Carl Crawford Wins Fielding Bible Award for Third Time
Tampa Bay Rays veteran Carl Crawford won the 2009 Fielding Bible Award for left field in an announcement made November 1, 2009, in The Bill James Handbook 2010. This is Crawford's third Fielding Bible Award.
Crawford, who received an almost-perfect score, was chosen by a panel of ten experts, including Peter Gammons, Bill James, Joe Posnanski, and John Dewan, author of the new Fielding Bible—Volume II. In granting the award to Crawford, Dewan wrote: "This was no contest. No player has ever won with a perfect record (10 first-place votes from 10 panelists), but Carl came as close as possible with nine first place votes and one second. That's 99 points. (The best previously was 98 points by Adam Everett at shortstop in 2006.) If Crawford doesn't win his first Gold Glove this year, I'm going to throw up."
Congratulations to Carl. He's the only Ray to win at his position, which is a bit shocking given Evan Longoria's presence.
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Props to Peter Gammons for not voting for Jason Bay
I can't wait until we trade him for a reliever.
by kericr on Nov 1, 2009 10:58 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Also, whoever voted for Dionner Navarro should have their voting rights stripped.
I can't wait until we trade him for a reliever.
by kericr on Nov 1, 2009 11:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

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