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The Sporting News Reliever of the Year Award was established in 1960 by The Sporting News (TSN) as TSN Fireman of the Year Award. The award originally recognized the best closer from each league, but in 2001 the award was broadened to include all relievers. The name was subsequently changed to The Sporting News Reliever of the Year Award.

You Are Here tgt; Baseball-Reference.com cgt; Bullpen cgt; Fireman of the Year - BR Bullpen We will be going down for an upgrade on Tuesday (August 14) for a few hours. We hope to have the bullpen back up by 4:00pm EDT on that day. -- Fireman of the Year From BR Bullpen Jump to: navigation, search The Fireman of the Year is the NPB equivalent of the Rolaids Relief Man Award, given to the best relief pitcher. First awarded in 1974 it was given to the pitcher with the most saves in its first two years. In 1976 the Central League introduced save points, relief wins plus saves. The Pacific League switched to the save points system in the following year. After the 2004 seasaon, the criteria for the award reverted to saves, in part due to the development of the middle reliever.

This is a pretty big honor, said Vienna Fire Chief Danny Goodwin. Marc has certainly worked very hard here. People don't realize how many hours he spends doing treasurer duties. There are yearly audits and so many financial records involved with the department and the annual ice cream social. He does a great job keeping track of the money.

Some people would say that everyone in the fire department is deserving of this award. And in some respects this is true. They are all dedicated men, Goodwin said. But we can't name everyone Fireman of the Year. We really have to pick someone that has gone the extra mile, and Marc has done that many times in the past.