PHOENIX -- All it took was a trip to the playoffs for the first time in 29 years to get Royals general manager Dayton Moore some national notice. Moore finished second in balloting for The Sporting News baseball executive of the year.
Moore received eight votes among 33 ballots cast by major-league executives in balloting announced Monday as the annual general managers' meetings began, one less vote than Baltimore's Dan Duquette, whose Orioles won their first AL East title since 1997. Duquette also won the award in 1992 as general manager of the Montreal Expos. Duquette became the fourth Baltimore winner after Harry Dalton (1970), Hank Peters (1979, '83) and Roland Hemond (1989).
Other executives receiving votes: the Los Angeles Angels' Jerry Dipoto (five), Oakland's Billy Beane (four), Washington's Mike Rizzo (three), the New York Yankees' Brian Cashman (one), the Los Angeles Dodgers' Ned Colletti (one), Milwaukee's Doug Melvin (one) and Seattle's Jack Zduriencik (one).
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.
