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The Cleveland Indians organization picked up another award earlier today when manager Eric Wedge was named the AL's Manager of the Year.

Wedge dominated the voting clocking in at 19-first place votes and 116 total points. Second place went to Mike Sciosia of the Angels who had 4-first place votes and 62 total points.

"There's always challenges and unexpected challenges you go through over the course of six months. I think we were the extreme of that," Wedge said.

"Wedge, a no-nonsense guy with a John Wayne calendar in his office, guided the Indians to a 96-66 record. Cleveland made its first playoff appearance since 2001, then lost to the Red Sox in Game 7 of the AL Championship Series."

ESPN - Wedge, Melvin named top managers - MLB

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