The Golden Sombrero thanks Bobby Cox for everything that he has done for baseball during his legendary, 51-year career.

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In 2010, there were 90 Golden Sombreros and 4 Platinum Sombreros

The Diamondbacks had the most sombreros [8]

The Diamondbacks had the most players with a sombrero [Justin Upton, Chris Snyder, Mark Reynolds, Miguel Montero, Kelly Johnson and Adam LaRoche]

Mark Reynolds had the most sombreros in 2010 [4]

12 players managed to collect a hit while also striking out 4 or more times

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Even though Votto has not notched a sombrero, he sure looks good in that hat

After watching both Jason Heyward and Mark Teixeira fall victim to the Platinum Sombrero over the weekend, I thought it would only be appropriate to reflect on all of the golden and platinum sombrero performances this season.  Some of the names on the list may surprise you, most of them will not.  For those of you who may not have noticed, there is a scrolling ticker in the top, left-hand corner of the site that offers an up-to-date list of every player that has notched either a 4 or 5 strikeout game.  Regardless, here is the current, chronological list in an easy to read format, as well as a few notes about its constituents.

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NL East: Philly, Atlanta, Florida, New York, Washington

NL Central: St. Louis, Milwaukee, Houston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh

NL West: Colorado, Los Angeles, Arizona, San Francisco, San Diego

NL Wild Card: Atlanta

NL Pennant: Colorado

NL MVP: Troy “Too Legit” Tulowitzki

NL Cy Young: Ricky Nolasco

NL ROY: Jason Heyward

AL East: New York, Tampa Bay, Boston, Toronto, Baltimore

AL Central: Minnesota, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Kansas City

AL West: Texas, Los Angeles, Seattle, Oakland

AL Wild Card: Tampa Bay

AL Pennant: Rays

AL MVP: Evan Longoria

AL Cy Young: Justin Verlander

AL ROY: Austin Jackson

World Series:

Colorado beats Tampa Bay in 6 games.

Tulo is the MVP

April 6, 2010

AL East: Yankees, Rays, Red Sox, Orioles, Blue Jays

AL Central: Twins, Sox, Tigers, Indians, Royals

AL West: Angels, Rangers, Mariners, A’s

AL Wildcard: Rays

NL East: Phillies, Braves, Marlins, Mets, Nationals

NL Central: Cardinals, Brewers, Cubs, Astros, Reds, Pirates

NL West: Rockies, Dodgers, Giants, Diamondbacks, Padres

NL Wildcard: Braves

ALCS: Rays def. Yankees

NLCS: Rockies def. Phillies

World Series: Rays def. Rockies

AL MVP: Evan Longoria

AL Cy Young: Felix Hernandez
AL ROY: Austin Jackson

AL MOY: Ron Gardenhire

NL MVP: Albert Pujols

NL Cy Young: Roy Halladay

NL ROY: Jason Heyward

NL MOY: Bobby Cox