I just want to set the record straight that there is a difference between a Golden Glove and a Gold Glove. Gold Glove refers to baseball and Golden Glove refers to boxing, just ask Ozzie Smith (http://twitter.com/#!/STLWizard) Now that we have that straight on to the task at hand. At the end of every season, Major League Baseball hands out awards to players who bring it in the field every night. The players who have the best year defensively, as voted on by the managers, receive the well known Rawlings Golden Glove Award. The award is given to eighteen players. Nine from the National League and nine from the American League. The award was actually created in 1957 to commemorate the best fielding performance at each position. There was a big change made to the rule this year. In years past the award had categories for each position until they got to the outfield. The outfield category was not broken up into left, center, and right. So the three outfield winners could all come from the same position. For example, If you had three center-fielders that had great years, all three could win an award even though they didn't play one of the other two outfield positions. Well this year, they decided to finally break the outfield awards up into each position. It is about time they finally did this. Each outfield position plays differently, so they should be rewarded separately. On to this years winners:
American League
C – Matt Wieters – Orioles
1B – Adrian Gonzalez – Red Sox
2B – Dustin Pedroia – Red Sox
SS – Erick Aybar – Angels
3B – Adrian Beltre – Rangers
LF – Alex Gordon – Royals
CF – Jacoby Ellsbury – Red Sox
RF – Nick Markakis – Orioles
P – Mark Buehrle – White Sox
National League
C – Yadier Molina – Cardinals
1B – Joey Votto – Red
2B – Brandon Phillips – Reds
SS – Troy Tulowitzki – Rockies
3B – Placido Polanco – Phillies
LF – Gerardo Parra – Diamondbacks
CF – Matt Kemp – Dodgers
RF – Andre Ethier – Dodgers
P – Clayton Kershaw – Dodgers
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