cincinnati Reds manager Dave Miley as my manager of the year, expecting a breakout year from them. So watch out, Ned Yost, and watch out to whoever I pick next year. Right now, I'm thinking I should pick Lou Piniella.....