Magical season honored with 5 MLB Awards

CHICAGO — David Ross’ super selfie, Anthony Rizzo’s acrobatic play and an amazing season capped by the Cubs’ first World Series championship since 1908 helped propel the team to five Esurance MLB Awards.

Ross won for Best Social Media Post with his selfie from the World Series parade in Chicago that included a few of his teammates as well as some of the 5 million fans who attended the event on Nov. 4. President of baseball operations Theo Epstein received Best Executive, and the Cubs shared Best Trending Topic with the Indians regarding Game 7 of the World Series.

Rizzo captured two categories in Best Play, Defense and Best Social Media Personality. Give Ross an assist on the latter. In Spring Training, Rizzo and teammate Kris Bryant created an Instagram account to salute Ross, who retired after the season.

The Cubs’ five awards were second to the Indians, who took home six. Last year, the Cubs won for Best Pitcher and Best Breakout Player (Jake Arrieta), Best Rookie (Bryant), Best Manager (Joe Maddon) and Best Fan Catch for a grab made by a man who somehow held onto his baby while snaring a foul ball along the first-base line.

Ross’ Twitter photo topped the Dodgers’ celebration of long-time announcer Vin Scully and the Mets’ Noah Syndergaard’s funny tweet regarding a lightning strike that hit the Empire State Building in New …

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