Tracy, Scioscia Named Managers Of Year (ap)

FILE - This is an Aug. 8, 2009, file photo showing Chicago Cubs manager Lou Pinella, left, joking with Colorado Rockies manager Jim Tracy before the teams face off in a baseball game in Denver. Tracy won the NL Manager of the Year award, Wednesday Nov. 18, 2009, and Los Angeles Angels skipper Mike Scioscia was selected for the AL honor.

The Los Angeles Angels could have crumbled when pitcher Nick Adenhart was killed in a car accident in April, overcome by waves of grief and sadness. Mike Scioscia kept them moving forward. "There wasn't one defining moment," he said. "I think as the season started to evolve guys found that sense of purpose to play baseball again and they played it at a very, very high level."…

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