Silver Hawks South Atlantic League — Kannapolis Intimidators Class-A Short Season New York–Penn League — Staten Island Yankees Northwest League — Spokane Indians Rookie Appalachian League — Elizabethton Twins Pioneer League — Orem Owlz Independent Atlantic League – Somerset Patriots Can-Am League – Worcester Tornadoes Frontier League – Kalamazoo Kings Northern League — Gary SouthShore RailCats Golden Baseball League — San Diego Surf Dawgs Amateur College World Series National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I — University of Texas Division II — Florida Southern College Division III — University of Wisconsin–Whitewater National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics — Oklahoma City University Cuban National Series — Santiago de Cuba over Havana Province Youth Big League World Series: District 1 (Easley, South Carolina) Junior League World Series: West Oahu Little League (Ewa Beach, Hawaii) Little League World Series: Curundu LL (Panama City, Panama) Senior League World Series: Urbandale LL (Urbandale, Iowa) Awards and honors Baseball Hall of Fame inductions Wade Boggs and Ryne Sandberg are selected by the BBWAA. Jerry Coleman wins the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasters. Peter Gammons receives the J. G. Taylor Spink Award for sportswriters. Major League Baseball awards Note: The Comeback Player of the Year Award was voted on for the first time by fans. Gold Glove Awards: AL: Kenny Rogers (P), Jason Varitek (C), Mark Teixeira (1B), Orlando Hudson (2B), Eric Chavez (3B), Derek Jeter (SS), Ichiro Suzuki (OF), Torii Hunter (OF), Vernon Wells (OF) NL: Greg Maddux (P), Mike Matheny (C), Derrek Lee (1B), Luis Castillo (2B), Mike Lowell (3B), Omar Vizquel (SS), Jim Edmonds (OF), Andruw Jones (OF), Bobby Abreu (OF) Player of the Month – April: Brian Roberts (AL), Derrek Lee (NL); May: Alex Rodriguez (AL), Bobby Abreu (NL); June: Travis Hafner (AL), Andruw Jones (NL); July: Jason Giambi (AL), Adam Dunn (NL); August: Alex Rodriguez (AL), Andruw Jones (NL); September: David Ortiz (AL), Randy Winn (NL) Pitcher of the Month – April: Jon Garland (AL), Dontrelle Willis (NL); May: Kenny Rogers (AL), Trevor Hoffman (NL); June: Mark Buehrle (AL), Chad Cordero (NL); July: Barry Zito (AL), Andy Pettitte (NL); August: Bartolo Colón (AL), Noah Lowry (NL); September: José Contreras (AL), Andy Pettitte (NL) Rookie of the Month – April: Gustavo Chacín (AL), Clint Barmes (NL); May: Damon Hollins (AL), Ryan Church (NL); June: Joe Blanton (AL), Garrett Atkins (NL); July: Gustavo Chacín (AL), Zach Duke (NL); August: Joe Blanton (AL), Zach Duke (NL);