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Trent Rosecrans, The Athletic Cincinnati<br /> Vice President: Larry Stone, Seattle Times<br /> <a href="constitution#secretaries">Secretary-treasurer:</a> Jack O’Connell</p> <p><strong>Contact us:</strong></p> <p><a href="mailto:info@bbwaa.com">info@bbwaa.com</a> (General information about the organization)</p> <p>For information about the web site, contact web master <a href="mailto:fletcher@bbwaa.com">Jeff Fletcher</a>.</p> </div> </article> </div> <aside class="mh-sidebar" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/WPSideBar"> <div id="nav_menu-5" class="sb-widget clearfix widget_nav_menu"><h4 class="widget-title"><span>Award history</span></h4><div class="menu-award-indexes-container"><ul id="menu-award-indexes" class="menu"><li id="menu-item-3356" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3356"><a href="https://bbwaa.com/awards/">Annual Awards</a></li> <li id="menu-item-3357" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page 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