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In what is likely to be the first of many awards coming the White Sox’s way, Ozzie Guillen was named the American League’s manager of the year Tuesday by The Sporting News. Atlanta’s Bobby Cox was the NL manager of the year, and Braves center fielder Andruw Jones, who hit 51 home runs, was named player of the year. Jones received 194 1/2 votes from 498 major-league players. Derrek Lee of the Cubs was second with 126 votes, followed by Albert Pujols of St. Louis with 63. Bartolo Colon of the Angels and Chris Carpenter of the Cardinals were chosen as pitchers of the year. The top rookies were Huston Street of Oakland and Willy Taveras of Houston. Comeback player awards went to the Yankees’ Jason Giambi and Cincinnati’s Ken Griffey Jr.
