Lajoie Award

We’re starting a new tradition here at IPL or, more accurately, reviving an old one.

The idea to create this award started a few weeks ago when I noticed a tweet by Chris Creamer of SportsLogos.net. Creamer had stumbled across an old picture of Joe Charboneau from his rookie year with a mysterious patch on his right sleeve.

So I did a little digging to see what I could find and eventually stumbled across some research done by none other than IPL’s own Vern Morrison about a decade ago.

Apparently the Cleveland Press used to vote on a weekly Press Star of the Week award with the winner receiving a patch for his arm. If you look closely at the image, you can see a second patch on Charboneau’s…