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It's our DRaysBay Official "Midseason" Rookie of the Year Extravaganza!

Lance Iversen-USA TODAY Sports

Here at DRaysBay we love to recognize Excellence in the Commentary Arts and this year is no different. This has been a special year for this community, as we've been receiving quality contributions from a wide variety of sources, both unexpected and expected. I believe that I can speak for everyone here when I say that this year has been the most entertaining year of comments since The Great Banning.

Now, we want your (yes, your!) voice to be heard in the hotly contested battle for the coveted 2014 DRB ROTY Golden Plunger:

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Thank you, Vanna. Lovely, isn't it?

What follows is a list of each of the candidates, each deserving of the award in their own right. Please make your choice at the poll at the bottom of the page, and feel free to use this FanPost as a place to voice your (constructive and friendly) opinions about who deserve the award; a sort of "message board," if you will.

Furthermore, this list is not exhaustive. If I have overlooked someone please feel free to comment below, or even email me personally at bphillips1@mail.usf.edu, and I'll do my best to add him/her to the poll. If I'm not busy. And if I'm in the mood. Really it just depends on the kind of day I'm having.

However I must warn you that any attempt to sign me up to online subscriptions to cat magazines will be met with swift and unrelenting force.

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Don't even think about it I swear to God

lizzieray: Although an official poster since 2012, lizzieray burst onto the scene with an incredible 2014 campaign. With her quick wit, deep knowledge of baseball, and levelheadedness when it comes to the antics of the Boston Red Sox, lizzieray is proving that DRB is not just a "boy's club."

Kevin Realmeyers: Seemingly out of nowhere, Mr. Realmeyers continues the long DRB tradition of naming yourself after players having career years. Kevin casually posts with such incredible ease that you might think he's been posting here at DRB for years. He's disappeared of late but I suspect that in our darkest hour, in our time of greatest need, he will return to us, perhaps even under a different name.

rayawana: No post-game recap is complete without the in-depth musings of our own rayawana. Pound-for-pound, no one can match the sheer amount of information rayawana packs into every comment. The amount of time and commitment he puts into each reply makes one wonder why he isn't yet on the payroll.

powersjeremy13: The self-professed "Brandon Guyer" of this ROTY race, Mr. 13 has nonetheless impressed with his consistency and clear love of the game. Looking forward, he has the clear potential to do great things in this dynamic yet brutal profession.

I would, of course, love to add myself as a candidate for this prestigious and dignified award, however that would be incredibly self-serving. What's more, I already exceeded my rookie status between '09-'10, under a different name, a la Leo Nunez Juan Carlos Oviedo.

Please make your choice at the poll at the bottom of the page, and please vote only one time. Don't go refreshing the page or logging off and logging back in or doing whatever you do to run up the vote count because that's dishonest and this is a very serious award, thank you very much.

This post was written by a member of the DRaysBay community and does not necessarily express the views or opinions of DRaysBay staff.