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Johnson, Melvin picked as managers of the year

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Washington Nationals manager Davey Johnson was voted as the National League Manager of the Year on Tuesday.

associated press/September 2012

Oakland Athletics manager Bob Melvin was voted as the American League Manager of the Year on Tuesday.

Associated Press/October 2012

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Davey Johnson of the Washington Nationals, and Bob Melvin of the Oakland Athletics were chosen as managers of the year on Tuesday after guiding their teams to huge turnaround seasons. Melvin beat out Baltimore's Buck Showalter for the AL honor in a close vote by a Baseball Writers' Association of America panel. Under Melvin, the A's made a 20-game improvement, finished 94-68 and won the AL West. Johnson led the Nationals to their first playoff appearance.

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