Bobby Cox fourth, one first-place vote. He didn't get the "lifetime achievement"/farewell support some may have expected in finishing this far back. He nearly had the Braves winning the East again until injuries (particularly to Chipper Jones) caught up to them in September.
Charlie Manuel fifth, one first-place vote. I saw some questioning why there wasn't more support for Manuel for Philly winning another division title despite injuries to just about every position player at some point in the season. I suppose it's a fair question, but I'd counter by saying that the Phillies were still more loaded than any team in the NL, so the injuries didn't hurt as much. Plus, they rarely had multiple studs out at the same time. Now, had they still won the division
without adding Roy Oswalt, Manuel would've had a stronger case.
Brad Mills sixth, with an inexplicable second-place vote. I don't know how the manager of a 76-86 team gets a vote ahead of either Black or Baker, which he must have to be placed second on one ballot. Hey, if you want to tip your hat to a guy and throw him a bone with a third-place vote, fine by me. But a second-place bone still has a little meat on it. Whatever, it might not be that big a deal. Or it may have cost Baker the award.
And one last tidbit about Black: He becomes just the second former pitcher to win Manager of the Year, and he had a much longer Major League career (398 games) than Tommy Lasorda (26 games) did.