The Manly Men rookie of  the Year Committee is pleased to announce the 2009 Rookie of the Year! This year's rookie is Mr. Marbles. It was a very close race between Mr. Mables and Derrick. On the one hand you had Derrick who is an expert griller, can stand up at any time and get you a drink,  always willing to experiment with a new cocktail. Derrick is very mobile, has two arms, two hands, two legs and a wicked wit. On the other hand you had Mr. Marbles. He has neither arms nor legs. He can't light his own cigar. Does not say too much although Essam heard him say something around 2 am Saturday night about play Fire Bird one more time . The one cool thing you can say about Mr. Marbles is that he imbides through the top of his head. We don't see too many people doing that. Ira did drink a beer through his ear. Ira's thought on the experience was "didn't taste too bad". So it was this remarkable capability of drinking through the top of his head that pushed Mr. Mables over the top in a vigorous camp fire discussion and multi-rounds of voting.

As you can see Mr. Marbles was pretty amazed himself about being voted Rookie of the Year.


Well 2010 promises to be a very exciting year for rookies. There was lots of controversy about the 2009 vote. We expect a number of new nominees.